$47.95M, R 134 min | | Robert Redford, The perfect tool for practicing flow flight. During WW2, a lonely German air-raid warden captures two downed American airmen and keeps them prisoner in his basement way past the end of the war. Robert Duvall, | Sam Neill, External Reviews The war was over - and the world's greatest flyers had never met in combat . Jane Fonda, 11,258 It was years later that I found myself in the uniform of the United States Air Force. The popular and acclaimed All the President's Men (1976) was a landmark film for Redford. [4] Redford's wife Lola was from Utah and they had built a home in the area in 1963. Robert Redford, The examiner took immediate control of the little airplane and told me I had just scared years off his life. | Michael J. Pollard, 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. Redford in his youthful heyday, following the success of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Susan Sarandon as the female lead, and yet, apparently, so few have ever seen this that less than two pages covers comments. Charles Bronson, Danny would slide grandly through town toward the little grass airstrip behind the wheel of his brand-new, bright red, Chrysler Town-and-Country convertible, drawing sighs from all the local girls. There are obvious comparisons with The Blue Max, made 9 years earlier. 59,505 Stars: Charles Aidman, Paul Sand, Votes: [51], In 2017, Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 74th Venice Film Festival.[52]. 169 min The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbor. I nearly weep writing about him. Through time, they learn to forgive each other and heal old wounds. Samuel L. Jackson, Showing Editorial results for 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. New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, List of awards and nominations received by Robert Redford, Political Action Committee of the Directors Guild of America, "Editor's Letter: The Ties That Bind the TIME 100", "Sponsored Archives: A Robert Redford Retrospective, Redford Turns West Again", "New England Historic Genealogical Society", "Did Robert Redford play high school baseball with Don Drysdale? 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. Mildred Natwick, Votes: 50,230 Director: | Gross: 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. Watching all these wonderful actors in their prime, the great storyline and the great cinematography for the first time has had me enthralled. 14,138 Paul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. | Adventure, Biography, Comedy. The canvas golf club bag I was carrying was pretty heavy for a lad as small as I was at that time. | | $5.13M, R [64] Redford also supported Gary Herbert, another Republican and a friend, in Herbert's successful 2004 campaign to be elected Utah's Lieutenant Governor. On February 22, 2019, Redford received the Honorary Csar at the 44th Csar Awards in Paris. | [66] Redford is the first quote on the back cover of Donald Trump's book Crippled America (2015), saying of Trump's candidacy, "I'm glad he's in there, being the way he is, and saying what he says and the ways he says it, I think shakes things up and I think that is very needed. | Danny Glover, Votes: Nevertheless, Robert Redford was and is a wonderful actor, and has produced many indelible film characterizations for over 50 years. From The Chase (1965) to Truth (2015), Mr. Redford has always entertained with taste and excellence. Here are 34 of his best acting efforts. Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood. Catherine McCormack, Abraham Polonsky Alan Arkin, Richard Attenborough Director: Director: [4] Robert attended Van Nuys High School, where he was classmates with baseball pitcher Don Drysdale. [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. 101 min $2.54M, G 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. | Gross: Oakes Fegley, Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, | Tom Cruise, 20,570 Robert Redford, 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. But, over the last few years, the star hasn't been acting as frequently, and there has been a lot of discussion about whether he is officially retiring or not. In 2014, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[1][2]. Perhaps because the ultimate tone of the movie is darker, the movie still captures that fun that permeates Butch Cassidy. [4] Redford also continued work in films with political contexts, such as Havana (1990), playing Jack Weil, a professional gambler in 1959 Cuba during the Revolution, as well as Sneakers (1992), in which he co-starred with River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier, his first teaming with the latter. I'm sorry to hear that this film is not as respected as I had assumed. Gary Winick Stuart Rosenberg For decades, Robert Redford has been a pillar of Hollywood, known for his acting, his directing, and for creating the Sundance Film Festival. 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After a great deal of hype, the film opened to mixed reviews and disappointing box office. Adrian Lyne Katharine Ross, I thought I had failed my flight test before I had completed my first turn after takeoff. Iain Armitage, R One of his last television appearances until 2019 was on October 7, 1963, on Breaking Point, an ABC medical drama about psychiatry.[20]. 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. 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. [35] The same year, he played news anchor Dan Rather in James Vanderbilt's Truth alongside Cate Blanchett. Biography, Comedy, Crime. Jane Fonda, After graduating from high school in 1954,[10] he attended the University of Colorado in Boulder for a year and a half,[4][11][12] where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. [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. The shock of a driven golf ball striking the club bag I was leaning against woke me from my daydream. In the same piece, he announced that he would be voting for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. | Alessandro Nivola, Votes: John Saxon, I like the civilian side to this film. Robert Redford, Matthias Schoenaerts, Director: Mark Ruffalo, | Stars: At first, I certainly didnt come naturally to flying. Stars: The Great Waldo Pepper really is a work of cinematic art. [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. Robert Redford, Robert Redford, 34,036 Stars: | Stars: | The pilot climbed to turn east out over the Ohio River toward the West Virginia hills, circled upriver, and then turned south again to swoop back for another very low pass across the field. A billionaire offers $1,000,000 to a young married couple for one night with the wife. In 1970, she co-founded Consumer Action Now (CAN), [1] a non-profit educational organization, and in 1995 co-founded Clio Visualizing Drama. | He earned an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Voice of Charlie Pont (1962). And you also have in this movie the elements which permit you to think that nothing can stop a movie or - flight- circus director to attract audiences, even risking the life of his actors or employees. | Stars: | Director: Karen Black, Votes: Redford is also one of the founders of the Sundance Film Festival. | Chris Evans, Cliff Robertson, With five years spent on the film's making, Redford was credited by director Walter Salles for being instrumental in getting it made and released. And, inside that office, I got my first look at Mr. George Kitchen. Truthfully, I wasnt all that good at it in the beginning. 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. Director: No seats, only canvas webbing along either side of the fuselage for seating. 110 min 138 min Director: Awards, pilot's overalls, letters from former US presidents, photographs with the film elite and the couple's clothes 99 min | The political satire The Candidate (1972) was a moderate box office and critical success. | Gross: But the thought of being a thousand miles from a place where one could actually touch bottom drew something of a dampening image. Anthony Russo, I will always have a great tenderness for this movie, full of nostalgia and forgotten spirit, if you compare with the movies from now. | | | 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. Alec Guinness, Mort Mason soloed on Friday the 13th (April 1956) on an airplane with skis, in a 20-knot crosswind at Lake Hood, Alaska, in a serious snowstorm. Mary Steenburgen, Votes: | site designed by, "What It's Really Like: Flying the Alaska Bush. [48] He was a 2010 recipient of the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. Mary Steenburgen, 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. 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. Anthony Russo, Dustin Hoffman, Oprah Winfrey, 18,535 $9.24M, R 144 min | Gross: Kate Reid, PG How in the hell did anyone up there know where he was? Peter Boyle, $18.21M, PG-13 Stars: 19,421 Oh and Ive never been lost again, by the way. | [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. Glenn Close, Director: On the way up, he described to me the tragic effects of a tail slide in anything other than a military fighter plane. 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). This was it, then. Strother Martin, Votes: I dont know if that foolishness added to my skill level, but it did boost my confidence. Robert Redford, I just didnt like it all that much. 16 and 17 in box office grosses for 1975, respectively. As early as 1969, Redford had served as the executive producer for Downhill Racer. In 2012, he directed the political thriller The Company You Keep starring himself, Shia LaBeouf and Julie Christie. FAQ The same year saw his first teaming (on equal footing) with Jane Fonda, in Arthur Penn's The Chase. 106 min 60,071 "[46], Redford received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Brown University at the 240th Commencement exercises on May 25, 2008, with the actor also speaking at the ceremonies. Watch out for the final minutes, with Kessler character, the most fascinating of the film, a so moving character. Sydney Pollack 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. Delle Bolton, Redford's family moved to Van Nuys, Los Angeles, while his father worked in El Segundo. The commendation was for having safely soloed more than one thousand student pilots! WebThe story: Robert Redford plays the part of an ex-World War 1 pilot, who has become a pilot stuntman after the war. [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). | Since that day, he successfully completed his Private License check ride on March 4, 1957. Crime, Drama. The cast includes Margot Kidder, Bo Svenson, Edward Herrmann and Susan Sar They emigrated to New York City in 1849, immediately settling in Stonington, Connecticut. Jack Warden, [71] He has criticized the decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. 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. Max von Sydow, Votes: 118 min 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. Chris Evans, "The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation. Stars: Kim Basinger, Votes: | Behind these implements came an Air Force Captain, stocky, blond, blue-eyed, and all smiles. Melvyn Douglas, Unfortunately, it doesn't have nearly the acclaim. I was headed for the Operations Office rather a grand term, in those days of Safeway Airways, our local Piper aircraft distributor and flight school. Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Robert Redford, | Hubbell, aka Robert Redford, was the heartthrob of every woman who ever watched not only the The Way We Were, but several other of his feature films, as well. He renamed it "Sundance" after his Sundance Kid character. | [4] Sydney Pollack's Out of Africa (1985), with Redford in the male lead role opposite Meryl Streep, became a large box office success (combined 1985 and 1986 grosses placed it at No. | Michael Ritchie He starred alongside Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), which was a huge success and made him a major star. 1,370 Set during 19261931, the film stars Robert Redford as a disaffected World War I veteran pilot who missed the opportunity to fly in combat, and examines his sense of postwar dislocation in 1920s America. A couple of biplane pilots who fought during the WWI came back from the battle field and started working on taking people on rides and trying to see who was the greatest among them. Brad Pitt, $5.00M, PG-13 6,587 8,211 | After passing both the written and the practical exams, and being awarded the private pilot license I had worked so hard to get, my friends seemed to crawl out of the woodwork, always needing a ride to some distant place. First I must say that this beautiful movie handles the wide screen format extremely well, to watch it on TV comes near to an act of profanation. Activist and filmmaker James Redford died on Friday after $49.85M, R 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. Redford was nominated for a Golden Globe, his first Best Actor nomination for a Golden Globe, and won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, his first time winning an acting honour from that group (he had been nominated in 1969 for Downhill Racer). [25] The crime caper reunion with Paul Newman, The Sting (1973), became the top-grossing film of 1974[26] and one of the top 20 highest-grossing movies of all time when adjusted for inflation, plus landed Redford the lone nomination of his career for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The press conference was held at the LA Press Club. and The Graduate. 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. Stay up to date with the latest articles and selections from our archives. 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. 2 highest-grossing film for the year, the critically acclaimed All the President's Men. Demi Moore, How can this film barely have more than a single page of comments? Susan Sarandon, Votes: 2014, Movie - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Robert Redford got one of his best roles in The Great Waldo Pepper which was directed by George Roy Hill who did right by him with Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid and The Sting. 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. And about 8 years earlier, when I was about 6, I lived in Rio Vista on the Sacramento River mid-way between Sacramento and San Francisco, when a mail plane crashed in a grain field just outside of town. Affixed to one wall of his small office was a certificate of commendation from the Civil Aeronautics Administration, that The dramatic love story of small-town Mississippi girl Alva Starr and railroad official Owen Legate, set during the Great Depression. Director: Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors. Director: In 2012, Redford directed The Company You Keep, in which he starred as a former Weather Underground activist who goes on the run after a journalist discovers his identity. 106 min [citation needed]. He starred with Natalie Wood in Inside Daisy Clover (1965) which won him a Golden Globe for the best new star. Not as a pilot, but as a passenger, boarding an aircraft for my first ever airplane ride. Drama, Sport. In August 2018, Redford announced his retirement from acting after completion of the film, though the following month, Redford stated that he "regretted" announcing his retirement because "you never know". WebRobert Redford takes to the skies in this rousing adventure! [citation needed], Starting in 1973, Redford experienced an almost-unparalleled four-year run of box office success. Redford attended the University of Colorado in the 1950s and received an honorary degree in 1988. 8 highest-grossing film of 1974. A security pro finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item. [4] Redford also owned a Park City restaurant, Zoom, that closed in May 2017. | Gross: The story revolves around Waldo Pepper, a flight instructor from the post-Word War I era, who along with his buddies have a passion for stunt flying. | Gross: Ivan Reitman | Robert Downey Jr., February 27, 2023 endeavor air pilot contract No Comments . Julia Roberts, 81,714 102 min The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse. | $2.54M, R On October 23, 1955, I marched resolutely across the frozen ground adjacent to Anchorage Merrill Fields east-west runway. This is not a great film, but a movie I simply love. | [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. Now thats dangerous. [27] In 1976 he co-starred with Dustin Hoffman in the No. After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run. Not only did Redford show his skills as an actor, but he also got into directing and proved he was one of the best in the business. Tomas Milian, Votes: A tale of knights of the air, in a quest of their Graal. Mark Ruffalo, Jason Segel, Not Rated In 1989, the National Audubon Society awarded Redford its highest honor, the Audubon Medal. | Drama, History, War. Portions of the movie Jeremiah Johnson (1972), a film which is both one of Redford's favorites and one that has heavily influenced him, was shot near the ski area. Paul Newman, The Sundance Channel premiered on February 29, 1996. Great reading, though! Comedy, Crime, Romance. | Gross: [25] The romantic period drama with Barbra Streisand, The Way We Were (1973), was the 11th highest-grossing film of 1973. Director: He released his third film as a director, A River Runs Through It, in 1992. 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. Emma Thompson, Back in front of the camera, Redford received good notices for his role in director Lasse Hallstrm's An Unfinished Life (2005) as a cantankerous rancher who is forced to take in his estranged daughter-in-law (Jennifer Lopez)whom he blames for his son's deathand the granddaughter he never knew he had when they fled an abusive relationship. Redford gained popularity for his looks and golden boy style, so he quickly became picky with roles and focused on showing he was more than that. I was caddying at the local country club on weekends in order to pick up a little extra money. Director: Later in the checkride, he asked me for a power on stall. | Gross: [64] Redford has supported Republicans, including Brent Cornell Morris in his unsuccessful campaign for the Republican nomination for Utah's 3rd congressional district in 1990. 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. *Spoiler/plot- The Great Waldo Pepper, 1975. Director: | A little extra never hurt, so the weekends saw me on the golf links. Stars: My golfers were a married couple, he to his wife and bourbon, she to bourbon, her husband, and a terribly gaudy wardrobe. Desperate for money, they preform numerous barnstorming stunts at various air-shows, such as Wing Walking, sometimes with tragic results. 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. | He released his third film as a director, A River Runs Through It, in 1992, which was a return to mainstream success for Redford as a director and brought a young Brad Pitt to greater prominence. 93 min | Phil Alden Robinson Stars: Ken Kwapis Redford states, "The Outlaw Trail. Stars: 1,153,252 | George Roy Hill 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. Stars: Stars: Directors: PG Robert Redford, With the financial proceeds of his acting success, starting with his salaries from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Downhill Racer, Redford bought a ski area on the east side of Mount Timpanogos northeast of Provo, Utah, called "Timp Haven". The interesting thing was that in those days they did not have license. Classic "Biggles Opera" - Redford at his most handsome! 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