Speaker 1: Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that, you
Speaker 1: get the head, the tale, the whole damn thing.
Speaker 2: You know. It's hard to believe, but it's the fiftieth
Speaker 2: anniversary of Steven Spielberg's Jaws, and fifty years later, I've
Speaker 2: just finished a book called Robert Shaw, An Actor's Life
Speaker 2: on the Set of Jaws and Beyond. It's written by
Speaker 2: his nephew, Christopher Shaw Myers. To suggest that Robert Shaw
Speaker 2: the actor was a complex individual would be an understatement.
Speaker 3: The book is really about two things.
Speaker 2: Robert Shaw's family, his close relationship with his sister and
Speaker 2: a more challenging one with his mother, along of course,
Speaker 2: with his career on the stage as both a performer
Speaker 2: and playwright, and a string of hit movies from Russia
Speaker 2: with Love a Man for All Seasons, and of course Jaws.
Speaker 2: An intimate portrait of an iconic.
Speaker 3: Actor that is well worth the read.
Speaker 2: Robert Shaw, An Actor's Life on the Set of Jaws
Speaker 2: and Beyond, by Christopher Shaw Myers The Book Club w
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