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Joe Alves (born 21 May 1936, San Leandro, California) is an American film production designer, perhaps best known for his work on three of the Jaws films. He directed Jaws 3-D. Alves has designed three features for Steven Spielberg, firstly for The Sugarland Express. He designed the three mechanical sharks for the movie Jaws (1975) with mechanical effects man Bob Mattey supervising their physical construction in Sun Valley CA. After the sharks were completed, they were trucked to the shooting location, but unfortunately they had not been tested in water causing a series of delays that have become quite legendary over time. He was nominated for the Academy Award and won the BAFTA for Best Art Direction for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Alves worked on Jaws 2 (1978) in the capacity of both production designer and as second unit director. After John D. Hancock, the initial director of Jaws 2, was sacked, it was suggested that Alves co-direct it with Verna Fields (who edited the original Jaws). Jeannot Szwarc was hired, however, to complete the film. The model of New York he created for John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981) has been described as "memorably derelict", and he was visual consultant on Carpenter's Starman (1984).
Joe Alves
Assistant Director
for Assistant Director in Pizza Tower (1990s Live Action)
Suggested by talalagirlg46
In the neon-soaked chaos of 90s,Peppino Spaghetti, a down-on-his-luck Italian chef, runs across his fragility pizzeria business, then takes a darker turn when a mysterious corporation known only as Pizzaface Enterprises threatens to demonlish "pizza megaplexes" To save his restaurant, Peppino must infiltrate the sureal Pizza Tower, a colossal,other worldly skyscraper rumored to be part gladiatorial arena.Each floor is themed after bizarre food-inspired realms - motten cheese foundries,susage-stuffed fractories,nightmarish dessert corridors,and more - all corrupted chefs. Though anxious and clumsy in real life, while there's many different types of wacky worlds inside that enormous tower. Peppino unleashes an unpredictable energy, hurling himself through obstacles with manic determination,Along side his mischievous partner,Gustavo (and their trusty rat, Brick), Peppino must battle rival chefs,sureal monsters, and living food abominations in an escalating war of kitchen chaos. It blends slapstick comedy.Practical effects, and over-the-top stunts in the style of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984) and Pee-wee's big adventure, but with a gritter undercurrent of 1990s live action. Sometimes it does show where Peppino and friends weren't inside Pizza Tower... Tone: A mix of absurd comedy, campy horror, and action spectacle - think The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!Colliding with Evil Dead || and Poilce Squad, all wrapped in greasy VHS-era charm.
