Roy Scheider : a film biography / Diane C. Kachmar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kachmar, Diane C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scheider, Roy.

Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2002]

Summary:

Over his 30-plus-year acting career, Roy Scheider has redefined Americas idea of a leading man, thanks to his talent for playing an urban everyman that audiences relate to and root for, despite his flaws and failures. He rose to fame in the early 1970s in the Oscar-winning films Klute and The French Connection (his first Oscar nomination). Roy garnered more critical acclaim in Jaws and Marathon Man, as well as a second Oscar nomination for All That Jazz. Scheiders life and career are chronicled in this work. Beginning with his childhood in New Jersey, which included a somewhat rocky relationship with his father and three bouts of rheumatic fever, it then traces his development from a community theater actor to a world-renowned movie star. It covers his most recent activities, including work in the Golden Globe-winning RKO 281, released in 2000, and the Shakespearean drama King of Texas, released in 2002. Includes a complete filmography.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Early Influences 3

Chapter 2 Delayed Ambition 9

Chapter 3 Off Broadway 17

Chapter 4 1971: Break-Out Year 27

Chapter 5 Rocky Road to Stardom 37

Chapter 6 A Shark Eats a Boat 50

Chapter 7 Olivier and Beyond 64

Chapter 8 Dancing for Fosse 83

Chapter 9 High-Flying Eighties 91

Chapter 10 Choices and Changes 117

Chapter 11 Cold War Thaw 133

Chapter 12 Adventures in Television 150

Chapter 13 New Markets 162

Chapter 14 Into the New Millennium 181.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244), filmography and index.

ISBN:

0786412011

OCLC:

49992784