The Jaws Obsession
To share with you, prove to you, convince you, or remind you, that JAWS is the greatest movie of all time. Let‘s make JAWS history.
Episodes
Meet the Tafts in the 15th minute of Jaws and learn more about the Brody's. Fritzi Jane Courtney and Phil Murray remembered. Follow the cinematic language of Spielberg to draw conclusions.
Minute 15 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we enhance our understanding of the film.
The Book of Quint Teaser Trailer explained and special announcement of the Jaws Obsession event in ...
Minute 14 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we enhance our understanding of the film.
Why were the Brody's at that beach on Sunday June 29, 1974? New discovery adds to the drama of Jaws. A small change by Lorraine Gary creates a layer of narrative we never saw before. Amazing moments happen when we slow the movie down, AND add the context of previous discoveries in past e...
USS Indianapolis Jaws History | Jim Belcher Jr. and Jaws Prequel The Book of Quint author Ryan Dacko
Jaws brings the story of the USS Indianapolis and the 316 survivors to a new generation with a new prequel book.
Son of survivor James Belcher Sr, Jim Belcher Jr. takes us through more of the story that wasn't included in the famous Robert Shaw monologue in Jaws - like the Kamikaze attack that sent the Indianapolis on its path toward history.
Author Ryan Dacko uses best-seller The Book of Quint, a Jaws prequel novel, to show how Qu...
Presentation from Hoosier Village Chapel 28 July 2026 Jim Belcher Jr. and the history of the USS Indianapolis, his father James Belcher Sr. surviving with a lifetime of healing.
Author Ryan Dacko and best-selling novel The Book of Quint: Can a Jaws prequel continue the USS Indianapolis dialogue and healing with future generations of families to those who survived and were lost at sea?
00:00 Survivor History
01:31 James Belcher Sr.
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Minute 13 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we enhance our understanding of the film.
Mayor Vaughn is proven to be the best political tactician in cinema history with his epic gaslighting technique - he successfully gaslights Brody AND the audience.
Deleted Scenes are placed under a microscope to better understand Brody's position at the end of the ferry ...
Minute 12 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we enhance our understanding of the film.
Mayor Vaughn meets with Brody on the Amity Harbor Ferry. We put an end to the myth of the bumbling Jaws mayor and prove he is a calculated and experienced political opponent. Going line by line, we see Mayor Vaughn and reporter Harry Meadows are revealing more to the story. Wi...
Minute 11 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we enhance our understanding of the film.
New characters are introduced in this minute which will have a deep impact on the EJU.
Jeff Voorhees, who played Alex Kintner, makes an appearance to provide the proof that Alex K is in the marching parade and we found him.
The Searle brothers, Stephen and Jonathan, chan...
100 Episodes of Jaws Obsession presents a new mountain to climb.
The great Jaws Retcon of 2027 has started.
We have a path forward to restore the legacy of Jaws with an expanded Jaws universe. The Book of Quint and the Jaws Obsession research has opened the door to something amazing.
Steven Spielberg will turn 80 in December 2026, and for 2027, on the 40th anniversary of the studio killing the Jaws franchise with a failed 4th film ...
Minute 10 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we enhance our understanding of the film.
Brody gives us a new resolve in his march through town, and we are shown new details backing up our conclusions from Episode 98. Details in the background show Mayor Vaughn's influence, and a very interesting hardware store display foreshadows Quint.
Was the paint brush jar cr...
Minute 9 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we enhance our understanding of the film.
So much can be discovered into Brody's character by observing the facts left on screen in this 9th minute of Jaws. For decades, it was disregarded as a production continuity error, but actually a key piece of evidence showing a larger story in the background. This episode took 3 years and...
Minute 8 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint to enhance our understanding of the characters in the film.
A super analysis of South Beach and the discovery of the Chrissie Watkins body. Mystery footsteps in the sand from that morning, and evidence of fresh fencing vandalism found. Jaws is revealing more to the story with every minute. Why does Polly assume Deputy Hendricks is...
Minute 7 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint to pull out details and enhance our understanding of the characters in the film.
A continuation of the Spielberg fences theory for this part of Jaws. To get into the mindset of Steven Spielberg, we take a close look at Columbo: Murder By The Book (1971) and lock into Spielberg's direction vision when there are no effects and only ...
Minute 6 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint to pull out details and enhance our understanding of the characters in the film.
To further back up conclusions from the 5th minute, we now have the ultimate background details to the Brody family history on Amity Island. This helps lock in dates and times for our Jaws timeline and builds a larger story simmering in the background...
Minute 5 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing The Book of Quint to draw out conclusions and context.
Waking up with Ellen and Martin Brody on Friday June 27, 1974 at 6:30 AM. An extreme look into the dialog and setting, as well as the use of filmmaking tools by Director Spielberg and Editor Verna Fields, to trace a backstory for the Brody family's move from New York City to Amity Island.
Updates on the Book ...
Minute 4 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU).
Chrissie's final moments of life and what exactly is happening below the surface. Listener question regarding sunrise or sunset and a closer look at the map of Amity Island to show a true sunrise on this June 27, 1974.
A closer look at the sheer accomplishment by Susan Backlinie during this opening to Jaws. Is this the greatest stunt performance in the history of cinema? A...
Midway point in the Book of Quint/Jaws 50th Summer 2025. Thoughts and reflections from the 80th anniversary memorial for the USS Indianapolis. Hollywood starting to get prequel fever for other legacy films and characters. A serious look into the great question: Can The Book of Quint, a Jaws prequel, remind the world that Steven Spielberg is the greatest blockbuster director of all time?
Aug 16-17 Westhoughton, UK
Minute 3 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Using details provided by The Book of Quint and the visuals in the third minute to lock in a definitive date and time as the first calendar day in the Jaws timeline.
Chrissie continues to prove she was not just another summer girl, while director Spielberg channels his inner Hemingway and the Iceberg Theory to add a larger story beneath the surface of what we are seeing.
F...
Industrial-sized Ted Talk style, Book of Quint author Ryan Dacko presents the Jaws prequel novel during the 50th anniversary celebration. A lifetime of experience and following the signs to find your calling.
Recorded Friday June 27, 2025, from Martha's Vineyard in Carnegie Heritage Center Edgartown, MA as part of Amity Week 2025.
https://youtu.be/SbLrH0AHbW8?si=L0hSINUCwnMv9r9Q
The Book of Quint (Print)
-Paperback S...
Minute 2 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). What are the motivations behind the actions of Chrissie Watkins? Can we find a haunting backstory to her last moments of life utilizing clues in the second minute of Jaws while factoring in the details provided by The Book of Quint?
Author and Host Ryan Dacko headed to Martha's Vineyard for Amity Week 2025 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jaws with a Book of Quint pres...
Onward we go through an Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU) viewing of Jaws with minute 1.
John Williams, Editor Verna Fields, Director of Photography Bill Butler, Screenwriter Carl Gottlieb and the water clarity off Amity Island are all discussed. Falstaff Beer cups and night temperatures are clues leading the way to discovery.
For the 50th anniversary of the film, we are watching Jaws again for the first time utilizing the prequel novel...
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