Michael J. Pollard, Director: [citation needed]. In 2012, he directed the political thriller The Company You Keep starring himself, Shia LaBeouf and Julie Christie. | Director: | | Gross: [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. Director: | 134 min | Behind these implements came an Air Force Captain, stocky, blond, blue-eyed, and all smiles. 102 min | Gross: Brian McCarthy, Director: Robert Redford, THey do nothing but stare while Waldo screams at them, begging for their help. $75.38M, TV-14 108 min | 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. The Sundance Channel premiered on February 29, 1996. I first saw this film in the theater almost 30 years ago and have caught it a few times on TV since. 2014, Movie - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | After that, his second directorial project, The Milagro Beanfield War (1987), failed to generate the same level of attention as Ordinary People. FAQ In the same year, Redford reteamed with Brad Pitt for Spy Game, another success for the pair but with Redford switching this time from director to actor. Robert Redford, Votes: WebCaptain America: The Winter Soldier. Stars: Robert Redford, Adventure, Biography, Comedy. | 14,849 Mary Steenburgen, Denis Sanders $20.64M, PG Morgan Freeman, | Gross: He received a second Academy Awardfor Lifetime Achievementin 2002. Both were a bit tipsy, but they were having lots of fun, and the weather was truly fine. He reconnects with sometimes girlfriend Maude (Margot Kidder). Elisabeth Moss, Votes: Alessandro Nivola, Votes: Daryl Hannah, It made me feel great and I've had a fascination with film ever since. $47.74M, PG-13 Redford states, "The Outlaw Trail. I remember 1975 well, I was living in the New Orleans area and my 4th child was born, a cute little daughter. $29.47M, PG-13 Biography, Crime, Drama. After a great deal of hype, the film opened to mixed reviews and disappointing box office. | Gross: In 1989, the National Audubon Society awarded Redford its highest honor, the Audubon Medal. Turned out that it isnt. $5.76M, R After I had earned my ticket, as they say, I realized that personal airplanes, like boats, are pretty much just big holes in the sky, and into which their owners throw large sums of money. 138 min In 1995, Redford signed a deal with Showtime to start a 24-hour cable television channel devoted to airing independent films. Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals) will direct the pilot and executive produce. *Spoiler/plot- The Great Waldo Pepper, 1975. Laurence Olivier, Votes: | 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". | This is not a great film, but a movie I simply love. Mary Steenburgen, Votes: $87.10M, PG Katharine Ross, On August 9, 1958, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Redford married Lola Van Wagenen, who dropped out of college to marry him. | Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor. Scarlett Johansson, | Gross: [48] He was a 2010 recipient of the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. | Director: But Waldo was going to change all that - even if it killed him . 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. Director: I saw The Great Waldo Pepper in its first theatrical release back in 1975. Stars: As early as 1969, Redford had served as the executive producer for Downhill Racer. Robert Redford may or may not be retired from acting. [64] Redford also supported Gary Herbert, another Republican and a friend, in Herbert's successful 2004 campaign to be elected Utah's Lieutenant Governor. No seats, only canvas webbing along either side of the fuselage for seating. 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. Robert Redford is one of the last icons of classic American cinema, who gave brilliant performances in almost every movie he was in. 8.4. 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. 181 min | Gross: A little extra never hurt, so the weekends saw me on the golf links. Chris Hemsworth, Votes: In 2013, he starred in All Is Lost, directed by J.C. Chandor, about a man lost at sea. Thoroughly enjoyable, Redford in his prime, Not one of Redford's bestunless you're into flying films. Robert Redford, | | Gross: Bo Svenson, February 27, 2023 endeavor air pilot contract No Comments . Jennifer Lopez, [41], In 1995, he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Bard College. Robert Redford, 57,897 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. And, from that day to this, I have never looked back. They had a son named Charles, the first in line to have been given the name. Phil Alden Robinson The two rivals become partners in Doc Dillhoefer (Philip Bruns)'s flying circus. $5.00M, PG-13 | 169 min George Roy Hill Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. 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. 97 min Seymour Cassel, Votes: Classic "Biggles Opera" - Redford at his most handsome! Bo Brundin, Having directed Robert Redford in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Sting", George Roy Hill cast him yet again in "The Great Waldo Pepper". Not as a pilot, but as a passenger, boarding an aircraft for my first ever airplane ride. Thank you! WebThe story: Robert Redford plays the part of an ex-World War 1 pilot, who has become a pilot stuntman after the war. From that day to this, I just slip the airplane on and go wherever I decide to go. Adrian Lyne There are obvious comparisons with The Blue Max, made 9 years earlier. Robert Blake, Paul Newman, Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then-President George W. Bush's military service, and the subsequent firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers. | In 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement. In 2010, Redford released The Conspirator, a period drama revolving around the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Charles Durning, Votes: Robert Redford, Karl Michael Vogler, Unrated Stars: Redford puts his all into the role of a pilot seeking glory after World War I. [citation needed]. This time, I could see a line trailing out behind the plane, one that appeared to terminate at some sort of big three-pronged fishing hook. What a delightful and beautifully written story. | 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. 126 min 136 min Robert Redford, Arthur Penn Then he took a two-year hiatus from movies, before starring as past-his-prime rodeo star in the adventure-romance The Electric Horseman (1979). Comedy, War. 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. Stars: 11,306 That daughter is 38 now. | Stars: In J. C. Chandors All Is Lost, Robert Redford is a sailor adrift in the Indian Ocean. Director: Directors: $1.76M, Not Rated But I expect this was a common occurrence. 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. [5][6][7] His patrilineal great-great-grandfather, a Protestant Englishman named Elisha Redford, married Mary Ann McCreery, of Irish Catholic descent, in Manchester. $259.77M, GP | | Tommy Matsuda, PG Dakota Fanning, Stars: Gary Winick The cast includes Margot Kidder, Bo Svenson, Edward Herrmann and Susan Sar 82,088 Jane Alexander, Votes: 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. Gene Hackman, Director: | Gross: Tell us what you think about this feature. Cliff Robertson, | Quietly cocky Robert Redford joins U.S. ski team as downhill racer and clashes with the team's coach, played by Gene Hackman. Director: Gottfried [42], In 1996, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. 2019, Film - Drame, Aventure, Action. It reminds me of my childhood dreams of becoming a military pilot and the joys (and terrors) of flying. Stars: | 99 min | Inside a small lean-to attachment to the Quonset hut-shaped hangar was the flight office. 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. Hollywood star Robert Redford is "in mourning" following the death of his son James at the age of 58. I ran out with a crowd of town folks and other kids. 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. Director: 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. Stanley Tucci, 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. Redford appeared in the 2011 documentary Buck by Cindy Meehl, where he discussed his experiences with title subject Buck Brannaman during the production of The Horse Whisperer. Tom Cruise, Director: $8.59M, Approved WebAvengers : Endgame. Regarding Redford's maternal lineage, the Harts were Irish from Galway and the Greens were Scots-Irish who settled in the United States in the 18th century.[8]. | Gross: Jane Fonda, Stephen Dillane, Votes: 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. Sign up for our free email newsletter, packed with tips, tricks and news for pilots. | Sydney Pollack The latter film, which was also produced by Redford, reunited him with co-star Jane Fonda for the fourth time and garnered positive reviews. | | Gross: | Gross: [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. Nick Nolte, Votes: Great reading, though! | | 101 min 12,365 [73], Redford is opposed to the TransCanada Corporation's Keystone Pipeline. This movie starts out rather laid back and sweet in nature, but it suddenly turns rather bleak and depressing halfway through for a short moment, which is somewhat odd and not fitting to the general laid back mood of the rest of this family picture. [71] He has criticized the decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. | | He continued acting and starred in Brubaker (1980), as well as playing the male lead in Out of Africa (1985), which was an enormous box office success and won seven Oscars including Best Picture. For some reason the title didn't draw me in. This is a great film on so many levels and I highly recommend it. The Air Force had sent me to Alaska for a two-year tour of duty. 6,587 Did all pilots get that sort of attention? | site designed by, "What It's Really Like: Flying the Alaska Bush. 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. 59,505 Affixed to one wall of his small office was a certificate of commendation from the Civil Aeronautics Administration, that | | Gross: But the thought of being a thousand miles from a place where one could actually touch bottom drew something of a dampening image. A billionaire offers $1,000,000 to a young married couple for one night with the wife. 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. 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". Stars: Director: Golf has always struck me as something of a dangerous undertaking. $82.99M, PG Sometimes, we have the same kind of atmosphere as in GIPSY MOTHS; just replace.skydiving with stunt pilots. Post WW-I barnstorming pilot has a shot at living his dream. Stars: The flight over the Rocky Mountains didnt last long enough for me, since the entire time was spent in listening to the hangar flying tales of a genuine, in-the-skin fighter pilot. 16 and 17 in box office grosses for 1975, respectively. | Gross: Robert Redford, Votes: David Lowery In fact, he was a great instructor who was held out of the majority of the war. [28] In 1975, 1977 and 1978, Redford won the Golden Globe for Favorite World Film Star, a popularity-based award that is no longer awarded. 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. Ive called him George for six decades now, but I still think of him as Mr. 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. Stay up to date with the latest articles and selections from our archives. As an executive is held captive by a former employee, it's up to his wife to deliver the ransom. In 2008, Sundance exhibited 125 feature-length films from 34 countries, with more than 50,000 attendees, Salt Lake City, and Park City, Utah. Director: 50,967 103 min Now thats dangerous. A security pro finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item. I've long been impressed with the variety of films in which Robert Redford starred during his prime years. Director: Sidney J. Furie | Director: 161 min | Stars: Robert Shaw, Charlie McDowell Lots of good skiing action leading to an exciting climax. | Gross: 20,570 $0.03M, G After many tragedies, he is reduced to being a Hollywood stuntman under an assumed name in a movie about the legendary dogfight. Director: Tony Scott I was caddying at the local country club on weekends in order to pick up a little extra money. I don't know why it isn't available on DVD. A sobering thought struck me: golfing was clearly more dangerous than flying around in an airplane. 159,713 32,714 Biography, Drama, Romance. Bruce Dern, Michelle Pfeiffer, [citation needed], Redford continued as a major star throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Follows the life post WW1 of a pilot trying to get work barnstorming and in the film business. | | Jo Marr, Votes: 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. For decades, Robert Redford has been a pillar of Hollywood, known for his acting, his directing, and for creating the Sundance Film Festival. | Very good earlier Robert Redford flying movie. 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 court-martialed General rallies together twelve hundred inmates to rise against a corrupt and sadistic warden. Dan Aykroyd, 58,022 James Vanderbilt Director: 2 highest-grossing film for the year, the critically acclaimed All the President's Men. Getty Images Emma Thompson, 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. I speak of the scene where Ezra Stiles, Waldo Pepper's best friend has crashed, and he is trapped in his plane, which has caught on fire. Robert Redford, [4], Redford's next film, Legal Eagles (1986) alongside Debra Winger, was only a minor success at the box office. 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. George Roy Hill [11][12] He went on to travel in Europe, living in France, Spain, and Italy. 14,138 Wyoming, early 1900s. Still, I wasnt about to just up and quit. Each year between 1974 and 1976, movie exhibitors voted Redford Hollywood's top box-office star. 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. J.C. Chandor Director: David Lowery Stars: 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? Stars: [25] The romantic period drama with Barbra Streisand, The Way We Were (1973), was the 11th highest-grossing film of 1973. In 2014, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Chris Evans, 1,153,252 Redfords liberal political engagement off-screen has always overflowed effortlessly into his acting work and in the roles he has chosen. Stars: | Redford had long harbored ambitions to work on both sides of the camera. Drama, History, Thriller. Great For People Who Love These Old Planes, Spectacular story about WWI fliers turned barnstorming aerial stunt pilots including superb flying sequences, One of the all-time greatest scenes in movies. Waldo's friend's death in a crash and fire may correctly need a PG warning but the film will still give most kids a love of flying. The aviator-poet John Magee was able to write in his sonnet "High Flight" that while flying he had "slipped the surly bonds of Earth" and "put out my hand, and touched the face of God". It was years later that I found myself in the uniform of the United States Air Force. Dick Wenzel, who would remain a friend for more than sixty years, was caddying with another party of golfers that day, and my twosome was behind his group. $70.60M, PG-13 Stars: But for all the art and positivity that Redford has undoubtedly unleashed into the world, he's endured a shocking amount of hardship, misfortune, death, dysfunction, [60] Redford has seven grandchildren. Stars: Biography, Comedy, Crime. Trouble was, the only way to get from here to there in that wild country was by air. Stars: [35] The same year, he played news anchor Dan Rather in James Vanderbilt's Truth alongside Cate Blanchett. Kim Basinger, Votes: Throw in heavyweight participants hot from "Butch Cassidy" and "The Sting", like director George Roy Hill, screenplay writer William Goldman ("Butch Cassidy" only) and of course Robert Redford in the lead and you just know this one is going to straighten up and fly left. | Sign up for our free email newsletter, packed with tips, tricks news. 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