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Author Topic: WOW! 'Jaws' Actor Scheider Dies at 75 Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-10-2008 10:57 PM                  'Jaws' Actor Scheider Dies I really liked him in "Jaws" and "The Seven-Ups"  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-11-2008 06:07 AM                     Wow, I just watched "The Seven Ups" yesterday. I just found out he passed away with this post. "We need to get a bigger boat" RIP  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-11-2008 06:32 AM                     Let's not forget his performance in ALL THAT JAZZ. I consider that one of the best movies for its time.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Stricker Master Film Handler Posts: 481 From: Calumet, Mi USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 02-11-2008 06:35 AM                     Comes as a suprise. Too bad. Great actor. RIP  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 02-11-2008 07:01 AM                    Wow indeed! I loved him in SeaQuest DSV - although I'm probably the only one. I came very close to meeting him and the entire cast of SeaQuest once at Universal Studios. I kick myself on a regular basis for not taking that opportunity when I had it. And of course he has been immortalized with Jaws. He will be missed.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-11-2008 07:37 AM                     Roy Scheider brought a realism to almost every role he played. You believed it was really a person and not just a character. Blue Thunder The Seven-Ups 52 Pick-Up Klute The French Connection 2010 and of course, JAWS Farewell and thanks for the memories.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-11-2008 10:08 AM                        I forgot he was in "The Seven-Ups." A great chase scene in that movie!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-11-2008 11:47 AM                     Sad to see. He died of Multiple Myloma... an ex girlfriend's dad died from the same thing. You get an extra two to four years through chemical treatment. Mark  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-11-2008 11:47 AM                        Roy Scheider always seemed "real" in whatever role he was playing. I hope the Academy gives him the recognition he deserves during their broadcast this year. "I think we're gonna need a bigger boat" is one of those indelible Hollywood moments that you never forget.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-11-2008 12:13 PM                        I need to get the Jaws video out and listen to that line again. I think he says, "We're gonna need a bigger boat." But I've seen it quoted a few different ways, everything from "We'll need to get a bigger boat" to "We gotta get a bigger boat" to "You're gonna need a bigger boat." I guess "bigger boat" is the only thing everyone agrees on. I would think it'd be every actor's dream to get that one elusive line that goes on to be considered one of the best in movie history.  |  IP: Logged Ray Faultless Film Handler Posts: 96 From: Amington, Tamworth, England Registered: Jun 2001 posted 02-11-2008 12:51 PM                     He says "Your gonna need a bigger boat".  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-11-2008 12:52 PM                        The correct version is "You're gonna need a bigger boat" YouTube Clip from "Jaws" (23 seconds into it)  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 02-11-2008 02:43 PM                     a close friend of mine used to run into him all the time for chemo treatments, and said he was a real gent and a straight shooter.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-11-2008 05:24 PM                  When my oldest daughter was 11 we saw "Jaws" in the theatre. In the middle of that night, she was sleep-walking and woke up my wife and myself and said we have to save the scientist (Dreyfuss) and the sunken-ship captain from the shark. Obviously, the scene with sunken boat with the "pop-out" body made an impression on her. To this day, she still doesn't remember waking us and saying that! HA! BTW: While at Panavision, I worked on that pic and I could tell ya about some of the many problems with the mechanical shark...oh and the time when the Panaflex camera fell off the dock into the drink!  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 02-11-2008 05:44 PM                     Hey, Phil...I thought I was the "Obit Guy"! I saw the story last night and was going to post here but at the time couldn't access the site. (Was Film-Tech offline last night during, I think, 9:00-11:00pm-ish PST, or was I just having computer issues?) Anyway, yeah, I was surprised and bummed to hear of Scheider's passing. Always liked him and agree with others he was an underrated actor and was always believable. I'm not much of a musical fan, so can't comment on "All That Jazz." But I definitely enjoyed his performance in "Blue Thunder" and "Jaws." I've found, to my surprise, that many people dismiss "Jaws" as merely a popcorn/junk movie and the film's performances as nothing special. The film is much more than that, and, in my opinion, the performances are all top notch. Especially touching is Scheider's scene where he wants/needs the hug from his kid. (Of course, the scene's effectiveness is helped by the reaction shot of the wife.) Robert Shaw was borderline over the top, but that worked in contrast with his co-stars. Everyone's mentioning the "You're gonna need a bigger boat" line, which I agree is great. But I think Scheider's "Jaws" connection includes not only that line of dialogue but two other iconic moments: (1) his line when he's tossing the fish into the ocean and the shark comes to the surface (who didn't jump in unison with Scheider?), and (2) the "treadmill" shot when he sees the kid getting attacked during the 4th of July beach scene. Spielberg has been accused of being a hack for ripping off that treadmill (i.e. dolly-zoom combo) technique, but I dare anyone to claim its use in "Jaws" as ineffective! And damn if every obit story I've read has erroneously mentioned "Jaws" being the first movie to gross $100 million. If I only had a buck for every time this "fact" is mentioned in print or conversation.  |  IP: Logged

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