Word: mattey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While the cast assembled, the only integral member of the Jaws unit still back in California was Special Effects Whiz Bob Mattey. He was building a 24-ft. great white shark that would be required to surface, swim, submerge, snap its jaws, thrash its tail, roll its eyes and gobble up Robert Shaw. Usually movie monsters get to work under the most pristine studio conditions. Mattey's great white not only had to behave like the real thing but also had to work in a shark's habitat. Imagine King Kong tramping down Fifth Avenue and shin-nying...
Created by former Disney Special Effects Chief Robert Mattey and Jaws Art Director Joe Alves, Bruce is, in fact, triplets-one to be photographed from the right side, one from the left and one for all angling. The three are currently working on location in the waters off Martha's Vineyard...
...underwater platform with a huge, cranelike arm. Hydraulically powered and manipulated by the arm, Bruce is agile enough to sink a ship, which he does. All-Around Bruce, known as the "free-floater," is controlled by a towing boat with a 300-ft. pneumatic line. That Bruce, says Creator Mattey, "has unlimited running room, like a person on water skis being pulled on the open...