Roy Scheider 1932 - 2008
Actor Roy Scheider has died. Probably he'll be remembered most for his line in Jaws: "We're gonna need a bigger boat." but he was in a bunch of movies, most of which I liked. Marathon Man, which did for dentists what Jaws did for sharks. Blue Thunder, a silly helicopter movie, with his response when asked by a pilot he detested if he thought he could handle it: "You flew it, didn't you?" And All that Jazz, my favorite musical of all time, for his take on Bob Fosse, in the movie about -- and made by -- Fosse.
He had busted-nose, no-nonsense man look about him and was always a pleasure to watch work.
Adios, Roy.
Actor Roy Scheider has died. Probably he'll be remembered most for his line in Jaws: "We're gonna need a bigger boat." but he was in a bunch of movies, most of which I liked. Marathon Man, which did for dentists what Jaws did for sharks. Blue Thunder, a silly helicopter movie, with his response when asked by a pilot he detested if he thought he could handle it: "You flew it, didn't you?" And All that Jazz, my favorite musical of all time, for his take on Bob Fosse, in the movie about -- and made by -- Fosse.
He had busted-nose, no-nonsense man look about him and was always a pleasure to watch work.
Adios, Roy.
1 comment:
Man that sucks, he was one of my favorites. Loved him in the 7-Ups and Marathon man. Another great one gone...RIP...
Brody~ "let him come down here and chum some of this shit"
Quint~ "Hooper Drives the boat chief"
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