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.

From a primetime special to screenings across the country, Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic is taking a victory lap this week.

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.