Roy Scheider
Roy Richard Scheider (/ˈʃaɪdər/; November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor and amateur boxer who achieved fame with his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one BAFTA. Scheider's best-known roles include Frank Ligourin in Klute (1971), Police Chief Martin Brody in Jaws (1975) and its 1978 sequel, "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection (1971), "Buddy" in The Seven-Ups (1973), Doc Levy in Marathon Man (1976), Scanlon / Dominguez in Sorcerer (1977), Joe Gideon in All That Jazz (1979), Frank Murphy in Blue Thunder (1983), and Dr. Heywood Floyd in the 2001: A Space Odyssey sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984). Subsequent credits included Naked Lunch (1991), Romeo Is Bleeding (1993), The Myth of Fingerprints (1997), The Rainmaker (1997), and The Punisher (2004). He portrayed Captain Nathan Bridger on NBC's seaQuest DSV from 1993–1996.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.3519 |
| Birthday | 1932-11-10 |
| Place of Birth | Orange, New Jersey, USA |
| Also Known As | Roy R. Scheider, Roy Richard Scheider, |
1971
Klute
6.771/505
A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
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Klute
1971
The French Connection
7.5/2115
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
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The French Connection
1975
Jaws
7.682/11475
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist,...
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Jaws
1978
Jaws 2
6/2105
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
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Jaws 2
1993
Romeo Is Bleeding
6.277/206
A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.
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Romeo Is Bleeding
1990
The Russia House
6.064/328
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investiga...
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The Russia House
1976
Marathon Man
7.182/1207
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
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Marathon Man
2005
Dracula III: Legacy
4.937/127
Dracula leads vampire hunters Father Uffizi and Luke back to Eastern Europe, and a country plagued by civil war.
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Dracula III: Legacy
2003
Dracula II: Ascension
5.7/181
A group of medical students discover the body of the infamous count. Soon, they find themselves in the middle of a bizarre and dangerous conflict when...
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Dracula II: Ascension
1991
Naked Lunch
7.009/1196
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meetin...
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Naked Lunch
1984
2010
6.65/1051
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvou...
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2010
1964
The Curse of the Living Corpse
5.8/25
The wealthy patriarch of the Sinclair family lives in mortal fear of being buried alive due to a rare condition that causes him to sometimes appear li...
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The Curse of the Living Corpse
1983
Blue Thunder
6.2/545
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences duri...
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Blue Thunder
2004
The Punisher
6.36/3108
When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length t...
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The Punisher
1997
The Rainmaker
7.02/1471
Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s c...
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The Rainmaker
1982
Still of the Night
5.697/160
When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information....
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Still of the Night
1989
Cohen and Tate
6.541/61
A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an old...
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Cohen and Tate
1973
The Seven-Ups
6.3/127
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for...
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The Seven-Ups
1997
The Peacekeeper
4.775/51
When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching the US arsenal in case of war, only a heroic Major has...
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The Peacekeeper
2008
Chicago 10
5.8/17
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic Natio...
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Chicago 10
2000
Daybreak
4.909/11
Dillan Johansen is a disorganized transit authority supervisor suffering from a serious personal tragedy. Dillan's bravery is put to the test the day...
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Daybreak
1998
Evasive Action
6.583/12
When Redwood Federal Penitentiary closes, there are going to be several hundred prisoners looking for a new home. Several of the most dangerous, all k...
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Evasive Action
1979
Last Embrace
5.449/78
Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife. He is sent to a mental asylum,...
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Last Embrace
2008
Dark Honeymoon
3.2/13
Dark Honeymoon follows a man who marries a seductive woman after a brief and passionate relationship. During their honeymoon, on the Pacific coast, te...
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Dark Honeymoon
1977
Sorcerer
7.45/648
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting...
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Sorcerer
1979
All That Jazz
7.497/595
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly col...
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All That Jazz
2002
King of Texas
5.306/18
In this re-imagining of Shakespear's King Lear, Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a Texas cattle baron, who, after dividing his wealth among his thr...
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King of Texas
2007
The Poet
5.4/34
At the dawn of World War 2, a Rabbi's daughter and a disenchanted German soldier fall in love and are separated by the war. They struggle on a perilou...
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The Poet
2002
Texas '46
5.75/4
Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of...
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Texas '46
1972
The Outside Man
6.242/60
A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
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The Outside Man
1986
52 Pick-Up
6.031/143
Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers...
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52 Pick-Up
1999
RKO 281
6.45/101
In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the...
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RKO 281
2003
Citizen Verdict
3.875/8
A sensationalist TV producer has a novel new idea to shake up American reality TV: Citizen Verdict, a live show where accused criminals are tried and...
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Citizen Verdict
2002
Red Serpent
3/14
A powerful drug cartel in Moscow wants to use American businessman Steve Nichols in a smuggling scheme and ensures his cooperation by kidnapping his d...
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Red Serpent
1990
The Fourth War
5.278/45
Cold War adversaries Col. Jack Knowles and his Russian counterpart, Col. Valachev, are stationed on opposite sides of the German-Czech border. Both me...
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The Fourth War
2007
If I Didn't Care
6.5/3
When a maid is shot dead in the exclusive resort community of the Hamptons, private investigator Linus must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse wit...
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If I Didn't Care
1998
Money Play$
4.833/6
When a money mule has a fatal heart attack at a Nevada brothel, the contents of the money vest is hidden by Irene. Her regular customer Johnny is her...
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Money Play$
1989
Night Game
4.474/38
A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.
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Night Game
1997
Plato's Run
6.167/15
Hired to rescue escaped inmates, a Florida man is framed for a Cuban gangster's assassination.
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Plato's Run
1970
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
6.438/32
Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressful workdays, her af...
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Puzzle of a Downfall Child
1986
The Men's Club
4/17
Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.
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The Men's Club
2000
Chain of Command
5.385/13
Secret Service agents must retrieve the briefcase allowing the President control of America's nuclear arsenal before massive destruction ensues.
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Chain of Command
2004
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
7/3
Elvira hosts this humorous look at movie monsters and facts about the real animals on which they're based. Included: clips from films; and interviews...
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Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
1999
Silver Wolf
6.368/19
A boy learns to deal with personal loss by making friends with a wild animal in this drama for the entire family. Jesse is a 16-year-old who is trying...
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Silver Wolf
1984
Tiger Town
6.85/10
Facing his final season with the Detroit Tigers baseball team, veteran outfielder Billy Young sees his dream of playing in the World Series slipping a...
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Tiger Town
1997
The Myth of Fingerprints
5.108/37
When a New England dysfunctional family gathers for Thanksgiving, past demons reveal themselves as one son returns for the first time in three years.
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The Myth of Fingerprints
2009
The Shark Is Still Working
7.292/24
After three decades, Jaws continues to intrigue, thrill and frighten viewers. This documentary focuses on the many ways in which Jaws has helped to sh...
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The Shark Is Still Working
2001
Time Lapse
4.462/13
Clayton Pierce is an agent working under deep cover. Although he is a top agent, he is questioning his loyalty after twenty years of service. His devo...
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Time Lapse
1972
The Assassination
6.767/43
Darien, a left-wing police informant, is forced to lure his old friend Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to film a television special about the Third World....
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The Assassination
1994
Wild Justice
5.5/4
Colonel Peter Stride is on the trail of a mysterious international criminal known only as Caliph.
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Wild Justice
1997
Executive Target
4.792/24
His wife held hostage, a stunt driver is forced to drive a getaway car in a plot to kidnap the President from a motorcade.
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Executive Target
2000
The Doorway
3.222/9
Four young college students agree to fix up an abandoned home for rent, only to discover the demons within and an open doorway... to Hell.
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The Doorway
2009
Iron Cross
5.8/3
Joseph, a retired New York police officer and Holocaust survivor, travels to Nuremberg to visit his son Ronnie years after turning his back on him for...
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Iron Cross
1975
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
5.667/9
Sheila Levine – an innovative, bright, but painfully introverted individual – arrives in New York City to take an apartment with a partygoing roommate...
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Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
2002
Angels Don't Sleep Here
2.75/10
A man is accused of murder and manipulated into a web of deceit as his thought-to-be dead twin brother plots revenge on those who tried to kill him.
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Angels Don't Sleep Here
2003
Love Thy Neighbor
3/3
Two married couples are about to give new meaning to the phrase "Love Thy Neighbor." When these best friends become more than just friends, one simple...
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Love Thy Neighbor
1995
The Making of 'Jaws'
6.733/30
A documentary on the making of one of the greatest films ever made, filled with trivia, interviews from cast and crew and never-before-seen footage.
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The Making of 'Jaws'
1997
The Definite Maybe
4.5/2
When 25-year-old New Yorker Eric Traber gets fired from his job and kicked out of his apartment, he fears the worst. But his best friend, Ziggy, shows...
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The Definite Maybe
1998
The White Raven
4/6
A journalist gets pulled into an intrigue by his editor that involves a story that he received a Pulitzer for years before. It seems that the second l...
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The White Raven
1998
Better Living
3.75/4
A comedy about families, the elements that bind them together, and about hope in the face of hardship.
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Better Living
1968
Paper Lion
6.786/14
Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.
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Paper Lion
1989
Listen to Me
5.391/23
It was the best time of their lives. A kid from Oklahoma. An immigrant's daughter. A senator's son, a society girl, and a college professor with a dre...
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Listen to Me
1970
Loving
5.974/19
Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress Grace, and also between his career as a successful il...
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Loving
2001
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
7/4
The exciting story of the making of William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971), hosted by former NYPD detective Sony Grosso, who inspired the cha...
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Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2006
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
0/0
Making of 'Blue Thunder'
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Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
1990
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
7/5
Raymond Eames, a small-time drug dealer, has been sentenced to death for the shooting death of a policeman. After seven years of appeals are exhausted...
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Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
2000
Hitler's Lost Sub
0/0
In 1991, professional diver John Chatterton discovered a sunken German U-boat from World War II, lying undetected only 60 miles off the New Jersey sho...
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Hitler's Lost Sub
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
7.919/43
A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential direc...
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A Decade Under the Influence
1983
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
10/1
An Argentinian newspaper publisher is imprisoned by his government for dissent.
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Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1997
The Rage
3.656/16
FBI Special Agent Travis is trying to catch a deranged serial killer and is doing his best despite having a new and unexperienced partner in the form...
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The Rage
1972
Assignment: Munich
8/1
Undercover agent, using his bar as a front, battles three killers to find a stolen fortune.
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Assignment: Munich
1990
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
0/0
A documentary profile of director/choreographer Bob Fosse. Includes clips from his films and television specials as well as interviews with Fosse, rem...
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Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
2001
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
7.333/3
This retrospective documentary offers a first-rate account of the making of 'Marathon Man'. Hoffman, Scheider, Keller and Goldman all share their memo...
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Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
1974
New England Our Way
0/0
The program is a fascinating look some at the key people involved with JAWS before it was released. It contains interviews with the “big three” of Sch...
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New England Our Way
2002
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
7/2
A documentary history of the development and deployment of the Cold War's ultimate weapon: the nuclear missile submarine. Features interviews with Nav...
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Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
2000
Falling Through
4.333/3
A newly hired security expert on the American Embassy in Paris questions who to trust, as he investigates an elaborate passport faking scheme.
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Falling Through
2001
The Making of Jaws 2
7.8/5
A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this sequel to the now-classic horror movie that had viewers too scared to go...
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The Making of Jaws 2
1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
7/2
A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1986
Follies: In Concert
7/1
A backstage documentary film including footage from the legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical at Lincoln Center's A...
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Follies: In Concert
1969
Stiletto
5.286/7
A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it's time to retire from that life, he finds tha...
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Stiletto
1998
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
9/1
Special features real-life incidents of man vs. sea beast, from shark attacks to encounters with crocodiles. Includes interviews with survivors of und...
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World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
1964
Smiles
0/0
A short film by John G. Avildsen.
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Smiles
2000
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
8.1/5
A documentary on the production of The French Connection (1971).
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The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
1955
A Wind from the South
5.9/10
Set in Ireland, the story centers on a day in the life of Shevawn, an innocent, 30-year-old dreamer who is domineered by her innkeeper brother. An Ame...
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A Wind from the South
1994
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
9/1
Documentary focused on the creation of movie and television special effects, hosted by Roy Scheider and Jonathan Brandis, featuring behind the scenes...
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Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1987
Jaws: The Revenge
4.084/1168
After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Mi...
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Jaws: The Revenge
1999
Jaws 5
0/0
Holidaying in Amity, Harry unwittingly stumbles across a washed-up Jaws. Taking the shark under his wing, Harry begins to arrange a comeback tour for...
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Jaws 5
1991
When It Was a Game
10/1
As seen through the eyes of true baseball enthusiasts, this award-winning documentary tells the story of America's favorite pastime from the Depressio...
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When It Was a Game
1992
When It Was a Game 2
9/2
Composed entirely of never-before-seen 8mm and 16mm footage filmed between 1925 and 1961 by baseball players, their families and their fans, this seco...
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When It Was a Game 2
1984
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
10/1
This promotional short for 2010 (1984) shows moviegoers how some of the film's visual effects were created. This includes makeup for Keir Dullea's cha...
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2010 : The Odyssey Continues
2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
7.5/54
The authorized documentary celebrating the film that redefined Hollywood, 50 years after its premiere. Featuring rare archival footage and interviews...
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Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
1983
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
0/0
A behind the scenes featurette on the making of Blue Thunder.
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Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1993
SeaQuest DSV
0/0
The adventures of SeaQuest DSV crew, an advanced high-tech submarine in mission to protect the oceans against all evil, in a 21st century where human...
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