Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with another Jaws-related video interview where that bastard shark keeps trying to hog the spotlight! This time we chat with The Shark Is Still Working’s J. Michael Roddy. Me and Roddy go back a long way. I did what I could to help get some people for the doc, gave notes on early cuts and provided whatever like-minded Jaws nerd moral support I could over the years.
It’s been a long, long trek for Roddy and his team, but that tough, long road led to The Shark Is Still Working finally getting in front of movie fans’ eyes as the centerpiece of Universal’s huge, gorgeous Jaws Blu-Ray release. At the start of the interview we share a little laugh about how amazing it is to be sitting on Jaws Lake, talking about the documentary all these years later.
In-between interviews, we actually snuck off and poked around the not-often-visited side of Jaws Lake. We visited the spot where the original Orca used to sit, contemplated if there were any pieces of it still resting on the bottom of the lake and even half-joked about diving in to find out. We’re nerds, we had to take advantage (and grab some really choice up-close-and-personal photos with the Amity sign).
The chat itself turned out well. We did manage to talk a bit about the late, great Roy Scheider and a bit about Roddy’s next fan-doc, Monster Kids. Hope you folks enjoy!
Nerds! Okay, still got a couple more video interviews to post. Stay tuned!
-Eric Vespe
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