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The initial director assigned to Jaws was Dick Richards, not Steven Spielberg. He was let off because he kept referring to the shark as the whale. 1)
Elmer, Brody's dog in Jaws, was Steven Spielberg's dog. 2)
Peter Benchley, the author of Jaws, appeared in the film as a news reporter on the beach. 3)
Bruce Ramer, Steven Spielberg's lawyer, inspired the name of the mechanical shark. 4)