They're in the yaarrrd not faarrr from the caarr.

"It's Woe Time!"

i grew up in san diego - and hated the ocean after that movie was made.

r.i.p. roy.

I'll always remember him for his greatest role:
Captain Bridger from SeaQuest.

How can a show with talking dolphins be cancelled? That show will be hailed as genius 40 years from now . . .

God must have needed a shark hunter

"Smile, you son of a bitch!"

Roy did the flip in Blue Thunder!

I've always been a sci-fi nut. I remember him best from 2010. I loved that movie when I was a kid.

Hey Chief, I see you brought your rubbers. -St Peter

I wonder if he watched himself in All That Jazz before he died.

At that point it was probably the movie that would have meant the most to him.

In general I thought he was great in anything that he did.

RIP

It's Showtime, folks!

We're gonna need a bigger boat!

All time classic.

Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte... just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that when you're in the water, Chief? You tell by looking from the dorsal to the tail. What we didn't know, was our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin', so we formed ourselves into tight groups. You know, it was kinda like old squares in the battle like you see in the calendar named "The Battle of Waterloo" and the idea was: shark comes to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and screamin' and sometimes the shark go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be living... until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all the poundin' and the hollerin', they all come in and they... rip you to pieces. You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don't know how many sharks, maybe a thousand. I know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday morning, Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boatswain's mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. Bobbed up, down in the water just like a kinda top. Upended. Well, he'd been bitten in half below the waist. Noon, the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us. He swung in low and he saw us... he was a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper. Anyway, he saw us and he come in low and three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and starts to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened... waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water; 316 men come out and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.

You're gonna need a bigger boat.

Here lies the body of Mary Lee; died at the age of a hundred and three. For fifteen years she kept her virginity; not a bad record for this vicinity.

Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.

But that wasn't Roy Scheider. That was Bobby Shaw. Great speech, tho.

seems that quint had all the good lines

He was Ahab to Dreyfuss' Ishmael.

RIP Roy!

Too bad he passed on "Deer Hunter".

It was one of his biggest regrets.

I loved him in "Jaws."

Blue Thunder. I wanted that helicopter. And yes, his Floyd was good stuff in 2010 (although that movie was... just a bit off from the book).

Another one, I think it was called 52 Pickup. Great action movie. One of my favorite actors. He wasn't in enough movies.

Cool actor. Will be missed.

he did a fantastic job as Bob Fosse's alter ego in All That Jazz.

First saw him in the "7 Up's" cop movie.Roy had an exotic look and charisma about him - always reminded me of a European actor.He had some great scenes in Marathon Man with Dustin Hoffman.Seems these days actors who are half as talented and intriguing as Schneider are getting Mega-Publicity plus Academy Awards for 3rd rate movies.C'est la vie!
Cheers Roy!

A great actor. Held 2010 on his own. RIP roy.

Marathon Man

Is it safe?

2010

2001: A Space Odyssey is my favorite all time movie. 2010 was silly, but you are right, Roy Sheider was very good in it.

"Marathon Man"

Is it safe

Posted by goatman at 2008-02-12 03:37 AM

TRUTHHURTS

Posted by truthhurts at 2008-02-11 11:51 AM | Reply

Thanks for putting up that part where ol' Quint told them about the USS Indianapolis.
It was riveting the way he told the story in the movie.

Let's not forget the Marathon Man. Roy Scheider getting knifed...ouch! Great actor indeed.

Thanks for the dialogue. Forgot how gripping it was. Saw 'Jaws' when I was a recruit in the army and at 52 I still get the creeps when sitting on my surfboard and my feet dangle in the water.

Right now-there are sharks off of both Coasts that are throwing parties........

JAFO


RIP