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24 unusual facts about Robert Redford


Allen Shapiro

The firm represented numerous entertainment clients including Robert Redford, Sean Connery, and Miramax.

Bayou Place

Sundance Cinemas, the exhibition arm of Robert Redford's Sundance Institute, will open in Bayou Place in early November 2011.

Beekman Place

In Sydney Pollack's 1973 movie The Way We Were, Beekman Place symbolizes the Waspish cultural background of Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford's character) that is a continual irritant in his relationship with the Marxist Jew Katie Morosky (played by Barbra Streisand).

Des O'Connor

He has worked with many personalities of the day, from rock and pop stars, actors and TV performers, to politicians, princes, to luminaries such as Frank Sinatra, Adam Faith, Sean Connery, Liberace, the Beatles, Shirley Bassey, Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Cilla Black, Tony Blair and members of the Royal Family.

Fort Sheridan, Illinois

In 1979, director Robert Redford used a warehouse on the base to build interior sets for his Oscar-winning film Ordinary People.

Idaho Springs, Colorado

The 1969 film Downhill Racer, portrayed an alpine ski racer from Idaho Springs, played by Robert Redford; a brief scene was shot on location in Idaho Springs.

In All the Right Places

"In All the Right Places" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for the 1993 drama film Indecent Proposal, starring Robert Redford and Demi Moore.

Incident at Oglala

Incident at Oglala is a 1992 documentary by Michael Apted, narrated by Robert Redford.

Jeremy Childs

His largest role to date came when he played the part of Cutbush in the 2001 movie The Last Castle alongside Robert Redford and James Gandolfini.

John Sacret Young

Presently, partnered as Executive Producer with Robert Redford, he’s written Generations, a pilot for TNT, which he will also direct.

LaSalle Street Station

This station was a set for Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 North by Northwest, starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint, and in the 1973 movie The Sting starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.

Laurence Leamer

Leamer also briefly flirted with movie fame when his work on the life of famed mountaineer Willi Unsoeld was purchased by Robert Redford's production company to be turned into a film.

Mary E. Surratt Boarding House

In April, 2011 the house gained some attention with the release of a film about Mary Surratt, The Conspirator by director Robert Redford.

Michael William-Paul

His collected portrait work from this time includes celebrities such as Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, and Goldie Hawn, political figures such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Queen Noor of Jordan, and such controversial figures as President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.

Nancy Noel

Her paintings hang in the homes of many people, including Oprah Winfrey, Mikhail Gorbachev, Robert Redford and Jane Seymour.

Nick Lucas

In 1974, his renditions of the songs, "I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston", "When You and I Were Seventeen" and "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" were featured on the soundtrack of Paramount Pictures' The Great Gatsby (1974) with Robert Redford.

Paul Frisbie

He is often compared to Rodney Dangerfield of which he has said, "I hope they're talking about the energy, not physical appearance -- I happen to think that I look like Robert Redford."

Prudence Johnson

Johnson's film credits include Robert Redford's A River Runs Through It in a role as a singer and Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion as herself.

Rohit Khattar

The first step in the Independent Cinema aspirations of the company is a multi faceted agreement signed with the Sundance Institute founded by Robert Redford.

Spec Shea

Robert Redford called Shea during production of the film The Natural for pitching consultation, where he taught Redford how to pitch in an old-time style.

Steven Derounian

This event is presented in Robert Redford's 1994 film Quiz Show, where Derounian is shown harshly criticizing Charles Van Doren, after he admits to cheating on the TV game show Twenty One.

Sundance, Wyoming

Robert Redford, who portrayed Longabaugh in the movie, later named the Sundance Ski Resort, near Provo, Utah, and the Sundance Film Festival after this character.

Tony Ferrara

In 1984, Ferrara served as technical advisor for the Robert Redford film The Natural and appeared in the film as third base coach.

Watersmeet Township, Michigan

The idea for a series was reportedly formed when actor Robert Redford, one of the channel's owners and a champion of Native American issues, was informed that Watersmeet Township School's student body (and varsity basketball team) was approximately 50 percent Native American in composition.


Bucks County Playhouse

Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park had its premiere at the theater in 1963, starring Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley.

CIA influence on public opinion

According to Brandon, the agency would not endorse Spy Game, starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt.

Denis Sanders

Denis Sanders (January 21, 1929 – December 10, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer who directed the debut performances of Robert Redford, George Hamilton, Sydney Pollack and Tom Skerritt in the 1962 film War Hunt.

Don Elliott

Elliott lent his vocal talents to such motion picture soundtracks as The Getaway starring Steve McQueen, $ (Dollars) starring Warren Beatty, The Hot Rock starring Robert Redford and The Happy Hooker starring Lynn Redgrave.

Freeze-frame shot

Director George Roy Hill frequently made use of the technique when depicting the death of a character, as in The World According to Garp (1982) and in the memorable ending to the classic western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), with Paul Newman and Robert Redford.

Karen Carlson

Her film credits include Shame, Shame, Everybody Knows Her Name (1969), The Candidate (1972) with Robert Redford and The Octagon (1980) with Chuck Norris.

Lloyd Gold

He is co-creator of the PBS American Mystery Series, produced by Robert Redford and Rebecca Eaton.

Paul Attanasio

In a 90-minute interview with producer Mike DeLuca, he describes how he went from lambasting movies as a "snotty" Washington Post film critic to developing rewarding creative partnerships with Oscar-winning directors Robert Redford, Barry Levinson, and Steven Soderbergh.

R. G. Armstrong

Armstrong also appeared on The Twilight Zone, in the episode "Nothing in the Dark" along with a young Robert Redford.

Robert Robideau

Robideau was included in Incident at Oglala, a 1992 documentary about the incident directed by Michael Apted and narrated by Robert Redford.

Sarayu Rao

Rao's first notable acting role came in 2007 film Lions for Lambs, co-starring with Robert Redford, Tom Cruise, and Meryl Streep.

The April Fools

The 1980 Rosenberg film Brubaker's title character is also named H. Brubaker, there played by Robert Redford.

The Mary Tyler Moore Hour

Moore announced plans to return in a new sitcom in the fall of 1980, but instead turned to Broadway, where she starred in a revival of Whose Life Is It Anyway? (winning a special 1980 Tony Award for her performance of a role originally played by Tom Conti), and then went back to Hollywood, where she played the emotionally crippled mother in the acclaimed film Ordinary People, directed by Robert Redford.

Tucker Telephone

A version of the device is used on a prisoner in the Robert Redford film Brubaker.

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

The story is told through interviews with collaborators and friends such as Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jon Voight, John Schlesinger and with clips from Salt's films, chiefly Midnight Cowboy.

World Trivia Night

(By tradition, the first answer is always Pierre Trudeau, as a tip of the hat to the long-running radio trivia content in Stevens Point, WI, which always begins with a question about Robert Redford.)