It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of TSISW‘s great friend and ally, not to mention star of JAWS, Roy Scheider. We had hoped that the next headline you’d see on this page would be good news about the progress of the documentary, but sadly, such is not the case. According to his wife Brenda Seimer, Roy died on Sunday afternoon in Little Rock, Arkansas of complications from a staph infection having suffered from multiple myeloma for several years.
New York Times reporter Dave Kehr writes:
Born in 1932 in Orange, …
In the grandest scheme of things, the destruction of an old log cabin shouldn?t hold a candle to what would usually be considered a legitimate tragedy. But if you love the movie Jaws, you can?t help but regard this week as a sad notch on the timeline of the film?s history.
The log cabin that Steven Spielberg and Carl Gottlieb called home in 1974 while making Jaws is now gone. It?s been demolished. Built in the ?30s, the cabin had a legend of its own and was originally named ?The Ox Bow Lodge? …
Along the path of production on The Shark is Still Working, there have been several ideas that seemed like good ones when they were conceived. They seemed good on paper, but at the end of the day, there just didn’t seem to be a way to integrate them into the main vision of the documentary. They were quirky and fun unto themselves, but there was just no place to hang them other than possible bonus material. Another idea we had, was to do our own “Jaws in Thirty Seconds.” This …
JAWSFest ’05 was an amazing success! From the ribbon cutting ceremony to the screening of JAWS on a 52-foot outdoor screen, to the Amity Ball, the SISW Finatics were there to capture as much of the fun as possible. Below are a few of the images of JAWSFest. Stay tuned for video from JAWSFest …
The JAWS Fest van aka “The Bruce Mobile”.
SISW Producer Michael Roddy introducing PETER BENCHLEY at the outdoor screening of JAWS.
The Two Seans - JAY MELLO from JAWS and MARC GILPIN from JAWS 2.
An amazing tattoo - we’ll drink to your leg!
We’ve added a couple excerpts from today’s interviews with STEVEN SPIELBERG and JOHN WILLIAMS. We’ve also added a clip ofGREG NICOTERO and JOE ALVES checking out the shark Greg and his team created.
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Michael, Erik, and James were out in Los Angeles in early March and interviewed JAWS star Roy Scheider, who played Chief Brody in the film. We are pleased to announce that Mr. Scheider has come aboard as an Associate Producer of The Shark is Still Working.
James, Mr. Scheider, and Erik.
Mr. Scheider and Michael.
