JAWS: MEMORIES FROM MARTHA'S VINEYARD BOOK SIGNING AT NEW YORK COMIC CON
Authors Matt Taylor and Jim Beller are currently selling and promoting their gorgeous new book about the making of Steven Spielberg's JAWS at the New York Comic Con now through Sunday, October 16, 2011. Available in both hardcover and paperback, JAWS: MEMORIES FROM MARTHA'S VINEYARD is a 296-page book crammed with over 1,000 never-before-seen photos culled from Islanders (the people who lived on Martha's Vineyard where JAWS was filmed in the summer and fall months of 1974) including interviews with folks who appeared as extras in the film. This book is the ideal holiday or birthday gift for that person in your life who keeps telling you that you're gonna need a bigger boat!
The limited edition hardcover retails for $250.00 and includes:
1" x 1" piece of the fiberglass hull of the Orca II (a.k.a., sinking Orca) used in JAWS with a note of authenticity from owners Lynn and Susan Murphy.
A DVD containing nine minutes of 8mm behind-the-scenes footage of the JAWS production shot and narrated by Islander Carol Fligor.
Hardcover and portfolio packaged in a unique special edition case.
Limited to a series of 1000 numbered copies.
12" x 10.5", 296 pages.
The paperback version retails for $49.95 and contains all that comes with the hardcover except for the 1" x 1" piece of the fiberglass hull of the Orca II, the DVD, and it is not slipcased.
Anyone who is a JAWS fanatic needs to own this book. The photos are accompanied by a beautifully written text by Mr. Taylor on just about every conceivable behind-the-scenes-facet on the making of this film, presented in chronological order. It encompasses the film's beginnings in December of 1973 when Production Designer Joe Alves made his initial trek to Martha's Vineyard to search for a suitable shooting location, up to and including the film's release in June 1975. Few if any of the Islanders, as well as the actors and producers, could have imagined the impact that JAWS would have on fans over thirty years later. The little shark movie that was originally regarded by Universal Pictures as a low-budget production not only became an action adventure masterpiece but also put Steven Spielberg on the map to become one of the world's greatest film producers and directors. JAWS is, bar none, the Quint-essential (pun most definitely intended) summer movie, and should be re-released theatrically every five years or so to give young audiences the opportunity to experience its brilliance on a major motion picture screen where it was meant to be seen.
JAWS: MEMORIES FROM MARTHA'S VINEYARD tells you more than you've ever wanted to know and then some about the making of this great film. The amount of time, energy and research shows on every single page. The book is lavishly illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs and storyboards, in addition to newspaper clippings from the island's local newspaper, the Vineyard Gazette, which gave virtually daily updates about the making of the film.
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NOTE: Friday tickets are still available for the New York Comic Con, but if you want to go on Saturday and Sunday you must have tickets already as Saturday and Sunday tickets are now completely sold out.
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Come on out and meet Matt and Jim at the New York Comic Con. They will be at booth #2938 in front of the huge JAWS banner. If you have already purchased the book from the website, bring it to the convention and Matt and Jim will be more than happy to signing it for you, free of charge!