Jaws was a cultural phenomenon that transformed the film industry and put Martha’s Vineyard on the map. This year, the movie turns 50. Even though Martha’s Vineyard is picture

Spencer Cain was born a “Jaws” fan — literally. His parents, Nicky and Jimmy Cain of Covington, chose to air a Blu-ray 25th anniversary director’s cut of the movie in Nicky’s birthing suite at Ochsner Medical Center in 2001. The show even attracted hospital staffers unconnected to the blessed event.

Completed despite production problems, equipment malfunctions and budget adjustments, the movie proved an enduring, thrilling work of popular filmmaking that virtually invented the summer blockbuster as we know it.