Jaws, 1975 film adaptation actor: Interviewer.Creature (re-publishing of White Shark) (1997).Peter Benchley was an alumnus of Allen-Stevenson School or now known as The Allen-Stevenson School, Phillips Exeter Academy, and Harvard University.īenchley died of pulmonary fibrosis on Februin Princeton, New Jersey.

His younger brother, Nat Benchley, is a writer and actor. He was the son of Marjorie (née Bradford) and author Nathaniel Benchley and grandson of Algonquin Round Table founder Robert Benchley. Several more of his works were also adapted for cinema, including The Deep and The Island. Peter Bradford Benchley (– February 12, 2006) was an American author, best known for his novel Jaws and its subsequent movie adaptation, the latter co-written by Benchley (with Carl Gottlieb) and directed by Steven Spielberg. Finally, after two hours, Yates reached across the table to Nick and said, 'You're the man for me,' knocking Nick for a loop.Winifred 'Wendy' Wesson (1964-2006 his death) But as they talked, Nick became intrigued with the changing character, and with the challenge of working underwater, and Yates became intrigued with Nick. The novel grew out of Benchleys interest in shark attacks after he learned about the exploits of Montauk, New York shark fisherman Frank Mundus in 1964. It tells the story of a great white shark that preys upon a small resort town and the voyage of three men trying to kill it. Nick immediately sensed that Yates wasn't too thrilled with him for the character. Jaws is a 1974 novel by American writer Peter Benchley. Here was an actor that the studio didn't want, sitting down to discuss a part he'd already rejected, with a filmmaker who'd decided he wasn't right for the role anyway. Guber once said of the tense meeting with all the parties: 'I walked into a conference that could not have started on shakier ground if we'd held it on the San Andreas fault. Nor were Columbia Pictures studio executives interested in Nolte, as they believed he wasn't a big enough star with enough box-office clout to headline an expensive blockbuster movie. Neither was Nolte particularly interested in doing in what he perceived as a bland lead part. Originally, Peter Yates didn't think Nick Nolte was right for the film.

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