Feb 11 2008Roy Scheider dies (1932 - 2008)

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Actor Roy Scheider passed away yesterday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock. Roy was battling multiple myeloma for the past two years. He was 75. The AP reports:

He was perhaps best known for his role as a small-town police chief in Steven Spielberg's 1975 film "Jaws," about a killer shark terrorizing beachgoers — as well as millions of moviegoers.
In 2005, one of Scheider's most famous lines in the movie — "You're gonna need a bigger boat" — was voted No. 35 on the American Film Institute's list of best quotes from U.S. movies.

This was sad news to me because I freaking loved Jaws growing up. I mean, shit, I wanted to be Jaws. At least until my doctor told me I didn't have a dorsal fin. Or gills. That was this morning actually. It was pretty embarrassing considering I'd just bitten him in the leg then tried to breast stroke away on the linoleum. Awkward.

For all you Jaws fan out there I included the hilarious parody/trailer mash-up "Must Love Jaws" after the jump. Rest in Peace, Roy.

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R.I.P.

Loved Jaws, he was good in those movies

Good actor.

I agree with you Zswan

multiple myeloma sucks...I hope he had a peaceful end

He was good in the French Connection as well.

Good actor!

i LOVE jaws, it's still my favorite movie. poor chief brody - so sad.

Jennifer, there you are! I have been trying and trying to get you to contact me! I found a wonderful woman on your website and we're going to be married!! I want to invite you to my wedding, since I have you and your wonderful website to thank for being able to meet such a wonderful person. Please contact me and I will send you the details! Thank you so much!

I LOVED Roy, and my favorite movie of ALL time is Jaws. I just loved it and will watch it everytime it's on. I think I've seen it about 250 times in my life.
RIP Roy.

I LOVED Roy, and my favorite movie of ALL time is Jaws. I just loved it and will watch it everytime it's on. I think I've seen it about 250 times in my life.
RIP Roy.

I LOVED Roy, and my favorite movie of ALL time is Jaws. I just loved it and will watch it everytime it's on. I think I've seen it about 250 times in my life.
RIP Roy.

Oh NO! Jennifer, where did your post go?? I need to contact you!

Jaws is the #1 show that caused millions of people to be terrified of swimming in the ocean. Thanks alot!

I still get nightmares, damn you Jaws!

But, Roy MADE that show, great acting and was really believable.

RIP

Such a talented actor. Jaws was one of my favourite movies of all time. RIP Roy Scheider

Oh no! Some old actor I've never heard of, RIP ;_;

Such a talented actor. Jaws was one of my favourite movies of all time. RIP Roy Scheider

He was in a great movie where he had to move Nitroglycerin by truck in South America because he was a prisoner but I don't remember the name - his performance was haunting though. Very sad, RIP Roy.

Marathon man....he played a good bad guy.....

Jaws is the #1 show that caused millions of people to be terrified of swimming in the ocean. Thanks alot!

I still get nightmares, damn you Jaws!

But, Roy MADE that show, great acting and was really believable.

RIP

I fucking hate the movie Jaws. And if I knew of another movie Roy Schneider was in, I'd hate that as well.

Good riddance, Roy. Good riddance to bad rubbish, trashman.

Is his son Rob?

He was sooo funny on SNL..."makin' copies"..

haha

RIP

Nothing bad to say here... good actor, great movies, though that harpoon/ oxygen tank trick is illegal in 46 states, even in the event of a shark attack... damn you 9/11 terrorists! I can't blow up shit with DHS all over my ass like Rocco Siffredi on a European teenager.

Sad, sad news. A movie legend and a truly great actor who just got on with the job. Outstanding (and twice Oscar nominated) in so many movies, not just Jaws. But it's my favourite movie of all time and I will always love him for that.

RIP Chief Brody
("In Amity, one man can make a difference")

And to D.Richards (comment no. 19) - crawl back under your stone and fuck yourself, you ignorant cunt. When you're finished two seconds later, go and get some fucking respect.

@20 Don't you see how much they look a like??

"That's some bad hat Harry" http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8472541286401891457

D Richards is obviously on line from the mental ward. they have internet access there now. go take your meds you whack job drag queen before I have one of the nurses come in there and take that toilet plunger out of your ass.

I had a huge crush on him in JAWS.

A class act.

RIP.

#23? You're so serious. What's wrong, did you used to make out with fantasy Roy Scheider (pillow) when you were a little girl? Awe! That's so cute! 'Twice Oscar nominated'. That's hilarious.

And please, Lizbo, don't ever call me a cunt again. I'm more of a prick: hard, yet soft sometimes; instead of just being some loose cunt, all of the time. Cunt.

Down here: Is it okay if, instead of crawling under a 'stone', I use said stone to plug my ass?

#26. I'm 'on line' from the inside of your mother's well worn vagina, slim.

Stinks in here; your mom doesn't wipe properly. Free internet access though.

R.I.P. Roy. You were one of the best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F96_PyFEHBM

I didn't even know he was ill. He is the kind of guy you respect and always feel will be around. What a loss.

I'll never forgive him for quitting "seaQuest DSV". What did the DSV stand for, anyway? I'm hoping it was "dick-severing vagina".

They should change their motto to "TheSuperficial-Making fun of as many dead people as possible..."

I thought that was their moto??

RIP Roy.....

French Connection
Jaws
All That Jazz
2010

A very good actor.

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Omg, Roy was the best actor ever. I can't believe he died. He was great in Knight's Tale and 10 Things I Hate About You. Whatever will become of poor poor Matilda?

#33. Shut-up, Frist. I'll make fun of you.

And if we don't make fun of the dead, who is? It's not like they can make fun of themselves, they're deceased.

#36! Ha-Ha!

Now this is sad -- great actor, great movies, no drugs invovled.

RIP

D. Richards is obviously an attention whore with Mommy and Daddy issues and his/her pathetic attempts at comedy fall flat.

This is really a shame because Roy + Blue Thunder + Iraq = end of war.

RIP you helo looping mofo.

I call bullshit. Famous people don't die.

#40? Rarely am I ever trying to make people laugh, darlin'. Aren't you on this site regularly? And you still don't know that Dick is male? You're probably too busy fighting your crusade against those pesky spammers.

I enjoy how you thought you were so witty with your 'spam' response; Although I never thought it was funny, or enlightened. You pasted that silly response a couple of hundred times and then people started calling you on how pointless you were: I believe they said some of the same things you're saying to me -- about you not beeing funny. So for a few days, you continued typing responses like, 'I don't have the time right now, but if I did, you..', just to let people know that you still had it in you. Right, you were had by everybody. Now you've almost fucked-off completely. I see through you.

Also, Hey (!), go fuck your mother.

"Her music is amazing (yet, still AMAZING, sorry haters"

Attention Whore:

I have no idea what you're talking about, but your lust for attention is still pathetic and lame.

#44. Yeah, you wouldn't.

I do though.

Attention Whore, please.

Your misdirected anger confuses and baffles me. You should be thanking me for giving you what you so desperately crave: attention.

We really should be friends. I'm here for you.

whatever.

very good actor, loved most of his movies. 2010 was one of best movies all time

Damnit!
One more great actor is gone! RIP!

Damn,
He won all those battles with that shark,
Battled addiction and heroine traffickers in French Connection and now this.

Actors today are a bunch of no-talent entitled, petulant children.
They cant act worth A SHIT! and its all done with camera tricks! How else can you make a mental and physical midget like tom cruise 6' tall and powerful enough to fight all those Impossible Missions, or heath ledger as a gay cowboy, (okay that one made sense except the cowboy part he could never have cut it on the range!
RIP dude!

I got something you can be friends with, #46: my asshole. Kiss, and make-up.

No, don't put make-up on my asshole, weirdo. Tell the portal that you're sorry. Not for anything in particular, just that you're a sorry excuse for animal tissue.

Cancer my ass. Anybody seen that fucking shark lately? hmmmmmm?

Jaws? he was the bomb in Seaquest DSV.

D. Richards, my attention seeking buddy, please don't be so hostile. Your anger is terrifying. We could make a great team, believe me. Please reconsider. We can conquer the world. I can give you all the attention that you are lacking, and you, in turn, would complete me. Think it over before jumping to such rash conclusions.

Loved him in All That Jazz. Super movie and a super performance.

Great actor,i like his role in 'Once upon in America.' Respect.

He was so talented, I will never understand death. He was the one person I would like to just sit at a table and talk about his life and achievements. I only hope he died peacefully, RIP Roy you will be missed so much....knight

Time for a Seaquest marathon...

Yet ANOTHER good actor gone.
RIP man. :(

I loved Roy...but myeloma doesn't surprise me...did anybody ever see Roy without a tan??? I mean this guy looked like an East Indian in January.
Want to see a great movie with Roy other then the usual...Check out the
"7-Ups"...fantastic cop/gangster flick!

Roy has gone to the great tanning bed in the sky now.
RIP Roy!

Damn... I first got happy because I thought it was letterman that was dead,.

wow, a lot of people are dying this year & its only february.
this is sad.

Roy Scheider Iron Cross

My favourite movie that nobody , probably never heard of !
is THE SORCERER . 1977, now that's thinking outside the BOX.Now it was SCARRY

ROY SCHEIDER’S FINAL FILM “IRON CROSS” – TRAILER & UPDATE MAY 2009

Calibra Pictures is pleased to announce the release of the trailer for Roy Scheider’s last film “Iron Cross”.

The revenge thriller, written and directed by Joshua Newton, will be previewed towards the end of the year in Los Angeles, following our Roy Scheider Film Week, dates and location tbc.

The trailer can be downloaded securely from the following yousendit.com link:

https://rcpt.yousendit.com/674374016/2c8d2c044adbfe73d4293fc995eca0cb

We’d be delighted to receive your comments.

Yours truly

The Iron Cross Team
ironcross@calibrapictures.com

ROY SCHEIDER’S FINAL FILM “IRON CROSS” – TRAILER & UPDATE MAY 2009

Calibra Pictures is pleased to announce the release of the trailer for Roy Scheider’s last film “Iron Cross”.

The revenge thriller, written and directed by Joshua Newton, will be previewed towards the end of the year in Los Angeles, following our Roy Scheider Film Week, dates and location tbd.

The trailer can be downloaded securely from the following yousendit.com link:

http://rcpt.yousendit.com/674374016/2c8d2c044adbfe73d4293fc995eca0cb

We’d be delighted to receive your comments.

Yours truly,

The Iron Cross Team
ironcross@calibrapictures.com

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