"Jaws" is one of those films that has an aura of destiny about it. The movie has become so successful, influential, and beloved that it's impossible to imagine a world without it . When it comes to "Jaws," it feels like some way, somehow, the movie was always going to get made. What's ironic is that, 51 years ago, this was not an opinion shared by almost anyone involved in making "Jaws," up to and including director Steven Spielberg himself. To begin with, the prospect of making a major motion picture out of Peter Benchley's source novel seemed daunting to people even before cameras got rolling, as numerous directors passed on the project before Spielberg was hired. Some of them left for reasons of creative differences, yet others pointed out just how logistically difficult capturing the

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