“You’re gonna need a bigger boat”
February 12th, 2008
It possibly has to be one of my favourite movie quotes of all time and delivered by an actor I love and who passed away the other day. Roy Scheider died at 75 from a cancer related infection.
Roy was a good friend to us fans of genre film and television.
Jaws obviously is one of his most recognised roles as Police Chief Martin Brody of the tourist town terrorised by a giant shark. But I also loved him in 2010: The year we make contact which many overlook thanks to the simple majesty of the first film.
I’m also a fan of his from his SeaQuest DSV days playing Captain Nathan Bridger (especially season one which he was happy with - I probably didn’t mind the later seasons so much but Roy was quite vocal in his disgust).
Blue Thunder needs to be mentioned as well as his appearance in The Punisher.
Enjoy and remember Roy Scheider:
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Categories: Movies, Science Fiction, Television | Tags: film and, jaws, martin brody, Movies, roy schneider, seaquest dsv, Television
Blue Thunder deserves more love in general.
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at least I saw Jaws..but I don’t know if I saw Blue Thunder…
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MC - yeah you’re probably right actually - I don’t even own it on DVD which is something I should fix.
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Arjan - dude if you get a chance do so! It’s pure 80s of course but it’s about a kick ass helicopter!!!
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2010 was just on TV the other day and I was thinking, “Gee, I wonder how Roy Scheider’s doing; I heard he was sick.” And that was it.
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GW - yeah I know how you feel - I was watching some Jaws related material the other day myself and then the next day I heard the news
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haha, i just watched jaws a week ago, and in many ways its not nearly as frightening now as it was. I had a really good laugh..
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