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 other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Thief (1981). Count them as actor (13 films) instead.

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.

Rififi (1955): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Rififi ⇒ Thief (the host's read). Thief draws on Bogart movies, Rififi, samurai movies, French New Wave.
    “in thief, you can feel Humphrey Bogart movies, you can feel, Rafifi, you can feel samurai movies, you can feel French new wave.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:11:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Taxi Driver (1976): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Taxi Driver ⇒ Thief (the host's read). Scorsese used wet streets in Taxi Driver before Mann made it a signature.
    “Scorsese did a little bit in taxi driver”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:18 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)

The Jericho Mile (1979): 1 line

  1. career (career) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: The Jericho Mile ⇒ Thief (the maker said so: Mann's interview with Robert Rodriguez). Mann pulled the story's texture from prison guys he met making Jericho Mile.
    “It was being pulled from the stories he had heard from the guys he had met working on Jericho Mile.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Heat (1995): 3 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Thief ⇒ Heat (the maker said so: the Siegel piece, Caan telling Pacino). Caan said scenes cut from Thief went to Heat.
    “All the scenes that weren't used in our picture came over to you guys.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Thief ⇒ Heat (the host's read). The diner scene's wide shot echoes Heat's, which never shows both guys.
    “Wide shot, some heat DNA, although in heat, they don't have, you never see the 2 guys”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:36:13 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Thief ⇒ Heat (the host's read). Thief is the notebook sketch for Mann's later work, with Heat sharing DNA.
    “the building blocks for what you wind up seeing in heat and collateral and Miami Vice in so many of his films to come.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:02:54 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Collateral (2004): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Thief ⇒ Collateral (the host's read). Mann later circled back to blues in Collateral after trying all-blues for Thief.
    “but then circled back in collateral”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:57:36 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Manhunter (1986): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Thief ⇒ Manhunter (the host's read). Thief's final shootout is a dry run for Manhunter's.
    “That whole shootout is very reminiscent of the shootout at the end of Manhunter”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:11:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Panic Room (2002): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Thief ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). Fincher may have watched Thief before Panic Room.
    “Fincher does panic room and he probably saw Thief like 2 weeks before he started filming”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:40:36 · Bill Simmons (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)