I had been thinking awhile about which person deserves a tribute to post on Soiled Sinema. After hearing of the death of this fellow American, i realized how much of an influence he had on my life. As i look around my colorful room, i see an original JAWS stuffed animal, my JAWS boxers, and my JAWS DVD set. Roy Scheider, along with the two other leads, made this movie, not the shark.
As i look on his Wiki article, i see now that he was scheduled to play John Rambo in First Blood. Pretty funny coincidence as i just re watched the new Rambo film. This would have been an interesting future to see. Who knows? Roy might have done it better. He sure did have the charisma.
The two roles that i see Roy Scheider as, are "Herr" Benway in Cronenberg's film Naked Lunch and Brody in Jaws and Jaws 2. He definitely brought an essence to both films. Dr. Benway was a genius creation of Burroughs and was brought to screen with the perfect cast choice. Schieder. In fact, Roy Scheider should have been in every movie ever made. I can imagine his face superimposed over E.T's face, Sean Connery's face, Hell. Scheider would have made an impressive Bond.
He's got the suave feel to him, the looks, and looks damn good smoking a pipe. That is definitely something that should have been. Roy Scheider will be remembered, if not through his badass film acting style, then definitely for one of the most remembered one-liners ever.
"Smile you son-of-a-bitch"
As i look on his Wiki article, i see now that he was scheduled to play John Rambo in First Blood. Pretty funny coincidence as i just re watched the new Rambo film. This would have been an interesting future to see. Who knows? Roy might have done it better. He sure did have the charisma.
The two roles that i see Roy Scheider as, are "Herr" Benway in Cronenberg's film Naked Lunch and Brody in Jaws and Jaws 2. He definitely brought an essence to both films. Dr. Benway was a genius creation of Burroughs and was brought to screen with the perfect cast choice. Schieder. In fact, Roy Scheider should have been in every movie ever made. I can imagine his face superimposed over E.T's face, Sean Connery's face, Hell. Scheider would have made an impressive Bond.
He's got the suave feel to him, the looks, and looks damn good smoking a pipe. That is definitely something that should have been. Roy Scheider will be remembered, if not through his badass film acting style, then definitely for one of the most remembered one-liners ever.
"Smile you son-of-a-bitch"
-Maq
ROY SCHEIDER’S FINAL FILM “IRON CROSS” – TRAILER & UPDATE MAY 2009
ReplyDeleteCalibra 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
THE ONLY REASON WHY HE BECAME THE STAR-PROTAGONIST IN SPIELBERG's "JAWS" (the first one in 1975) IS BECAUSE BOTH ARE JEWISH. UNCLE ADOLF WAS RIGHT !
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