Roy Scheider

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q216569: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: The French Connection (1971); The Seven-Ups (1973); Jaws (1975); Marathon Man (1976); Sorcerer (1977); Jaws 2 (1978); All That Jazz (1979); Last Embrace (1979); Still of the Night (1982); Blue Thunder (1983); 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984); 52 Pick-Up (1986); seaQuest DSV (1993).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): 5 lines

  1. lineage (sequel) · through 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), which they acted in: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). The film has a sequel, and Clarke wrote three sequel novels.
    “Obviously, the sequel exists.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:11:43 · Jordan Hoffman (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast) · through 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), which they acted in: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). 2010 tries to answer Kubrick's questions and is more loyal to Arthur C. Clarke's ideas.
    “it's much more... As I remember loyal to Arthur C. Clark's science fiction ideas”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:26:18 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage) · through 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), which they acted in: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). 2010 was made because the novel sequel existed, a movie made just because they had to.
    “Because Arthur C. Clark had come out with a 2010 novel.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:54:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (sequel) · through 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), which they acted in: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). 2010 is the sequel to 2001; the speaker's reaction to the Kubrick film is the benchmark throughout.
    “And I said, oh, you know, 2010, the sequel to 2001 and they were like, the what?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:02:34 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. craft (borrowed music) · through 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), which they acted in: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). The only thing 2010 borrows from 2001, apart from plotting, is the music, including the Zarathustra drop at the end.
    “Yeah, is the music.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:07:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

2010: Odyssey Two (novel) (1982): 3 lines

  1. unmapped (changes from the book) · through 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), which they acted in: 2010: Odyssey Two (novel) ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the maker said so). Hyams demanded changes to play up US-Soviet politics, which the novel does not treat as a source of tension.
    “Two, there's changes I want to make to play up the politics of the movie because in the novel, the U.S. Soviet thing is not like a source of tension.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:21:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (changed character nationality) · through 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), which they acted in: 2010: Odyssey Two (novel) ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the maker said so). Dr. Chandra is Indian in the book; the film made him American, per Balaban.
    “Bob Balaban said they changed his nationalities from Indian to American because they thought it would be confusing to have another nationality who've got the Russians and the Americans up there.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:28:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (adaptation) · through 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), which they acted in: 2010: Odyssey Two (novel) ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). The film exists because Clarke published the sequel novel.
    “Arthur C. Clark, of course, did publish a sequel to 2001 called 2010.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:17:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977): 1 line

  1. unmapped (tip of the hat) · through 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), which they acted in: Close Encounters of the Third Kind ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). Casting Balaban reads as a nod to Close Encounters; the speaker finds 2010 more in its shadow than 2001's.
    “And the Balaban casting feels like a real tip of the hat to that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:28:46 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

David Fincher: 2 lines

  1. lineage (influence) · through All That Jazz (1979), which they acted in: All That Jazz ⇒ David Fincher (the maker said so). The speaker says Fincher loves Fosse and always cites All That Jazz.
    “All that jazz is like a recurring influence.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:53:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (screened for crew) · through All That Jazz (1979), which they acted in: All That Jazz ⇒ David Fincher (the host's read). A host read somewhere that All That Jazz was the movie Fincher screened for his crew as the style to match.
    “I was just reading somewhere about like all that jazz being the movie that he screened for his crew a bunch.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:14:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Arachnophobia: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Jaws (1975), which they acted in: Jaws ⇒ Arachnophobia (the host's read). Arachnophobia is Jaws with spiders.
    “it's sort of like Jaws, but with spiders”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:34:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Beverly Hills Cop (1984): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The French Connection (1971), which they acted in: The French Connection ⇒ Beverly Hills Cop (the host's read). Recast Popeye Doyle as Axel Foley and the movie barely changes; the apartments are essentially the same.
    “Like you take the French connection and you recast Dean Hackman's, you make Popeye Doyle, Axel Foley.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:23:34 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)

Cold Hearted (Paula Abdul video): 1 line

  1. lineage (visual homage) · through All That Jazz (1979), which they acted in: All That Jazz ⇒ Cold Hearted (Paula Abdul video) (the host's read). A host reads that Cold Hearted was inspired by All That Jazz, and another says it directly references it.
    “this film was uh, inspired by all that jazz, her belly button's exposed.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:14:36 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Empire of the Sun (1987): 1 line

  1. craft (shot design) · through Jaws (1975), which they acted in: Jaws ⇒ Empire of the Sun (the host's read). Spielberg reveals Malkovich in pieces like Jaws and Indiana Jones, withholding the hero shot.
    “he introduces him both like he's Jaws and like he's Indiana Jones”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:38:17 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Friday the 13th (1980): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Jaws (1975), which they acted in: Jaws ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Friday took Jaws' device of music for a villain you cannot see.
    “the Jaws music for the villain you can't see.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:46:35 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Seven (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (cited influence) · through All That Jazz (1979), which they acted in: All That Jazz ⇒ Seven (the maker said so). A host recalls a Fincher film the show covered where he cited All That Jazz as an inspiration for the look, maybe Seven.
    “where he cited how much of an inspiration all that jazz was for him for the look of the movie?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:13:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Twister (1996): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Jaws (1975), which they acted in: Jaws ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Jonas is the Jaws-mayor archetype, a money-motivated antagonist that became a stock character in every movie.
    “The mayor in Jaws is the character that kind of pushes against our lead person.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:54:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (19) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career risk): Bradley Cooper → Roy Scheider. Cooper taking this dark role after A Star Is Born is a 1970s-style star move like Scheider in Sorcerer.
    “it reminded me of what Roy Schneider did in Sorcerer, which is another movie that came out”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:37:28 · Patton Oswalt (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (gravitas casting): Blue Thunder → Roy Scheider. Scheider is brought in to give ballast to something silly, as in Blue Thunder and later seaQuest DSV.
    “Schider's there to give a little ballast to something a silly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:29:52 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (contractual obligation): Roy Scheider → Jaws 2. Scheider says he did Jaws 2 only because he was contractually obligated, unlike 2010.
    “He says, look, I did Jaws too because I was contractually obligated to do it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:36:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Roy Scheider: Scheider reportedly said he did Jaws 2 only because he was contractually obligated and does not think it stands on its own.
    “He says, look, I did Jaws too because I was contractually obligated to do it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:36:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)