Drama, Family, Romance. The political satire The Candidate (1972) was a moderate box office and critical success. Brian Dennehy, Votes: 108 min Robert Downey Jr., Jack Clayton Adrian Lyne | He has also supported advocacy groups, such as the Political Action Committee of the Directors Guild of America. 181 min Robert Mulligan Glenn Close, Alessandro Nivola, Votes: Max von Sydow, Votes: $5.13M, R Martin Balsam, Votes: | Robert Redford, It does a wonderful job of capturing a bygone era of the Twenties when after World War I, the airplane was a big toy played with by some big kids. In Inside Daisy Clover (1965), which won him a Golden Globe for best new star, he played a bisexual movie star who marries starlet Natalie Wood, and rejoined her along with Charles Bronson for Sydney Pollack's This Property Is Condemned (1966) again, as her lover, though this time in a film which achieved even greater success. Pieter Jan Brugge $858.37M, PG WebAvengers : Endgame. [44], In 2008, he was awarded The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the richest prizes in the arts, given annually to "a man or woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind's enjoyment and understanding of life. Faye Dunaway, A very interesting story about a combination of a pilot/peddler! Awards, pilot's overalls, letters from former US presidents, photographs with the film elite and the couple's clothes The western Jeremiah Johnson's (1972) box office earnings from early 1973 until its second re-release in 1975 would have placed it as the No. "[70] Redford later co-authored another op-ed in which he criticized Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic while also citing the collective public response to the pandemic as a model for how to respond to climate change. "[67][68] A representative later clarified that Redford's statement, taken from a longer conversation with Larry King, was not intended to endorse Trump for president. | In conclusion, I think that this was the first film that I watched, thinking I am an adult enjoying an adult story. [72] In July 2020, Redford penned an op-ed in which he stated President Trump lacks a "moral compass." 108 min Robert Redford, This is a great film on so many levels and I highly recommend it. Very good earlier Robert Redford flying movie. Drama, Western. I nearly weep writing about him. This is not a great film, but a movie I simply love. I couldnt believe it I was watching a mail plane deliver the mail! Director: By the time we got to the plane it was burning fiercely with the pilot trapped in the cockpit and no way the men in the crowd could have rescued him. The Great Waldo Pepper is a 1975 American drama film directed, produced, and co-written by George Roy Hill. How can this film barely have more than a single page of comments? 11,258 Morgan Freeman, After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends, Stephen Katz (Nick Nolte). Ivan Reitman Lois Chiles, R Other directorial projects have included the period drama A River Runs Through It (1992), based on Norman Maclean's novella, and the expos Quiz Show (1994), about the quiz show scandal of the late 1950s. Portrait of Robert Redford advocating against the demolition of Santa Monica Pier while filming "The Sting", Los Angeles, California, 1973. Waldo Pepper (Redford) is a former WWI biplane pilot who feels he missed out on his chance to earn glory during the war and dreams of being the first man to perform the risky "outside loop." [61], In July 2009, Redford married his longtime partner, Sibylle Szaggars, at the Louis C. Jacob Hotel in Hamburg, Germany. I took the two oral and one written examinations that led to my licensure as a Territory of Alaska Registered Guide (later State of Alaska Registered Guide), and, over the years, have made just about enough money to keep my airplanes in the airand to sometimes be able to pocket the little dab that was occasionally left over. Stars: | In 1993, he played what became one of his most popular and recognized roles, starring in Indecent Proposal as a millionaire businessman who tests a couple's morals; the film became one of the year's biggest hits. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. Stars: This movie is made by some of the same players that made Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Writer, Director and Actor). The latter film, which was also produced by Redford, reunited him with co-star Jane Fonda for the fourth time and garnered positive reviews. Christopher Plummer, "The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation. The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate. Sydney Pollack Drama, History, Thriller. | Ritesh Batra Stars: 138 min 93 min Robert Redford, Robert Redford, | | | Stars: Natalie Wood, | The aging train would leave Anchorage headed for Seward, passing south and east on its way out of the city. He went on to receive Best Director and Best Picture nominations in 1995 for Quiz Show. | | The citizens of a Texan town become concerned and panicked when a local bad boy escapes prison and heads for his hometown. But I expect this was a common occurrence. And, from that day to this, I have never looked back. It was a whole new experience. [33] Redford, a leading environmental activist, narrated the IMAX documentary Sacred Planet (2004), a sweeping journey across the globe to some of its most exotic and endangered places. In my mind it is an exploration of the competitive nature of the flyers themselves - whether friends or rivals, one soon becomes acutely aware of their constant need to push their limits, not only amongst themselves but also within themselves. [41], In 1995, he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Bard College. They had a son named Charles, the first in line to have been given the name. | 101 min As a teen-age in the mid-1930's I saw Ernst Udet drag the Oakland Airport with his swept-wing bi-plane inverted and pick a handkerchief off the runway with his wing tip. Alan J. Pakula Truthfully, I wasnt all that good at it in the beginning. It reminds me of my childhood dreams of becoming a military pilot and the joys (and terrors) of flying. | I was truly discouraged and downhearted. [4] Redford was credited with obtaining a powerful dramatic performance from Mary Tyler Moore, as well as superb work from Donald Sutherland and Timothy Hutton, who also won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. A middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent. $102.31M, PG-13 It wasnt much later that a captured Japanese two-man submarine was displayed in my hometown of 12,000 residents. | Melvyn Douglas, Biography, Crime, Drama. Redford made his film debut in War Hunt (1962). [citation needed], Soon after that, he starred in the baseball drama The Natural (1984). 106 min Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi. [56], Since founding the nonprofit Sundance Institute in Park City, Utah, in 1981, Redford has been deeply involved with independent film. The popular and acclaimed All the President's Men (1976) was a landmark film for Redford. Jeepers! 138 min Redfords liberal political engagement off-screen has always overflowed effortlessly into his acting work and in the roles he has chosen. Fonda and Redford were paired again in the popular big-screen version of Barefoot in the Park (1967)[4] and were again co-stars many years later in Pollack's The Electric Horseman (1979), followed 38 years later with a Netflix feature, Our Souls at Night. They had four children: Scott Anthony Redford (September 1, 1959 November 17, 1959), Shauna Jean Redford[57] (born November 15, 1960), David James Redford (May 5, 1962 October 16, 2020),[58][59] and Amy Hart Redford (born October 22, 1970). | Gross: | Gross: Robert Redford, Charlie McDowell [4] The romantic drama The Great Gatsby (1974) was the No. Peter Yates Yaphet Kotto, Stars: It was a name that fascinated me - a geographical anchor in Western folklore. In 2014, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. 18,535 He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award from four nominations, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, the Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. SPOILER AHEAD!! The dramatic love story of small-town Mississippi girl Alva Starr and railroad official Owen Legate, set during the Great Depression. 92 min | Flying is fun. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it Director: The film's opening title card read: "Nebraska, 1926" and shows the old black-and-white Universal Pictures logo presentation, which features an old early 20th Century plane flying around the orbit of the planet earth . A crowd of onlookers, who came to watch the aerial show, has gathered around the burning plane, staring while Waldo tries to free his best friend. $6.26M, PG | Drama, Romance. [69] In 2019, Redford penned an op-ed in which he referred to Trump's administration as a "monarchy in disguise" and stated "[i]t's time for Trump to go. 8 highest-grossing film of 1974. 104 min Two years after the afterlife is scientifically proven, a man attempts to help a young woman break away from her dark past. George Roy Hill Biography, Comedy, Crime. He starred alongside Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), which was a huge success and made him a major star. Robert Redford, I didnt know then that it was more properly called Runway 6 or Runway 24, depending upon the direction a pilot would be pointed for either his takeoff or his landing. Susan Clark, Votes: I love this picture for many reasons. [26] Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) placed as the No. $18.21M, PG-13 She had moved in with Redford in the 1990s and shared his home in Sundance, Utah.[62]. Stars: After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. | Most recently, Sundance Productions produced Chicagoland (CNN), Cathedrals of Culture (Berlin Film Festival), The March (PBS) and Emmy nominee All The President's Men Revisited (Discovery), Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno Live!, and To Russia With Love on Epix. Demi Moore, In 1909, when young Paiute Indian Willie Boy returns to his California reservation to be with Lola, whose father disapproves of him, a killing in self defense takes place, triggering a massive man hunt for Willie. According to the school's website, the award was created "to honor those who have distinguished themselves not only in the exemplary quality, skill and innovation of their work, but also in their public commitment to social responsibility, to increasing awareness of global issues and events, and to inspiring and empowering young people. Stars: [36] Redford played bank robber Forrest Tucker in the drama film The Old Man & the Gun, which was released in September 2018, and for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. Lena Olin, Comedy, Crime, Drama. It was years later that I found myself in the uniform of the United States Air Force. Kim Basinger, Votes: | $75.38M, TV-14 43,764 [75] In November 2012, Pitzer launched the Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability at Pitzer College. Stars: I've long been impressed with the variety of films in which Robert Redford starred during his prime years. Shauna Redford is a painter and married to journalist Eric Schlosser. Director: | David Lowery 118,373 After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face. Great reading, though! 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