He was a star in the age when films were about life and how it was lived – not like today when movies – especially the ‘serious’ one – are just about other movies.
I was holed up once in a dried-up motel somewhere outside of Gallup with only a stick of beef jerky and a bottle of malt liquor to keep me company; feeling pretty down. Till I turned on the tube and 52-Pickup was on. Cheered me right up. I suggest you put it on your queue and indulge in all the Scheider, (or Schneider as lot of people probably thought of him), you can handle, (even 2010. Yikes).
Roy Richard Scheider: November 10th, 1932-February 10th, 2008
Ah … Roy Scheider, an actor that did his best work in uniform! Captain of a submarine in seaQuest DSV, pilot of a fancy LAPD helicopter in Blue Thunder, and police chief in some minor hit called Jaws.
ROY SCHEIDER’S FINAL FILM “IRON CROSS” – TRAILER & UPDATE MAY 2009
Calibra 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:
http://rcpt.yousendit.com/674374016/2c8d2c044ad…
We’d be delighted to receive your comments.
Yours truly
The Iron Cross Team
ironcross@calibrapictures.com