Joe Alves: JAWS 2 45th Anniversary Interview

Joe Alves: Production Designer / Associate Producer (JAWS 2)
An American film production designer, perhaps best known for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the first three films of the Jaws. He directed the third installment Jaws 3-D.
Buy 'Joe Alves Designing JAWS' here: amzn.to/3N7q5uz
You can watch the full JAWS 2 45th Anniversary interview series here: thedailyjaws.c...
Follow The Daily Jaws here:
Facebook: www.facebook.c...
Twitter: th...
Instagram: ...
TikTok: vm.tiktok.com/...

[@donnadavies2059]

Thank you Daily Jaws for keeping all these memories alive. Jaw will be my favorite film until I die. I will be in an old folks home drinking beer and watching Jaws.

[@neilblackshaw3486]

Fantastic interview. Joe made such a huge contribution to JAWS and JAWS 2

[@adamblackedition5529]

and remind us what he did with jaws 3?

[@LingLiu2014]

​@@adamblackedition5529and Jaws the Revenge too

[@PeterOldschool]

​@@LingLiu2014 Alves was not a part of Jaws 4...

[@johnmcnulty1129]

Joe Alves Not just JAWS, but movie royalty here.

[@sebulia1]

I’m honored you asked my Night Gallery question. Sincerest thanks! 🙏

[@dghazd5862]

Thanks for all the interviews 🙌🏼 What strikes me, is all the humbleness of the people involved in Jaws and Jaws 2. Joe Alves is simply a legend.

[@LeShark75]

Another great interview.. I had a drink with Joe on Martha's Vineyard and managed to have a brilliant discussion with him about Jaws 3D. At that time he didn't know that Simon MacCorkindale had passed away and the news stopped him in his tracks when I told him. Joe then went on to tell me how wonderful MacCorkindale was to work with and that his style in the movie, down to the stubble, was inspired by Indiana Jones.

[@cc_1983]

This channel and the interviews are brilliant! Thanks alot dude. You are so good at asking questions and letting things breathe and the questions get answered properly.

[@clivegreen5492]

So great to see interviews with people who are not selling a book or promoting a movie..all these interviews are fascinating and are pure gold..brilliant!

[@davidprice6994]

Magical interview

[@jasondyer722]

I absolutely love all these interviews. Great job!!!

[@scorptarget]

Joe is Awesome! 👏🏽👏🏽

[@DeepseaOddities]

You should interview him about Jaws 3D!

[@antoniobourge12]

wow excellent cant believe I found this!

[@dougmasters4579]

Great video. Joe did a good job directing Jaws 3, which is a fun and underrated monster movie.

[@marc1128]

no he was a brilliant production designer on 1 and 2, I could have made a better jaws film than jaws 3 at age 12...jaws 3 was horrendous including the direction, amazing he did it so bad!

[@dougmasters4579]

@@marc1128 Nah, Jaws 3 works great as a straight forward B-movie monster film in the same vain as Piranha (1978) and Alligator (1980). Alves did well to make a truly fun sequel. Jaws 3 has an original & interesting story/setting (with many plot points ripped off by the first two Jurassic Park movies). It also has a light tone, good pacing, a good cast (including Dennis Quaid and Lea Thompson) and a great score by Alan Parker. The only problem was the 3-D sfx, which should've been removed or redone for tv/video releases.

[@marc1128]

nah piranha and alligator are great and have great attack scenes, there isn't one good shark scene in jaws 3, just look at the water ski group, so badly done...I could have made better at 12, no joke...jaws the revenge at least has a few decent shark scenes and uses Williams brilliant soundtrack, 3 does none of this

[@dougmasters4579]

@@marc1128 What about the scene where Fitzroyce is baiting the shark and you see it coming slowly out the depths and eventually eating him? That's a great attack scene. I like Jaws 4 as well, Sean Brody's death at the beginning is brutal. I like all three Jaws sequels, very underrated.

[@Paul07791]

@@dougmasters4579 On what planet are they "very underrated"? These are sequels to one of the biggest films of all times; they have been seen way more than they deserve and personally I saw Jaws III the other day, fuck me it sucks. Underrated is like Monster Squad (overshadowed by The Goonies), Hard Target (overshadowed by The Fugitive?!), The Mist (no idea)...

[@anthonywhitehead5576]

Joe Alves - Legend

[@j.r.cruzaguirre2734]

I am such a fan of Joe elves work! This is such a great interview, and I will say that, even though Jones three was a troubled production and is not widely accepted, I love it. It is a guilty pleasure.

[@mattlord3660]

Loved what Jo did with the shark in Jaws 1 where it ate the pier. In Jaws 2 Jo was great as Eddie. Not easy to direct and act at the same time. In Jaws 3 when Spielberg wanted to do the sci-fi shark, it was ultimately Jo who said no, and then we got the whole 3D genre. Mind you, Speilberg went on to do Jurassic Park.

[@rhettcorbett3346]

What a legend. Awesome interview. Did Joe build the island from the last scene ? So there is nothing left from the Left side, Right side & full Bruce ?

[@agfagaevart]

He didn't mention that there was at least THREE full sized sharks used, plus a some fins that they dragged behind boats, etc. But he's knocking on in years. Wish he'd talked about Escape From New York.

[@Southlondonsteve]

Good interview. 👍 Enjoyed hearing Joe talk about Rod Serling (i am also a Twilight Zone fan). That was an added bonus on top of the Jaws talk.

[@franksan11]

He kind of rambled on a bit but some interesting insights. Would like to see another interview with him on the 40th anniversary of him directing Jaws 3-D

[@michaelreidmassey4131]

As for his rambling he is getting up in age

[@thomashumphrey48]

Damn He Looks Great 😊

[@brettsmeltzer2447]

Regarding the opening scene of the divers around the ORCA the lettering on the end of the vessel was definitely different than what was originally on the ORCA in JAWS. But Joe did explain how that happened. Great to know! Outside of that, it didn’t pull me away from the enjoying the movie. Great behind the scenes information from Joe Alves! Loved It! 👍👍👍👍

[@adamblackedition5529]

well how did it happen?

[@francoisignatius2781]

Great interview by this movie legend ! incredible ! warmest congratulations to the best youtube channel ! 🥰

[@awsom50]

Will there be an uncut version of the interview shown??

[@mattk5020]

@The Daily Jaws, wonder what Steven Spielberg thought of JAWS 2

[@dj7973]

Great interview, thanks. Was looking forward to hearing about his experience directing Jaws 3, but I’m assuming he didn’t want to talk about it.

[@Mike-wf1nm]

Yeah, would've liked to hear more about that. He's very laid back!

[@Highice007]

The place in Florida, the movie was shot, was Fort Walton Beach. ⛱️

[@kevinmyles6369]

Jaws 2 brilliant sequel, almost as good as the original.. clever, quick editing and enough tense moments with Scheider still on board who hated being on board again.

[@roquefortfiles]

Love you Joe. But the shark was phoned in for Jaws 2

[@mikeekim2532]

Good interview. Why the garbage looking shark over your shoulder when there are such better ones around all these years mate?

[@roycem4945]

Joe is talented as an art director. However, the opening 19:05 shark attack scene is way better directed than Joe's 2nd unit filming of the shark attack on the ski boat. Additionally, the re-design of the shark gave it a huge fake looking protruding bottom jaw. And the bland coloring and its sealed throat made the shark in Jaws 2 laughable.

[@markbrodie2784]

The helicopter scene was the dumbest scene 8n the film. I don't know how a pro like Alves thought that was believable! I love the film but the darker version of Hancock and novelist Searls would have made a better Jaws II.

[@douglastaggart9360]

The one big mistake in Jaws 2 is the shark killing the killer whale we know know great whites are terrifying of killer whales

[@johnfrusciante6548]

The shark killing an Orca is to show just how menacing and formidable this particular shark truly was and the danger it imposes on Amity. Even It's own natural predator couldn't stop this particular shark. Also, its a slight jab at the film 'Orca, the Killer Whale' which was a Jaws "rip-off". In that film, the Orca kills a Great White.

[@shenanigans5552]

Anaconda as in snakes in the water?

[@bowler8]

Things haven't changed much, people want top dollar for doing F...all

[@markbrodie2784]

And the kid actors were awful. They aren't in the book Jaws II.

[@Mike-wf1nm]

Ann was great. And she was more experienced. Some of the others were a little iffy.

[@kidmack3556]

I loved them all... Even "Larry"

[@stewartkee6115]

If Joe filmed so many great scenes from the first two Jaws movies then why is Jaws 3 so bad? I call bullshit. Doubt he filmed anything other than a few crowd scenes.

[@Mike-wf1nm]

He was great with second unit stuff. Not sure he was a great actor's director, based on the rancidness of the script/acting in Jaws 3.