Before Monday, Erik Hollander, Chuck Gramling and Mark Burton had never stepped foot on Martha’s Vineyard, but they knew parts of the Island very well.

The trio of college-age Floridians recognized the storefronts of Edgartown, the Chappaquiddick ferry landing and the lighthouse off Starbuck’s Neck.

Upon arrival they scanned the Vineyard phone book looking for familiar names.

The came on a pilgrimage.

They came to visit the New England resort village of Amity; the birthplace and home territory of the Academy Award-winning movie Jaws.

The next stop — the holy grail of the visit, a trip to Menemsha to view the remains of the Captain Quint’s shark-mangled boat, the Orca, which lies in state, beached in Gay Head.

“We know every line, every character and every scene from the movie,” said Mr. Hollander, who was in third grade when the movie was released. “That’s the only reason we came here. We wanted to see where it all happened.”

Mr. Gramling, an aspiring filmmaker, said: “I’ve seen the movie at least 54 times already and I’ll probably see 50 more. It really changed my life. It’s without a doubt the best movie ever made.”

Spawned from the best selling novel by Peter Benchly, Steven Spielberg turned Jaws into one of the top 10 grossing films of all time, with nearly $400 million in theatrical, television and videocassette sales. The movie has produced three sequels, which have all met with unfavorable critical reviews.

Armed with a shoulder-mounted video camera, the three men spent the entire week on the Island, seeking out the locations featured in the 13-year-old film and looking for Vineyard residents who played small parts in the movie.

“We’ve seen these people on the screen so many times it’s great to meet them in person,” Mr. Hollander said Tuesday afternoon. “So far we’ve talked to Craig Kingsbury and the guy who fell off the rubber raft and got eaten. Right now we’re looking for Lee Fierro.”

Their mania for the film and its characters (Mr. Gramling called Robert Shaw the best actor ever) led to the production of a 40-minute parody of the film called All That Jaws, which featured Mr. Gramling in the role of Matt Hooper, originally played by Richard Dreyfuss, and Mr. Hollander as Chief Brody, a.k.a. Roy Scheider.

In the light-hearted production that involved a crew of 25 and took three months to make, the bloodthirsty shark forsakes tourists to feast on ice cream.

“We didn’t spend a penny to make it except for the film,” Mr. Hollander said.

In its debut on local access, the film won good reviews in the local media which said: “We’ve all seen worse, that someone paid for.”

The three are fans of the entire Jaws film quartet, but have particular fascination for the first two films.

“The original was in my opinion the best movie ever made,” Mr. Gramling said. “They couldn’t do it any better today, even with the advances in technology. Jaws II was a worthy sequel but Jaws three and four were terrible. They shouldn’t even have been made.”