When "Jaws" was released on June 20, 1975 — 50 years ago today — it transformed the shark into a feared underwater villain, experts say. “Jaws portrayed sharks as this mindless killer that was basically going to eat anyone that was swimming in the water,” says Taylor Chapple, co-lead of Oregon State University’s Big Fish Lab. How has the film impacted the public's perception of sharks five decades later? Head to the link in bio for more. https://abcnews.visitlink.me/z6tAxx | ABC News

Modern Classic Films 🎥 Jaws 1975 When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an ep

HORRIFIC SHARK ATTACK: A 17-year-old girl was badly injured at a North Carolina beach in what one park ranger called a shark attack, with the teenager reportedly suffering deep lacerations on her leg, pelvis and hands. Diane Macedo reports. https://abcn.ws/2MoLJP2 | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir