The Bearded Trio

Here's a vintage video.  A Jaws preview hosted by Jaws author, Peter Benchley.  Interviews with Steven Spielberg and Robert Shaw included. Peter Benchley Hosts: A Preview of the Movie Jaws from Peter Benchley on Vimeo . The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and John Williams THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GEORGE LUCAS CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON JOHN WILLIAMS

Peter Bradford Benchley was born 75 years ago, on May 8 1940 in New York City. And if he hadn't come up with a story about a shark terrorizing a small American town during summer season, that subsequently landed on the desk of Richard Zanuck and David Brown in 1974, where it was discovered by a, than, young and aspiring wanna-be director Steven Spielberg, who turned that story into one of the greatest blockbusters of all time (excuse me if I seem modest), we all probably wouldn't be reading this (little) piece of writing at all. It's hard to imagine what would have happened if Peter Benchley hadn't written the novel Jaws , or if Steven Spielberg hadn't directed his film version of  Jaws , but I for one am glad both men did what they did and I'm quite sure I'm not the only one. In 1971, after having written two non-fiction novels, that didn't earn him the recognition (and the money) he was hoping to find, Benchley wanted to write something ...