The Bearded Trio

Jim Beller and a tiny part of his Jaws collection T his week we fire our quick fire questions at Jim Beller of JawsCollector.com .  Jim probably has the largest collection of Jaws memorabilia around and looking at the items on his site will make you insanely jealous.  He is to Jaws what Steve Sansweet is to Star Wars. Jim also worked on the fantastic book Memories From Martha's Vineyard which he conceptualised.  Think you've seen every behind the scenes Jaws photo?  Think again.  If you're a Jaws fan and haven't read this book yet then you are missing out on THE best Jaws behind the scenes book.   Read our review here. So lets fire those questions at the number one Jaws fan. You're stuck in a swamp on Dagobah. What one movie, TV show, album and book would you take? JAWS, Man Vs Wild (not a big fan of the show and would rather take 24, The Brady Bunch or Breaking Bad, but, hey, I'm stuck on a swamp planet and need to know how to survive...

I ts only fitting that one of the greatest movies of all time should also get one of the best behind the scenes books you can buy.   Jaws: Memories From Martha's Vineyard is packed with never-before-seen photos from the Jaws set, testimonies from movie staff and stories from the locals who actually made up a lot of the cast. Author and huge Jaws fan Matt Taylor, along with Jim Beller, visited Martha's Vineyard where the classic was shot, to interview the locals and dig out their scrapbooks and newspaper clippings 35 years after the movie first hit the big screen.  This leads to some of the most fascinating and insightful stories of any behind the scenes book I have ever read.  For instance, most of the locals were over the moon to get a part in the movie. This was not so for one local, John Alley. The first shot I did was walking down the dock ahead of Roy Scheider and Jeffrey Kramer.  I'm wearing these enormous rubber boots and was supposed to hop into a r...