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Director races to complete Scheider's last film -
2 December 2009
-Moviemaker Joshua Newton is racing to complete the film that has become Jaws star Roy Scheider's final project, so the actor can be considered for a posthumous Best Actor Oscar.-
-Scheider was twice nominated for an Academy Award during his life, and Newton is determ
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Roy Scheider 1932 - 2008 -
12 February 2008
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-"Film orange?!?" For most of us, Roy Scheider's contribution to mobile cinema culture in the popular Orange commercials a little while back was a reminder of an esteemed actor who had been away too long. -
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Roy Scheider - filmography
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Iron Cross
(2009)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Scott Cohen, Alexander Newton
Director: Joshua Newton
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Joseph (Roy Scheider) a retired New York police officer and Holocaust survivor, travels to Nuremberg to visit his son Ronnie (Scott Cohen) years after turning his back on him for rejecting a promising career in the NYPD and marrying a local artist, Anna (Calita Rainford). No sooner does Joseph ..read more »
 
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Chicago 10
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Nick Nolte, Mark Ruffalo
Director: Brett Morgan
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Chicago 10 tells the story of the buildup and unraveling of the Chicago Conspiracy trial. Interweaving footage of the brutal clashes between police and demonstrators, during the 1968 Democratic convention, with 3D animated reenactments of the outrageous trial that followed it, it presents the ..read more »
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from 38 members
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The Poet
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Nina Dobrev, Roy Scheider, Kim Coates
Director: Damian Lee
Certificate: 
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At the dawn of World War 2, a Rabbi's daughter and a disenchanted German soldier fall in love and are separated by the war. They struggle on a perilous journey to find one another.
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from 179 members
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Dracula III - Legacy
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jason Scott Lee, Jason London, Roy Scheider
Director: Patrick Lussier
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In the near future, Uffizi and Luke travel to the remote reaches of war torn Romania to rescue Elizabeth and finish the vampire once and for all. Along the way, they encounter TV news journalist and a corps of rebels trying to fight the vampire uprising which plagues their country.
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from 116 members
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Dracula II - Ascension
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Jason Scott Lee, Jason London, Roy Scheider
Director: Patrick Lussier
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This sequel to Wes Craven's DRACULA 2000 begins as a group of medical students discover the body of the infamous Count. Soon, the students find themselves in the middle of a bizarre and dangerous conflict when a shadowy figure offers them 30 million for the body so that he may harvest his blood. At ..read more »
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from 1,638 member
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Time Lapse
(2001)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Dina Meyer, William McNamara
Director: David Worth
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Clayton Pierce, an anti-terrorist agent working undercover is shocked to discover that a routine drug deal is not what it seems and in fact involves a nuclear bomb. Upon his return to headquarters, he finds that no-one, including his boss, knows anything about the true nature of his mission. In ..read more »
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from 63 members
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The Doorway
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Lauren Woodland, Christian Harmony
Director: Michael Druxman
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A paranormal expert (Roy Scheider, JAWS) is employed to help a group of college students who have accidentally opened an entryway to hell while renovating an ancient Gregorian mansion. It's a race against time as demons threaten to unleash an evil upon earth worse than anything hell has ever seen. ..read more »
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from 156 members
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Daybreak
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Ted McGinley, Ursula Brooks
Director: Jean Pellerin
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The Metro Red Line rain number 7 crashes into a collapsed tunnel in the Los Angeles underground and the survivors must battle to escape or face death deep under ground.
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from 131 members
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RKO 281
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith
Director: Benjamin Ross
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Orson Welles arrives in Hollywood hailed as the boy genius but is stuck for the subject of his first movie. After a dinner party at Hearst Castle he has an argument with Hearst and decides to make a film about him. Some time later he gets the green light and starts to make his movie but Hearst gets ..read more »
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from 218 members
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Better Living
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Roy Scheider, Edward Herrmann
Director: Max Mayer
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Nora (Olympia Dukakis) and her three grown daughters, living in the suburbs of New York City, are stunned when Tom (Roy Scheider), Nora's husband and the father of the girls, comes back after 15 years and reunites their family. However, he has changed. Now, he insists that the family build a ..read more »
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from 45 members
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John Grisham's The Rainmaker
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Matt Damon, Danny De Vito, Claire Danes
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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John Grisham's novel comes to life in Francis Ford Coppola's courtroom drama pitting the little guy against a large corporation. Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon), an inexperienced Memphis lawyer, and his legal sidekick, Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito), defend a leukemia victim against an insurance company ..read more »
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from 6,697 members
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Executive Target
(1997)
Starring: Michael Madsen, Keith David, Angie Everhart
Director: Joseph Merhi
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A Hollywood stunt car driver finds himself coerced into participating in a daring plan to kidnap the president and overthrow the government of the United States. Gun battles, big explosions, and asphalt carnage ensue.
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from 103 members
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Peacekeeper
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Michael Sarrazin, Montel Williams
Director: Frederic Forestier
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When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching the US arsenal in case of war, only a heroic Major has the key to prevent a Presidential assassination or a nuclear holocaust.
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from 115 members
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Romeo is Bleeding
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Anabella Sciorra
Director: Peter Medak
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A dirty cop (played by Gary Oldman) finds his greed and desire awakened when he is assigned by the Mob to murder a sexy Mafia hitwoman whilst at the same time being assigned to protect her by the FBI.
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from 1,035 member
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Naked Lunch
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Judy Davis
Director: David Cronenberg
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From director David Cronenberg [The Fly (1986), Dead Ringers (1988)] comes the film adaptation of William BurroughsÂ’s modern literary masterpiece The Naked Lunch. The book was controversial and ground-breaking and banned for many years for its sensational content. A semi-autobiographical account of ..read more »
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from 4,263 members
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The Russia House
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Klaus Maria Brandauer
Director: Fred Schepisi
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Sean Connery and Michelle Pfieffer ignite the screen in this enchanting adaptation of John Le Carre's suspenseful espionage drama. Connery portrays Barley Blair -- a lonely, middle aged, hard-drinking, London publisher -- who has a love for all things Russian. While in Russia, Barley captures the ..read more »
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from 997 members
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Cohen and Tate
(1988)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Adam Baldwin, Harley Cross
Director: Eric Red
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Roy Scheider stars as an ice-cold professional hitman who always works alone. Adam Baldwin appears as a young, bloodthirsty psychopath on a hair-trigger. Together, they are paid to kidnap young Travis Knight and take him on a long ride to Houston. But Travis has only his mind as a weapon to set the ..read more »
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from 12 members
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52 Pick Up
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity
Director: John Frankenheimer
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Wealthy businessman Harry Mitchell falls prey to ruthless blackmailers after having an illicit affair with a young model. Single-handedly, he masterminds a plan to beat the extortionists at their game, eventually facing the foremost crook in a deadly confrontation.
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from 305 members
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The Men's Club
(1986)
Starring: David Dukes, Richard Jordan, Harvey Keitel
Director: Peter Medak
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A group of men get together to form a "discussion group". They share their feelings about women, life, love, and work. The party gets rowdier and rowdier, and then the wife returns home. Thrown out, the men are not yet willing to call it a night...
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2010 - The Year We Make Contact
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Keir Dullea, John Lithgow
Director: Peter Hyams
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A team of American and Soviet astronauts travel in search of the lost ship "Discovery" as Cold War strife boils over back on Earth. A breathtaking if far less allegorical sequel to the sci-fi classic 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY. Academy Award Nominations: 5.
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from 7,046 members
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Blue Thunder
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Malcolm McDowell
Director: John Badham
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The air above Los Angeles has become a battle ground in this explosive action thriller. Roy Scheider (JAWS) stars as Frank Murphy, a courageous and honorable Los Angeles police officer who is chosen to test run Blue Thunder, a high-tech experimental attack helicopter that comes complete with ..read more »
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from 1,157 member
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Blue Thunder - Blu-ray
(1983)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark
Director: John Badham
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The air above Los Angeles has become a battle ground in this explosive action thriller. Roy Scheider (JAWS) stars as Frank Murphy, a courageous and honorable Los Angeles police officer who is chosen to test run Blue Thunder, a high-tech experimental attack helicopter that comes complete with ..read more »
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from 344 members
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All That Jazz
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ben Vereen
Director: Bob Fosse
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It's showtime! In this part film à clef, part musical phantasmagoria, director/choreographer Bob Fosse takes a Felliniesque look at the life of a driven entertainer. Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider, channeling Fosse) is the ultimate work (and pleasure)-aholic, as he knocks back a daily dose of ..read more »
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from 2,146 members
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Jaws 2
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
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Amity police chief Brody discovers that there's more than one fish in the sea-the great white shark he destroyed in the first film has a hungry mate ready to wreak havoc on the community. This action-packed sequel features the welcome return of Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary reprising their roles ..read more »
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from 6,726 members
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Sorcerer
(1977)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer
Director: William Friedkin
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Roy Scheider lends his intense talent to this taut action-adventure from director William Friedkin. Set on the edge of a South American Jungle, a desperate four-man team, led by Scheider, must transport a volatile cargo of nitroglycerine over 200 miles of treacherous terrain in order to stop a ..read more »
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from 41 members
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Marathon Man
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Marc Lawrence, Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier
Director: John Schlesinger
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Doc Levy (Roy Scheider) is an American secret agent who has been running interference between the U.S. government and escaped Nazi war criminal Szell (Laurence Olivier). Believing that Doc has stolen a valuable cache of gems, Szell emerges from his South American hiding place and heads for New York...read more »
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from 8,548 members
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Jaws - Blu-ray
(1975)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Director: Steven Spielberg
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From the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg directed this thrill ride of terror. During the height of beach season, the Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island is terrorised one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. Three unlikely partners team up to hunt down ..read more »
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Jaws
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Murray Hamilton, Susan Backlinie, Lee Fierro
Director: Steven Spielberg
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From the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg directed this thrill ride of terror. During the height of beach season, the Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island is terrorized one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. Three unlikely partners team up to hunt down ..read more »
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from 44,851 members
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The Seven-Ups
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Victor Arnold, Jerry Leon
Director: Philip D'Antoni
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This was the only directorial effort of Philip D'Antoni, producer of the action classic BULLITT (1968). Roy Scheider stars as Buddy Manucci, a New York City Police Department investigator running a task force charged with taking down criminals guilty of offenses that would get them a minimum ..read more »
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from 64 members
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Roy Scheider facts
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...some of the magic and includes solid performances from a stellar cast including Roy Scheider, John Lithgow and Helen Mirren.
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