8.4. | | | Arthur Penn I never caddied again, though, and Ive never learned to play golf. Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon. Brian McCarthy, [4], Redford's next film, Legal Eagles (1986) alongside Debra Winger, was only a minor success at the box office. [34] Redford was a co-producer and, with Emma Thompson and Nick Nolte, costar of the 2015 Broad Green Pictures film A Walk in the Woods, based on Bill Bryson's book of the same name. [17][18], In 1960, Redford was cast as Danny Tilford, a mentally disturbed young man trapped in the wreckage of his family garage, in "Breakdown", one of the last episodes of the syndicated adventure series, Rescue 8, starring Jim Davis and Lang Jeffries. Valerie Perrine, Robert Redford he wasnt, but a pilot he certainly was. In 2008, Sundance exhibited 125 feature-length films from 34 countries, with more than 50,000 attendees, Salt Lake City, and Park City, Utah. [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. After a great deal of hype, the film opened to mixed reviews and disappointing box office. Thoroughly enjoyable, Redford in his prime, Not one of Redford's bestunless you're into flying films. I learned that I would first have to re-enlist for six years, and I didnt want to give Uncle Sam any more than the four years I had already signed on for. Eventually getting a chance to prove himself in a film depicting the dogfights in the Great War . 97 min Now that flying seems such a mundane, everyday way of getting people from A to B, it is strange to recall that there was a time, not so long ago, when it seemed far more magical. Everyone was grim-faced and silent, except for one smart alec who said he wished he'd brought his knife and fork because the burning pilot smelled good. [65], As an avid environmentalist, Redford is a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council. The pilots depicted are Ormer Locklear (1891-1920), Earl Daugherty (1887-1928), Speed Holman (1898-1931), and Ernst Udet (1896-1941). | | Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. | Gross: | Redford is the president and co-founder of Sundance Productions, with Laura Michalchyshyn. A Mormon ceremony took place on September 12 at Lola's grandmother's home. Alec Guinness, | Robert Redford, Rod Lurie Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment. It was a name that fascinated me - a geographical anchor in Western folklore. Bryce Dallas Howard, Comedy, Crime, Romance. The Air Force didnt teach me to fly, though I was once scheduled for the OCS (Officer Candidate School) class that would later see me assigned to flight school. A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier. I was truly discouraged and downhearted. Bradford Dillman, Stars: Stars: Yaphet Kotto, Brit Marling, Director: Fonda and Redford star as Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower who've lived next to each other for years. Very good earlier Robert Redford flying movie. | WWI pilot Waldo Pepper (Robert Redford) is barnstorming and telling tales of his war exploits in a legendary fight against German ace Kessler. Streep was nominated for Best Actress but Redford did not receive a nomination. Robert Redford, Votes: | 14,138 Comedy, Drama, Romance. $0.12M, PG-13 This is a great movie, from a very special era in movies, and contains an all-time great scene that speaks to the darker nature of humanity. $6.00M, PG 2 highest-grossing film of 1973. It wasnt much later that a captured Japanese two-man submarine was displayed in my hometown of 12,000 residents. | 10 highest-grossing film for 1974 as it was re-released due to the popularity of The Sting. $87.10M, PG A very interesting story about a combination of a pilot/peddler! Tony Scott Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor and filmmaker. 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. Golf has always struck me as something of a dangerous undertaking. A New York district attorney works and flirts with his adversary and her kooky artist client, who is on trial for a murder she didn't commit. Comedy, Crime, Drama. [23] While Redford did not receive an Academy Award or Golden Globe nomination for playing the Sundance Kid, he won a British Academy of Film and Television Award (BAFTA) for that role and his parts in Downhill Racer[24] (1969) and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969). Drama, Romance. About 16,000 of those hours were made while flying the Alaska outback, just another of Alaskas long list of ragbag bush pilots. Hes had two books published by Voyageur Press: Flying the Alaska Wild and The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles. Director: Appearing on stage in the late 1950s, Redford's television career began in 1960, including an appearance on The Twilight Zone in 1962. A dandy fringe benefit, I thought, if that were true. 25,579 [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. Noah Beery Jr. | site designed by, "What It's Really Like: Flying the Alaska Bush. [26] In 1974 Redford became the first performer since Bing Crosby in 1946 to have three films in a year's top ten grossing titles. Their solution - escape to Bolivia. As usual Robert Redford was great as Waldo Pepper ! The film's stars were Anthony Perkins, Jane Fonda (her debut), and Ray Walston. On the way up, he described to me the tragic effects of a tail slide in anything other than a military fighter plane. The latter two films and the subsequent Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970), and The Hot Rock (1972) were not commercially successful. | Gross: 118,373 | Redford stepped back into producing with The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), a coming-of-age road film about a young medical student, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and his friend Alberto Granado. Flying over a world covered in the flat white of a fresh snow, I was lost from the moment the wheels left the ground until the engine was shut down an hour later. I saw The Great Waldo Pepper in its first theatrical release back in 1975. I first saw this film in the theater almost 30 years ago and have caught it a few times on TV since. Alessandro Nivola, Votes: He had a critical and box office hit with Jeremiah Johnson (1972), and in 1973 he had the greatest hit of his career, the blockbuster crime caper The Sting, a reunion with Paul Newman, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award; that same year, he also starred opposite Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were. Mike Connors, For the next 10 years I knew I would be a fighter pilot! James Vanderbilt 110 min Sydney Pollack Showing Editorial results for robert redford. Willie Nelson, Votes: Sydney Pollack Later in the checkride, he asked me for a power on stall. Cliff Robertson, Director: Stephen Dillane, Votes: $1.76M, Not Rated Director: Adventure, Biography, Comedy. My father never started a job he didnt finish, and that sort of thing rubbed off on me. A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his nouveau riche neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love. WebRobert Redford takes to the skies in this rousing and dramatic thrill-ride! Strother Martin, Votes: 34,036 Director: He has a half brother,[4] William, from his father's first marriage. Stars: | He endorsed Democratic President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012. Paul Sand, Votes: Stars: Redford attended the University of Colorado in the 1950s and received an honorary degree in 1988. WebLola Van Wagenen (born December 12, 1938) is an American historian and activist. 124 min 8,211 Drama, Romance. [13] While there, he worked at a restaurant/bar called The Sink, where a painting of his likeness still figures prominently among the bar's murals. [22] Redford found the niche he was looking for in George Roy Hill's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), scripted by William Goldman, in which he was paired for the first time with Paul Newman. Directors: Willem Dafoe, | Gross: 161 min In fact, I was sometimes so disappointed in poor landings or half-accurate spins or skidding turns that I had decided I would give it up right after earning my private pilot certificate. | Gross: Stars: [41], In 1995, he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Bard College. [4] He later studied painting at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and took classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (Class of 1959) in New York City. Meryl Streep, As a disillusioned biplane pilot named Waldo who had missed flying in WWI takes up barnstorming and later he carries out a movie career in his quest for the glory he had missed . Director: [4], In 1975, Redford's hit movies included 1920s aviation drama, The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), and the spy thriller Three Days of the Condor (1975), alongside Faye Dunaway, which finished at Nos. Stars: Brad Pitt, | Redford, who starred in the 1972 political comedy The Candidate, chats with then-presidential candidate Jimmy Carter in September 1976 in Georgia. Redford states, "The Outlaw Trail. Charles Bronson, $61.80M, R It also explored the political and social issues of South America that influenced Guevara and shaped his future. Barry Levinson $2.54M, G | Getty Images But I expect this was a common occurrence. I knew right then that flying would be my world, though I had no idea how I was going to go about starting the whole process. The film was a huge success and made him a major bankable star,[4] cementing his screen image as an intelligent, reliable, sometimes sardonic good guy. Directors: 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). | A billionaire offers $1,000,000 to a young married couple for one night with the wife. Robert Downey Jr., Stars: Charlie McDowell On February 22, 2019, Redford received the Honorary Csar at the 44th Csar Awards in Paris. During the summer weeks, I would tie tomatoes for one dollar a thousand, some days earning as much as four dollars. In 1989, the National Audubon Society awarded Redford its highest honor, the Audubon Medal. Characters are so sweet, attracting the most sympathy from the audience, a so moving spirit, so pure, in search of something lost or.unaittable. Locklear was a nationally I'm sorry to hear that this film is not as respected as I had assumed. This film marked the only time Redford would star with Marlon Brando. How can this film barely have more than a single page of comments? Follows the life post WW1 of a pilot trying to get work barnstorming and in the film business. Drama, Romance. Redfords liberal political engagement off-screen has always overflowed effortlessly into his acting work and in the roles he has chosen. Jon Avnet Robert Redford, Affixed to one wall of his small office was a certificate of commendation from the Civil Aeronautics Administration, that Department of Commerce arm now known as the Department of Transportations Federal Aviation Agency. 144 min | | March 4th, 1957, to be exact. 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. A little extra never hurt, so the weekends saw me on the golf links. | Gross: I remember going to the airport one morning, carefully pre-flighting the little Aeronca, and then, instead of getting into it, I simply put it on. 134 min Faye Dunaway, Finally, I was able to find a DVD copy on E-Bay (apparently it is not currently available on DVD through normal means) and I am glad I did so. Once inside, he yanked the chute off the floor, brandished it high above his head, and said in a loud voice, I can see the headlines now: C-54 CRASHES ONE SURVIVOR. The panache of a real live single-engine fighter pilot, I thought. The friendship between two Arizona dirt bike racers is tested when they both lust for an attractive runaway young woman who joins them on the racing circuit. This is a well shot film (the light in the Prarie scenes are beautiful) about why people love flying and how it gets into their bones to the point where they will take great risks with their lives as well as other people's! Peter Boyle, Samuel L. Jackson, The Sundance Channel premiered on February 29, 1996. | | [citation needed], Soon after that, he starred in the baseball drama The Natural (1984). | [4] The romantic drama The Great Gatsby (1974) was the No. 131 min The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who happens to be a dragon. | The perfect tool for practicing flow flight. Robert Redford, Shauna Redford is a painter and married to journalist Eric Schlosser. [11][12] He went on to travel in Europe, living in France, Spain, and Italy. I have often wondered if this gruesome event inspired The Great Waldo Pepper's scene where Waldo's friend crashes and burns. Strapped to a flatbed trailer, the tiny yellow submarine fascinated me as much as it thrilled my classmates. In April 2014, Redford, a Pitzer College Trustee, and Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley announced that the college will divest fossil fuel stocks from its endowment; at the time, it was the higher education institution with the largest endowment in the US to make this commitment. As early as 1969, Redford had served as the executive producer for Downhill Racer. 5 for 1986),[30] won a Golden Globe for Best Picture,[31] and won seven Oscars, including Best Picture. Scenes with Robert Redford and Bo Svenson climbing out on the wing were done without any security harness or parachutes. When Ezra and Waldo drive up to the farmhouse in Ezra's pick-up it is very obvious that the truck looks far too old for the 1920's time frame of the movie. $37.12M, PG Action, Adventure, Drama. | Turned out that it isnt. $41.51M, Passed Sidney J. Furie | I was railroaded into that transfer, really, and all because I had chased a nosy lieutenant from the radar blockhouse at a small RADARsite in Montana, where he had no security clearanceand no real businessto be in the first place. Drama, Romance. | Gross: | Director: Demi Moore, | Drama, Sport. | The Air Force had sent me to Alaska for a two-year tour of duty. Ryan O'Neal, Director: | He was a 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award/Honorary Oscar recipient at the 74th Academy Awards. Robert Redford, The 85-year-old Redford himself has gone back The popular and acclaimed All the President's Men (1976) was a landmark film for Redford. Joe Russo Robert Redford used to work at Yosemite National Park. When an 11-year-old Robert Redford was recovering from a mild case of polio in 1949, his mother took him to visit Yosemite National Park. He was immediately blown away by it, and later returned to apply for a job there. 106 min The citizens of a Texan town become concerned and panicked when a local bad boy escapes prison and heads for his hometown. Stars: Nick Nolte, Votes: He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen. I began to time the train and to adjust my airplanes speed to the speed of the train. | Robert Redford, 95 min Drama, Music, Romance. Still, I wasnt about to just up and quit. Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. 14,849 Drama, Family, Romance. A sobering thought struck me: golfing was clearly more dangerous than flying around in an airplane. 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. Katharine Ross, | Director: Nick Nolte, [64] Redford also supported Gary Herbert, another Republican and a friend, in Herbert's successful 2004 campaign to be elected Utah's Lieutenant Governor. | [42], In 1996, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. You know the kind: crooked smile, even teeth, Steve Canyon in uniform. Director: | Gross: I just didnt like it all that much. Stars: Sean Connery, Director: Robert Redford In the 1980s, Redford began his career as a director with Ordinary People (1980), which was one of the most critically and publicly acclaimed films of the decade, winning four Academy Awards including Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Director for Redford. | Redford was born on August 18, 1936,[3] in Santa Monica, California, to Martha Woodruff Redford (ne Hart; 19141955) and Charles Robert Redford (19141991), an accountant. [4][9] He has described himself as having been a "bad" student, finding inspiration outside the classroom, and being interested in art and sports. | Gross: But the scene that really sticks in my mind is Susan Sarandon's stunt on the wing; that must've been one harrowing experience! 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. Jo Marr, Votes: Natalie Wood, WebCaptain America: The Winter Soldier. But Waldo was going to change all that - even if it killed him . Robert Redford, Sydney Pollack $159.60M, PG 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. Tom Cruise, 12,365 | 83 min 18,535 | Mia Farrow, $2.54M, R I reckoned I would avoid submarines and just stick to the flying, if I could ever find a way to get that activity started. Sydney Pollack On August 9, 1958, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Redford married Lola Van Wagenen, who dropped out of college to marry him. Redford made his screen debut in Tall Story (1960) in a minor role. Thank you! Drama, Romance. Ive learned that not every pilot goes through that metamorphosis, but I certainly did. | Gross: | | Robert Redford, 129 min | 97 min I was standing where I shouldnt be, smack in the middle of the second fairway, gazing up the Ohio River at a Stinson Voyageur as it descended toward the small Duck Creek Airport just across the highway from where I stood transfixed by the sight. $5.13M, R Stars: Shocker! 2 highest-grossing film for the year, the critically acclaimed All the President's Men. A tale of knights of the air, in a quest of their Graal. Stars: 138 min Now thats dangerous. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward memorabilia to go up for auction. 169 min 50,967 Oh and Ive never been lost again, by the way. That daughter is 38 now. WebAfter 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 [4] In the latter film, Redford worked from a screenplay by Paul Attanasio with noted cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and a strong cast that featured Paul Scofield, John Turturro, Rob Morrow, and Ralph Fiennes. Other executive producers include George R.R. $51.09M, R Robert Redford, Director: Dustin Hoffman, [38][39], In 1976, Robert Redford published The Outlaw Trail: A Journey Through Time. WebRobert Redford he wasnt, but a pilot he certainly was. | Gross: Mason says, My logs, not always attentively kept, now show 18,000 flying hours as PIC. Seymour Cassel, Votes: Or maybe not. He gets into a rivalry with Axel Olsson (Bo Svenson) who travels with his girlfriend Mary Beth (Susan Sarandon). | Crime, Drama. 181 min J.C. Chandor David Lowery Robert Redford, And, inside that office, I got my first look at Mr. George Kitchen. Paul Newman, I was relocating from Great Falls, Montana, to Silver Lake, Washington, and my ride was an Air Force C-54, one of those four-engine jobbies that civilian airlines were then calling the DC-4. Director: Marshall, Votes: 107 min | And, from that day to this, I have never looked back. 102 min [26] Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) placed as the No. Gottfried Reinhardt [74] In 2013, he was identified by its CEO, Russ Girling, for leading the anti-pipeline protest movement.[74]. Redford had optioned the film rights for the book from Bryson after reading it more than a decade earlier, with the intent of costarring in it with Paul Newman, but had shelved the project after Newman's death. | Iain Armitage, R This movie is made by some of the same players that made Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Writer, Director and Actor). In 2014, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[1][2]. Joe Russo The examiner in the back seat of that little 65-hp Aeronca asked me what the rudder was for, I told him it was to help turn the airplane. [4], Through its various workshop programs and popular film festival, Sundance has provided much-needed support for independent filmmakers. | Gross: Lena Olin, Action, Adventure, Drama. and leader of the Hydra cell operating the Triskelion. 117 min Robert Redford Stars: The honors recipients are recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts: whether in dance, music, theater, opera, motion pictures or television. Mildred Natwick, Votes: SPOILER AHEAD!! Behind these implements came an Air Force Captain, stocky, blond, blue-eyed, and all smiles. | Gross: It's 1926. Bo Brundin, Susan Clark, Votes: Now, in 2013 I found it on Netflix and find it to be a very nice, very enjoyable movie. If you are sensitive with chivalry spirit, and not only war chivalry, maybe this film is made for you. Charles Aidman, Jack Warden, Scott Redford died of sudden infant death syndrome at the age of .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2+12 months and is buried at Provo City Cemetery in Provo, Utah. 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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. By the end of my fourth hour of dual flight instruction, I could perform a two-turn spin in either direction and pull back out into level flight within ten degrees of a pre-determined heading. Anthony Russo, Director: Karen Black, Votes: At the end of those two years, I took my discharge at Wright Patterson Air Force Base at Dayton, Ohio, and scooted right back to the Big Empty. | I dont know if that foolishness added to my skill level, but it did boost my confidence. He reconnects with sometimes girlfriend Maude (Margot Kidder). Not a bad introduction to the Air Force too bad it was in the back. | [75] In November 2012, Pitzer launched the Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability at Pitzer College. 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