GENE HACKMAN WITH ROY SCHEIDER IN 'THE FRENCH CONNECTION'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMb7AxHMg6bciaQsv7VhcKHCZSGVY0vxgip4ot8YOtcsvXptxL4WOvt0nuKwWqjgoSokHRbiE4LLoLMO4o4yhzchUOkeoaf0GRq65ckobuXlsVSV2PiXUi8RjvzBVczAyQiIcVs01NR-K2aTJSXItR9C8knL1s9Sgly1_oK2DYWVfxBbD1bpdcf8SgFBK/s1624/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-03%20at%203.23.54%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMb7AxHMg6bciaQsv7VhcKHCZSGVY0vxgip4ot8YOtcsvXptxL4WOvt0nuKwWqjgoSokHRbiE4LLoLMO4o4yhzchUOkeoaf0GRq65ckobuXlsVSV2PiXUi8RjvzBVczAyQiIcVs01NR-K2aTJSXItR9C8knL1s9Sgly1_oK2DYWVfxBbD1bpdcf8SgFBK/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-03%20at%203.23.54%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE FRENCH CONNECTION Shown: Gene Hackman, Marcel Bozzuffi Year: 1971 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>After becoming a legendary yet sometimes difficult actor, Gene Hackman would put vulnerable young directors through the ringer, ranging from two of his best known films, HOSSIERS and THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS... and years earlier, the Oscar-winning blockbuster that turned him from a recurring co-star into a bonafide movie star, THE FRENCH CONNECTION, was not much different...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Except that William Friedkin didn't bend to Hackman's initial reluctance to fully<i> </i>embrace the sordid, uncompromising nature of New York City cop Popeye Doyle within the pallid purgatory aesthetic... ironically encroached by classy and sophisticated French drug-smuggler Fernando Rey aka "Frog One" (with deadly henchman Marcel Bozzuffi)... </p><span></span>

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GENE HACKMAN WITH ROY SCHEIDER IN 'THE FRENCH CONNECTION'

Title: THE FRENCH CONNECTION Shown: Gene Hackman, Marcel Bozzuffi Year: 1971 Rating: ****1/2 After becoming a legendary yet sometimes diffic...

ROY SCHEIDER FOR MORE A MORE THRILLER THAN CHILLER 'JAWS 2'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUhoxbjoVGSHw8vmTWHbbDN5McHtGIf2NQwYBA2YFHG-zKEQvTDtCG-rWq-j_2C0evLMdOXJ52JVpouKZH6E3wHEM1v4dhS23dQyNeYmjMjq4k3lGrZdusUksjTXylP_ew5k-W2ERNUqjYK9XZyXCletq7HYoRlRVsVRpXDjy5Yd2wpt_0BcAgmtvGoA/s1042/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-01%20at%204.34.36%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="1042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUhoxbjoVGSHw8vmTWHbbDN5McHtGIf2NQwYBA2YFHG-zKEQvTDtCG-rWq-j_2C0evLMdOXJ52JVpouKZH6E3wHEM1v4dhS23dQyNeYmjMjq4k3lGrZdusUksjTXylP_ew5k-W2ERNUqjYK9XZyXCletq7HYoRlRVsVRpXDjy5Yd2wpt_0BcAgmtvGoA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-01%20at%204.34.36%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: JAWS 2 Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Grading on the dorsal curve of the Steven Spielberg classic, this sequel feels like a would-be pilot episode of a JAWS television series: Thus it's somewhat lacking, and to be fair, shouldn't be compared to its once-in-a-lifetime predecessor. But taken on its own value, JAWS 2 a decent monster movie with some beautiful shots and interesting characters, who sometimes matter enough to fret over...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Most of the possible body-count-victims are a group of sail-boating teenagers, merely teased at in the beginning and then becoming what Brody has to save at the end. These beach-loving teens include a few future cult actors such as ANGEL starlet Donna Wilkes, possessed CHRISTINE wimp Keith Gordon and an extremely sexy Ann Dusenberry along with two the sons of Chief Brody played by the returning lead Roy Scheider... </p><p><span></span></p>

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ROY SCHEIDER FOR MORE A MORE THRILLER THAN CHILLER 'JAWS 2'

Title: JAWS 2 Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 Grading on the dorsal curve of the Steven Spielberg classic, this sequel feels like a would-be pilo...

DOUBLE TRIAD FROM STEVEN SPIELBERG'S MASTERPIECE 'JAWS'

<p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuI19B2xWasR-0vsNcUZbF_NPtUdews4S--j6w6D1CedRywkDkjH0up3kaWgF63YkLgJpW2hC0nFgJCwvxxpzdEAdKSCEpVINr325uwyeENsv0E4W0IBsMYVlk0N2GCWZODAZIIuSi7as9UieEIg3LeglFYnFKzrQosXinKrYZXIEUj-_-Z4mpywbipQ/s1624/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-05%20at%205.18.15%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuI19B2xWasR-0vsNcUZbF_NPtUdews4S--j6w6D1CedRywkDkjH0up3kaWgF63YkLgJpW2hC0nFgJCwvxxpzdEAdKSCEpVINr325uwyeENsv0E4W0IBsMYVlk0N2GCWZODAZIIuSi7as9UieEIg3LeglFYnFKzrQosXinKrYZXIEUj-_-Z4mpywbipQ/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-05%20at%205.18.15%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Defining the three leads of JAWS Year: 1975 Rating: *****<br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Never has a motion picture made such perfect use of three acts, and three main characters... As Martin Brody, the relatively new Chief of Police in the beachside town of Amity, <u>ROY SCHEIDER</u> solely headlines the first act of JAWS... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which can be titled <u>ACT 1) WARNING</u>, as he investigates the death of a young female swimmer by what is, despite the eventual coverup, a bonafide SHARK ATTACK. Thus Brody both leads the show <i>and</i> blends into the canvas of the eccentric town, lost in mazy politics concerning keeping the beaches open despite the immanent danger...</p><span></span>

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DOUBLE TRIAD FROM STEVEN SPIELBERG'S MASTERPIECE 'JAWS'

Defining the three leads of JAWS Year: 1975 Rating: ***** Never has a motion picture made such perfect use of three acts, and three main ch...

WILLIAM FRIEDKIN'S UNDERRATED THIRD MASTERPIECE 'SORCERER'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmHflEPy326aFrNuApDi4yO_fa4ARvT2kYs1vUkE9hvojEuchFrK1q4XCswvCmTopudo9_eX4hqsmF9UuVB2OLeus63__u13GFma8BKAwHk27HxWOS_fFMRpYNPgX6Ah1oZ1nOI_S3sTFXV7TvpRSNPGnKlOvZi2BxwRAg78QgX_0P59euPIJsQeRTCiR/s2370/Screen%20Shot%202025-09-08%20at%2012.18.52%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="2370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmHflEPy326aFrNuApDi4yO_fa4ARvT2kYs1vUkE9hvojEuchFrK1q4XCswvCmTopudo9_eX4hqsmF9UuVB2OLeus63__u13GFma8BKAwHk27HxWOS_fFMRpYNPgX6Ah1oZ1nOI_S3sTFXV7TvpRSNPGnKlOvZi2BxwRAg78QgX_0P59euPIJsQeRTCiR/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-09-08%20at%2012.18.52%20AM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: SORCERER Director: William Friedkin Year: 1977 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In THE EXORCIST, director William Friedkin literally brought us to the gates of Hell, making him the perfect director for SORCERER... taking us deep <i>inside</i> a jungle purgatory where four flawed and extremely hopeless characters from different parts of the world... with nowhere else to go and not a dime to get there, even if there was a possible way out... </p><p>A kind of death sentence where the inhabitants are unlucky enough to still be around... A living for dying jungle village that's no cliche and isn't symbolic or artsy: looking like a gritty hybrid of sadistic voyeurism and third world documentary b-roll... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><span></span>

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WILLIAM FRIEDKIN'S UNDERRATED THIRD MASTERPIECE 'SORCERER'

Title: SORCERER Director: William Friedkin Year: 1977 Rating: ****1/2 In THE EXORCIST, director William Friedkin literally brought us to th...

DUSTIN HOFFMAN & ROY SCHEIDER RUN THROUGH 'MARATHON MAN'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9MzFCRp9M-KIyOz3H_BK-jx58SVUDL9ja5Av1VDut8JQmIMkDEJan9QyierxDcrm9jFAuhvKG81QUSCP2e1eMG-MbcuVt7eo5DlBeuADbgHK0nJlb7L7ghPnlkMXF3DQOe-cbbolSNvO/s1600/tumblr_msckju3KWo1qkcj94o1_1280.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1213" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9MzFCRp9M-KIyOz3H_BK-jx58SVUDL9ja5Av1VDut8JQmIMkDEJan9QyierxDcrm9jFAuhvKG81QUSCP2e1eMG-MbcuVt7eo5DlBeuADbgHK0nJlb7L7ghPnlkMXF3DQOe-cbbolSNvO/s400/tumblr_msckju3KWo1qkcj94o1_1280.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: MARATHON MAN Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2<br></u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The epitome of a Thriller, John Schlesinger's MARATHON MAN <i>can</i> be a letdown with the teaming of two legends — one an old stage actor, the other a young method actor... And we'll get the "Why don't you try acting" elephant out of the room — which was Olivier's quip to Hoffman when he needed to actually run to seem winded...<br> <br> Then again, Dustin <i>is </i>the title<i> </i>character spending most of the picture exhausted from either jogging around New York's Central Park or being chased throughout the last half when this Thriller morphs into an Action flick: Which <i>isn't</i> the best part of MARATHON MAN as Roy Scheider plays Dustin's older brother in the most suspenseful scenes: as some kind of secret agent, he's eventually connected with his passive New York collegiate sibling after being introduced in Paris, France, where director Schlesinger (reunited with MIDNIGHT COWBOY star Hoffman) evokes a fair amount of Hitchcockesque tension (plus a GODFATHER 2 style strangling) as things either explode or seem just about to... <br>

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DUSTIN HOFFMAN & ROY SCHEIDER RUN THROUGH 'MARATHON MAN'

Title: MARATHON MAN Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2 The epitome of a Thriller, John Schlesinger's MARATHON MAN can be a letdown with the ...

SIX NON-STEREOTYPICAL GAY CHARACTERS IN 1970'S CRIME FILMS

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-C_pc2VlTRF9t5Q4GNJqm-yaGejJPNr8gldDiK70afvpoUnLhSfDnT0Gl9i10QZLdCRVXTa-qoFHWHMDmDaT_uS1UeCguevhn_vcb8ajp20yx85GFTTVDvX9XRw9Dleo0asdrxaRiQgvC/s1600/roy1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1294" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-C_pc2VlTRF9t5Q4GNJqm-yaGejJPNr8gldDiK70afvpoUnLhSfDnT0Gl9i10QZLdCRVXTa-qoFHWHMDmDaT_uS1UeCguevhn_vcb8ajp20yx85GFTTVDvX9XRw9Dleo0asdrxaRiQgvC/s400/roy1.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Roy Scheider facing Lawrence Olivier, Marathon Man, 1976</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <u>Roy Scheider, Marathon Man</u>: Gay characters from older movies... in this case when cinema became more gritty and realistic... usually acted like the stereotype of how homosexuals sometimes act in real life and simply <i>are </i>on screen...<br> <br> So here's a list of gay men who don't mess around like they usually do in cinema, to this day, and we'll begin with Roy Scheider as Dustin Hoffman's big brother, nicknamed Doc in MARATHON MAN, who is never actually "outed" but his preference is known from the William Goldman novel, <i>and </i>he pleads that his literal agent/partner William Devane's Janey get his "ass over here" to a hotel room, before being attacked the exact same way as Johnny Ola in THE GODFATHER PART II...<br>

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SIX NON-STEREOTYPICAL GAY CHARACTERS IN 1970'S CRIME FILMS

Roy Scheider facing Lawrence Olivier, Marathon Man, 1976 Roy Scheider, Marathon Man : Gay characters from older movies... in this case w...

PARENTHETICAL CAPTURES FROM THE MOTION PICTURE 'JAWS'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB822tF6PEhC0XqF9TNhzcVTAe6Ks0DK4oFqZjlIO4fHlq1x0rXk6AbN9tgib4OQhWIALus1H1gBR5iliEkhgiA7J1k83-N4RBGrTjjt5q17zNijgn76Pk9aU-dq2fm2lnGx4cC_jXRC7FYcpAQR2F8lLKZqllyqsvTAbrr-E754FA24cqePnUbgljuQ/s916/Picture%2010.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="916" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB822tF6PEhC0XqF9TNhzcVTAe6Ks0DK4oFqZjlIO4fHlq1x0rXk6AbN9tgib4OQhWIALus1H1gBR5iliEkhgiA7J1k83-N4RBGrTjjt5q17zNijgn76Pk9aU-dq2fm2lnGx4cC_jXRC7FYcpAQR2F8lLKZqllyqsvTAbrr-E754FA24cqePnUbgljuQ/s16000/Picture%2010.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Random Screencaptures from JAWS: Like this KILLER SHARK video game</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table>JAWS is celebrating the 40th Anniversary this year, a timeless summer classic directed by Steven Spielberg with images as iconic as anything in the history of film: so here are some cool shots you don't always get to see, along with descriptions, trivia, and beyond.<br>

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PARENTHETICAL CAPTURES FROM THE MOTION PICTURE 'JAWS'

Random Screencaptures from JAWS: Like this KILLER SHARK video game JAWS is celebrating the 40th Anniversary this year, a timeless summer cl...

52 PICK-UP

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixs7Ei1yHEuYu_w4EdFDkdjj5X9h8N_fMQWhyNvN-a8dEri7FRKN3x1tJb1W_DdBO3bE1LQxPlgHpEAcmow45jTSVD8VJ7y0I0plWQAtm4VfedwxPo81dVIelM0vGgiSRkJ41WwFgSuR0/s1600/52pickup.jpg"><b><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574365935596172530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixs7Ei1yHEuYu_w4EdFDkdjj5X9h8N_fMQWhyNvN-a8dEri7FRKN3x1tJb1W_DdBO3bE1LQxPlgHpEAcmow45jTSVD8VJ7y0I0plWQAtm4VfedwxPo81dVIelM0vGgiSRkJ41WwFgSuR0/s200/52pickup.jpg" style="float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 126px;" /></b></a><b>title:</b> 52 PICK-UP<br /> <div><b>year:</b> 1986</div><div><b>cast:</b> Roy Scheider, John Glover, Ann-Margret</div><div><b>rating:</b> ***</div><br /> <div>What feels like pure torture during the first half, as a well-off businessman is blackmailed by three of the most annoying goons in film history... including over-the-top John Glover as a flamboyant bully and Clarence Williams III as a psychopathic hit man... becomes rather intriguing as Roy Scheider, lean and broodingly capable as the revenge-seeking protagonist, plays each baddie against each other. This, a gritty, violent Golan/Globas production... known for their 1980's Charles Bronson vehicles... gives a slick, modern Film Noir vibe to the Elmore Leonard story of a flawed man's battle against some seemingly impossible, and often preposterous, odds. It can be downright trying, but stick with it. </div>

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52 PICK-UP

title: 52 PICK-UP year: 1986 cast: Roy Scheider, John Glover, Ann-Margret rating: *** What feels like pure torture during the first h...