Roy Scheider, RIP
A very sad passing: Roy Scheider, 75, died yesterday after many years of illness.
"Jaws" remains one of my favorite movies of all time, and a lot of that had to do with Roy Scheider's performance. One of his lines from that movie, "You're gonna need a bigger boat," was voted #35 in the American Film Institute's "100 Years, 100 Quotes," surveying some of the best movie lines of all time.
I loved Scheider in so many other movies too, including "All that Jazz."
RIP
Comments
Not only a great actor, but an underrated actor. It's hard to articulate how good he was in Jaws, and I'm glad you mentioned All That Jazz -- he's brilliant in that. Just brilliant. RIP.
Posted by: Aeon J. Skoble | February 11, 2008 10:16 AM
Saw it recently, again, and ... agreed!
Posted by: Chris Matthew Sciabarra | April 5, 2008 05:19 AM