http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/13/and-the-oscar-back-in-1979-should-have-gone-to/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/13/and-the-oscar-back-in-1979-should-have-gone-to/#comment-363 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:56:40 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/and-the-oscar-back-in-1979-should-have-gone-to/#comment-363 Scheider is my favorite character in JAWS because he is the calm, rational contrast to the overblown acting styles of Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss. And he could also project menace – KLUTE – and total sleaze – ALL THAT JAZZ. A favorite guilty pleasure is THE MEN'S CLUB (1986), a pretentious, over the top adaptation of the Leonard Michaels novel where Scheider is joined by Harvey Keitel, Treat Williams, Richard Jordan, Frank Langella and David Dukes for a night of self-loathing, misogyny, and drunken aggression.

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/13/and-the-oscar-back-in-1979-should-have-gone-to/#comment-361 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:45:45 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/and-the-oscar-back-in-1979-should-have-gone-to/#comment-361 I have long been a Roy Scheider fan.  What I was first drawn to was his ability to portray a tough guy despite his unimposing physique and laid back manner.  I am thinking here about 52 Pick Up and Sorcerer (I have a fondness for this movie beyond its worth), but most especially Marathon Man.  The fight in the hotel room early in that movie was a knockout.And then I, too came to admire his depth in All That Jazz and Klute once I discovered those movies.  Sure, he was in a few stinkers.  But any actor who likes to work will have his share of flops.  Roy always made a movie better by being there.  Rest in Peace, sir.

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/13/and-the-oscar-back-in-1979-should-have-gone-to/#comment-362 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:36:40 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/and-the-oscar-back-in-1979-should-have-gone-to/#comment-362 All That Jazz remains one of the greatest, if not beguiling,  films of all time, and yes, Roy was robbed .  I was also a fan of 52 Pick Up, which is another underrated film of his.   

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/13/and-the-oscar-back-in-1979-should-have-gone-to/#comment-364 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:04:51 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/and-the-oscar-back-in-1979-should-have-gone-to/#comment-364 I agree with you on Roy…never understood why he didn't get better roles later in life…bad agent? 

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