"public about sharks, the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards have been instituted by Wendy Benchley and David Helvarg as his legacy. In 2015 researchers confirmed a new species of lanternshark had been found off the Pacific coast of South America, naming it ""Etmopterus benchleyi"". Lead researcher Vicki Vásquez noted the author's work in promoting ocean conservation, particlarly sharks, as motivation. Peter Benchley Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) was an American author, screenwriter, and ocean activist. He is known for the bestselling novel ""Jaws"" and co-wrote its subsequent film adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his"
"even more successful, topping book charts worldwide, and by the time the film adaptation debuted in June 1975 the novel had sold 5.5 million copies domestically, a number that eventually reached 9.5 million copies. Worldwide sales are estimated at 20 million copies. The success inspired the American Broadcasting Company to invite Benchley for an episode of ""The American Sportsman"", where the writer wound up swimming with sharks in Australia, in what would be the first of many nature-related television programs Benchley would take part in. A 6-part abridged adaptation read by John Guerrasio was broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in"
"Universal Pictures, both heard about the book before publication at the same time. Upon reading it, both agreed the novel was exciting and deserved a feature film adaptation, even if they were unsure how to accomplish it. Benchley's agent sold the adaptation rights for $150,000, plus an extra $25,000 for Benchley to write the screenplay. Although this delighted the author, who had very little money at the time, it was a low sum, as the agreement occurred before the book became a surprise bestseller. After securing the rights, Steven Spielberg, who was making his first theatrical film, ""The Sugarland Express"","
"postwar years he died in 1974. He was buried in Jerusalem as he wished with the help of his old friend Pfefferberg. Schindler's Ark Schindler's Ark (released in America as Schindler's List) is a Booker Prize-winning historical fiction novel published in 1982 by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally, which was later adapted into the highly successful movie ""Schindler's List"" directed by Steven Spielberg. The United States version of the book was called ""Schindler's List"" from the beginning; it was later reissued in Commonwealth countries under that name as well. The novel was also awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for"
"received generally mixed reception, and the third and fourth films were critically panned. This reception has spread to the merchandise, with video games seen as poor imitations of the original concept. Nevertheless, the original 1975 film has generally been regarded as one of the greatest films ever, and frequently appears in the top 100 of various American Film Institute rankings. However, Benchley later regretted he ever wrote the original book considering it encouraged a widespread public fear of sharks, which led to massive culls resulting in the various shark species around the world becoming endangered. As such, he spent most"
"Benchley, once his payment of the adaptation-related royalties got late, he called his agent and she replied that the studio was arranging a deal for sequels. Benchley disliked the idea, saying, ""I don't care about sequels; who'll ever want to make a sequel to a movie about a fish?"" He subsequently relinquished the ""Jaws"" sequel rights, aside for a one-time payment of $70,000 for each one. Jaws (novel) Jaws is a 1974 novel by American writer Peter Benchley. It tells the story of a great white shark that preys upon a small resort town and the voyage of three men"
"while en route home from a film festival in Europe. Pfefferberg took the opportunity to tell Keneally the story of Oskar Schindler. He gave him copies of some materials he had on file, and Keneally soon decided to make a fictionalised treatment of the story. After extensive research and interviews with surviving ""Schindlerjuden"", his 1982 historical novel ""Schindler's Ark"" (published in the United States as ""Schindler's List"") was the result. The novel was adapted as the 1993 movie ""Schindler's List"" by Steven Spielberg. After acquiring the rights in 1983, Spielberg felt he was not ready emotionally or professionally to tackle"
"film of the same name by Columbia Pictures in 1961. His 1961 novel ""The Off-Islanders"" was made into comedy feature ""The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming"" by director/producer Norman Jewison in 1965. ""The Visitors"" (1965) was adapted as a horror/comedy feature ""The Spirit Is Willing"" by Paramount Pictures in 1967. Benchley was a friend of the actor Humphrey Bogart and wrote a Bogart biography published in 1975. Sometime that year, ABC showed the made-for-TV drama ""Sweet Hostage"", based on his 1968 novel ""Welcome to Xanadu"". Benchley and Margaret Bradford were married not long after his college years. They"
"all shark species, the great white shark is responsible for by far the largest number of recorded shark bite incidents on humans, with 272 documented unprovoked bite incidents on humans as of 2012. More than any documented bite incident, Peter Benchley's best-selling novel ""Jaws"" and the subsequent 1975 film adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg provided the great white shark with the image of being a ""man eater"" in the public mind. While great white sharks have killed humans in at least 74 documented unprovoked bite incidents, they typically do not target them: for example, in the Mediterranean Sea there have"
"title ""The Beast"". His next novel, ""White Shark"", was published in 1994. The story of a Nazi-created genetically engineered shark/human hybrid, it failed to achieve popular or critical success. It was also turned into a made-for-television film titled ""Creature"", with Christopher Lehmann-Haupt of the ""New York Times"" saying it ""looks more like Arnold Schwarzenegger than any fish"". Also in 1994, Benchley became the first person to host Discovery Channel's Shark Week. In 1999, the television show ""Peter Benchley's Amazon"" was created, about a group of plane crash survivors in the middle of a vast jungle. In the last decade of"
"summer blockbuster was born. Benchley estimated that he earned enough from book sales, film rights and magazine/book club syndication to be able to work independently as a film writer for ten years. His second novel, ""The Deep"", is about a honeymooning couple discovering two sunken treasures on the Bermuda reefs — 17th century Spanish gold and a fortune in World War II-era morphine — who are subsequently targeted by a drug syndicate. This 1976 novel is based on Benchley's chance meeting in Bermuda with diver Teddy Tucker while writing a story for ""National Geographic"". Benchley co-wrote the screenplay for the"
"14th biggest hit at the British box office in 1975. On April 14, 2017, the film was featured in the eleventh season of ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"". The Land That Time Forgot (1975 film) The Land That Time Forgot is a 1975 British-American fantasy/adventure film based upon the 1924 novel ""The Land That Time Forgot"" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The screenplay was written by Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn and directed by Kevin Connor. The cast included Doug McClure, John McEnery, Keith Barron, Susan Penhaligon, Anthony Ainley and Declan Mulholland. The movie begins with a bottle with a written manuscript"
"Schindler's Ark Schindler's Ark (released in America as Schindler's List) is a Booker Prize-winning historical fiction novel published in 1982 by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally, which was later adapted into the highly successful movie ""Schindler's List"" directed by Steven Spielberg. The United States version of the book was called ""Schindler's List"" from the beginning; it was later reissued in Commonwealth countries under that name as well. The novel was also awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction in 1983. The book tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a Nazi Party member who turns into an unlikely hero by"
"Jaws (novel) Jaws is a 1974 novel by American writer Peter Benchley. 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. The novel grew out of Benchley's interest in shark attacks after he learned about the exploits of shark fisherman Frank Mundus in 1964. Doubleday commissioned him to write the novel in 1971, a period when Benchley struggled as a freelance journalist. Through a marketing campaign orchestrated by Doubleday and paperback publisher Bantam, ""Jaws"" was incorporated into many book sales clubs catalogues and"
"books, including 30 novels. He is particularly famed for his ""Schindler's Ark"" (1982) (later republished as ""Schindler's List""), the first novel by an Australian to win the Booker Prize and is the basis of the film ""Schindler's List"". He had already been shortlisted for the Booker three times prior to that: 1972 for ""The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith"", 1975 for ""Gossip from the Forest"", and 1979 for ""Confederates"". Many of his novels are reworkings of historical material, although modern in their psychology and style. Keneally has also acted in a handful of films. He had a small role in Fred"
"would compromise the camaraderie between the men when they went out on the ""Orca"". Peter Benchley wrote three drafts of the screenplay before deciding to bow out of the project. Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Howard Sackler happened to be in Los Angeles when the filmmakers began looking for another writer and offered to do an uncredited rewrite, and since the producers and Spielberg were unhappy with Benchley's drafts, they quickly accepted his offer. Spielberg sent the script to Carl Gottlieb, asking for advice. Gottlieb rewrote most scenes during principal photography, and John Milius contributed dialogue polishes. Spielberg has claimed"
"$1.9 billion today.) Other high-performing films credited to him are ""Schindler's List"" (1993) and ""Back to the Future"" (1985). Sheinberg famously wanted to change the name from ""Back to the Future"" to ""Space Man From Pluto"" despite the film having nothing to do with outer space, spacemen, or the dwarf planet Pluto. In 1982, Thomas Keneally published his historical novel ""Schindler's Ark"", which he wrote after a chance meeting with Pfefferberg in Los Angeles in 1980. Sheinberg sent director Spielberg a copy of the book along with a ""New York Times"" review. Sheinberg greenlit the film on condition that Spielberg"
"1989, and follows the events in ""The Merchant of Venice"". In this play Shylock gets his wealth back and becomes a Jew again. The ""Star Trek"" franchise sometimes quote and paraphrase Shakespeare, including ""The Merchant of Venice"". One example is the Shakespeare-aficionado Chang in """" (1991), a Klingon, who quotes Shylock. Steven Spielberg's ""Schindler's List"" (1993) depicts SS Lieutenant Amon Göth quoting Shylock's ""Hath Not a Jew eyes?"" speech when deciding whether or not to rape his Jewish maid. In David Fincher's 1995 crime thriller ""Seven"", a lawyer, Eli Gould, is coerced to remove a pound of his own flesh"
"in the book as unmolested versions of themselves. In early 2006 plans to make a film version were announced, but a release date was not announced. Whit Stillman initially attached to direct the film, stated he was no longer on the project. The book has been adapted into a screenplay by Sean Bates and Gregory Mackenzie. Little Green Men (novel) Little Green Men is a satirical novel by Christopher Buckley, first published in 1999. The novel follows a fictional ""Inside the Beltway"" talk-show host whose career and life is altered forever when he is abducted by aliens. John O. Banion"
"which was adapted from the Peter Straub novel ""Julia"" (1975) and starred Mia Farrow in the title role. His biggest commercial success came in the form of ""Xtro"" (1983) which spawned two sequels related in title only. He made the second installment """" (1991) in the USA and worked exclusively there ever since. Bromley Davenport remained within his own low-budget franchise for one more film and hired Daryl Haney to write the screenplay for """" (1995). This began an ongoing professional relationship between Bromley-Davenport and Daryl Haney, which ultimately changed the direction of Bromley-Davenport's career, culminating in a trio of"
"of his life promoting the cause of ocean conservation. The original ""Jaws"", directed by Steven Spielberg, is based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. It tells the story of Police Chief Martin Brody (portrayed by Roy Scheider) of Amity Island (a fictional summer resort town), in his quest to protect beachgoers from a great white shark by closing the beach. This is overruled by the town council, headed by the mayor (Murray Hamilton) that wants the beach to remain open in order to sustain the local tourist economy. After several attacks, the police chief enlists the help of"
"by Leon B. Wisdom, Jr. and originally published in 1968 by The Westminster Press in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1975, Walt Disney Productions released a live-action film based on the novel, also called ""Escape to Witch Mountain"". In this live-action film, Tony and Tia were played by Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards, Lucas Deranian by Donald Pleasence, and the children's Uncle Bené (whom they believe to have drowned in a long-ago accident) by Denver Pyle. The film replaces the inner-city priest Father O'Day with Jason O'Day (played by Eddie Albert), a widower traveling in an RV who helps Tony and Tia"
"main characters are again named David and Amy Sumner. In this adaptation the besiegers die in a variety of violent ways. Williams received royalties for the remake. The Siege of Trencher's Farm The Siege of Trencher's Farm (1969) is a psychological horror/thriller novel by Scottish author Gordon Williams. It was first published by Secker & Warburg, and is better known for the 1971 film adaptation ""Straw Dogs"" (starring Dustin Hoffman) by Sam Peckinpah. A remake of that film (Straw Dogs (2011 film)) under the same name was made to less favourable reviews, both films bearing little resemblance to the novel."
"texture into a screenplay."" One of his changes was to remove the novel's adulterous affair between Ellen Brody and Matt Hooper, at the suggestion of Spielberg, who feared it would compromise the camaraderie between the men on the ""Orca"". During the film's production, Benchley agreed to return and play a small onscreen role as a reporter. Spielberg, who felt that the characters in Benchley's script were still unlikable, invited the young screenwriter John Byrum to do a rewrite, but he declined the offer. ""Columbo"" creators William Link and Richard Levinson also declined Spielberg's invitation. Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Howard"
"book. We thought it would make a very good movie."" Zanuck and Brown had originally planned to hire John Sturges to direct the film, before considering Dick Richards. However, they grew irritated by Richards' vision of continually calling the shark ""the whale""; Richards was subsequently dropped from the project. Zanuck and Brown then signed Spielberg in June 1973 to direct before the release of his first theatrical film, ""The Sugarland Express"". Spielberg wanted to take the novel's basic concept, removing Benchley's many subplots. Zanuck, Brown and Spielberg removed the novel's adulterous affair between Ellen Brody and Matt Hooper because it"
"other novels as movies. The novel was adapted to a 1998 movie of the same name directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney as Foley and Jennifer Lopez as Sisco. Foley's character returned in Leonard's 2009 novel, ""Road Dogs"". Out of Sight (novel) Out of Sight is a 1996 crime fiction novel by Elmore Leonard. Jack Foley, a ""gentleman bank robber"" arranges a break-out from a Florida jail. The plan is interrupted by shotgun toting Federal Marshal Karen Sisco. The pair end up in the trunk of the getaway car, where find they have a mutual interest: classic Hollywood movies."
"life, his reputation grew after his death, especially with the publication of his collected novels by New Directions in 1957. ""Miss Lonelyhearts"" is widely regarded as West's masterpiece. ""Day of the Locust"" was made into a film which came out in 1975, starring Donald Sutherland and Karen Black. Likewise ""Miss Lonelyhearts"" (1933) saw production in film (1933, 1958, 1983), stage (1957), and operatic (2006) versions; and the character ""Miss Lonelyhearts"" in Hitchcock's film ""Rear Window"" has parallels to West's work. The obscene, garish landscapes of ""The Day of the Locust"" gained force in light of the fact that the remainder"
"the late 1970s, he again settled in Abilene, Texas. Carter's best-known fictional works are """" (1972, republished in 1975 as """") and ""The Education of Little Tree"" (1976), originally published as a memoir. The latter sold modestly – as fiction – during Carter's life; it became a sleeper hit in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. Clint Eastwood directed and starred in a film adaptation of ""Josey Wales"", retitled ""The Outlaw Josey Wales"" (1976), after Carter sent the book to his offices as an unsolicited submission, and Eastwood's partner read and put his support behind it. At this time,"
"seller list, and was the third highest-selling novel of its year. Reviews were not favorable; one reviewer in the ""New York Times"" compared the book to ""popcorn... a kernel of an idea... exploded into bite-sized nothingness,"" while ""Time"" magazine complained that the book ""lacks Valley's primitive vigor. Film rights were sold to Columbia Pictures for a then-record $1.5 million. Directed by Jack Haley, Jr., the film adaptation was released in 1971, starring Dyan Cannon, Robert Ryan, and John Phillip Law. Despite the fact that Irving Mansfield was executive producer, the movie was a critical and commercial flop. Susann, who had"
"his experience as a staffer in the Johnson White House. ""Rummies"" (also known as ""Lush""), which appeared in 1989, is a semi-autobiographical work, loosely inspired by the Benchley family's history of alcohol abuse. While the first half of the novel is a relatively straightforward account of a suburbanite's descent into alcoholic hell, the second part, which takes place at a New Mexico substance abuse clinic, is written as a thriller. He returned to nautical themes in 1991's ""Beast"" written about a giant squid threatening Bermuda. ""Beast"" was brought to the small screen as a made-for-television film in 1996, under the"
"unusual even for an ERB thriller."" The copyright for this story has expired in the United States and, thus, now resides in the public domain there. The text is available via Project Gutenberg, and as an audiobook from LibriVox. The novel was adapted to film in 1975 under the direction of Kevin Connor by Britain's Amicus Productions. The movie was a sleeper hit and inspired Amicus to make two more Burroughs adaptations, ""At the Earth's Core"" (1976), an adaptation of the first book in the Pellucidar series, and ""The People That Time Forgot"" (1977), a direct sequel to ""Land"" based"
"films come from where the movies are taking place. ""The Amityville Horror"" is a 1979 supernatural horror film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, based on Jay Anson's 1977 book of the same name. It stars James Brolin and Margot Kidder as a young couple who purchase a home they come to find haunted by combative supernatural forces. ""The Changeling"" is a 1980 Canadian psychological horror film directed by Peter Medak. Steven Spielberg's shark horror film, ""Jaws"" (1975), began a new wave of killer animal stories, such as ""Orca"" (1977) and ""Up from the Depths"" (1979). ""Jaws"" is often credited as being"
"here, the foundation will still go on. Pfefferberg died on March 9, 2001, aged 87, in Beverly Hills. Poldek Pfefferberg Leopold ""Poldek"" Pfefferberg (March 20, 1913 – March 9, 2001), also known as Leopold Page, was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor who inspired the Australian writer Thomas Keneally to write the Booker prize-winning novel ""Schindler's Ark"", which in turn was the basis for Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed 1993 film ""Schindler's List"". Pfefferberg was born into a Jewish family in Kraków, then a part of the Austria-Hungary. He gained a master's degree in philosophy and physical education from the Jagiellonian University. Pfefferberg"