Jaws exhibit marks 50 years of the first summer blockbuster

Take one very large shark, a boat (we're gonna need a bigger one of those) and a movie that ran way over budget and you've got all the ingredients of a career-making film for one of Hollywood's most successful directors.

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Now fans of Jaws—Steven Spielberg's terrifying thriller about a man-eating shark can relive the movie as it celebrates its 50th anniversary in an exhibition at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles.

"The film certainly cost me a pound of flesh, but gave me a ton of career," Spielberg told reporters as he toured exhibits of props and memorabilia from the movie that propelled him to the top ranks of Hollywood directors.