AP WAS THERE: 'Jaws' and the parental debates it set off
This image released by Peacock shows a scene from "Jaws." Credit: AP
LOS ANGELES — It didn't take long for “Jaws” to make an impression. The movie that launched the summer blockbuster season and changed how people view sharks and the ocean 50 years ago also created a dilemma for parents: Was it a movie their children could watch?
To help answer that, The Associated Press went to the film's star, Roy Scheider.
Legendary AP Special Correspondent Linda Deutsch interviewed Scheider and others for a story that ran on July 28, 1975, roughly a month after “Jaws” arrived in theaters.
The story is included below as it ran.
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