Amity Beach

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Amity Beach is the main public shoreline of the fictional Amity Island, best known as the setting of the shark attacks in the film "Jaws."

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Amity Beach canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional beach
fictional location
appearsIn Jaws
surface form: Jaws (film)

Jaws (novel)
Jaws 2
surface form: Jaws 2 (film)
associatedWithCharacter Alex Kintner
Chrissie Watkins
Larry Vaughn
Martin Brody
associatedWithSpecies great white shark
countryOfOriginFictional United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Peter Benchley
depictedIn Jaws
surface form: Jaws (1975 film directed by Steven Spielberg)
feature beachfront parking area
dunes
lifeguard stands
public swimming area
wooden boardwalk (in some depictions)
fictionalUniverse Jaws franchise
governedBy Amity town council
surface form: Amity Island town council
inConflict economic interests vs public safety
inspiredBy beaches on Martha's Vineyard (filming location)
languageOfWork English
locatedInFictional New England region
medium film
novel
notableFor shark attacks in Jaws
overseenBy Martin Brody
surface form: Chief Martin Brody
partOf Amity Island
settingForEvent Bruce the shark
surface form: Alex Kintner shark attack

Fourth of July beach panic
death of Chrissie Watkins
first shark attack in Jaws
theme danger beneath the surface
tourism vs safety
usedFor holiday celebrations
sunbathing
swimming
tourism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amity Island hasBeach Amity Beach