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Redfords career began in New York. He started his acting career in 1959 as a guest star on numerous TV programs, including The Untouchables, Perry Mason, Alfred
Hitchcock Presents, and The Twilight Zone, among others. He earned an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting
Actor for his performance in The Voice of Charlie Pont
(ABC, 1962). Redfords biggest Broadway success was
as the stuy newlywed husband of Elizabeth Ashley in
Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park (1963). Redford made
his lm debut in War Hunt (1962). Inside Daisy Clover
(1965) won him a Golden Globe for best new star. He
starred in George Roy Hill's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), which was a huge success and made
him a major star. In 1972, he had a critical and box oce
hit with Jeremiah Johnson (1972); and in 1973 the biggest
hit of his career, the blockbuster crime caper The Sting,
for which he was also nominated for an Oscar. The popular and acclaimed All the Presidents Men (1976), was a
landmark lm for Redford.
2 Career
2.1 Television
Redfords careerlike that of almost all major stars who
emerged in the 1950sbegan in New York, where an actor could nd work both in television and on stage. Starting in 1959, he appeared as a guest star on numerous
programs, including Naked City, The Untouchables, The
Americans, Whispering Smith, Perry Mason, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Route 66, Dr. Kildare, Playhouse 90, Tate,
The Twilight Zone, and "Captain Brassbounds Conversion" with a young Christopher Plummer, among others.
2.2
Theater
2.3
Film
CAREER
roles in Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Graduate. Redford found the property he was looking for
Redfords Broadway debut was in a small role in Tall Story in George Roy Hill's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
(1959), followed by parts in The Highest Tree (1959) and Kid (1969), scripted by William Goldman, in which he
Sunday in New York (1961). His biggest Broadway suc- was paired for the rst time with Paul Newman.[12] The
cess was as the stuy newlywed husband of Elizabeth lm was a huge success and made him a major bankable
Ashley in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park (1963).
star,[12] cementing his screen image as an intelligent, reliable, sometimes sardonic good guy.
Redford suered through a few lms that did not achieve
box oce success during this time, including Downhill
Racer (1969); Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969); Little
Fauss and Big Halsy (1970), and The Hot Rock (1972).
But his overall career was ourishing with the critical and
box oce hit Jeremiah Johnson (1972);[12] the political
satire The Candidate (1972); the hugely popular period
drama The Way We Were (1973); and the biggest hit of
his career; the blockbuster crime caper The Sting (1973),
which became one of the top 20 highest grossing movies
of all time when adjusted for ination and for which he
was also nominated for an Oscar.[12]
Between 1974 and 1976, exhibitors voted Redford Hollywoods top box-oce name.[12] His hits included The
Great Gatsby (1974), The Great Waldo Pepper (1975),
and Three Days of the Condor (1975). The popular and
acclaimed All the Presidents Men (1976), directed by
Alan J. Pakula and scripted once again by Goldman, was
a landmark lm for Redford. Not only was he the executive producer and co-star, but the lms serious subject
Redford in Barefoot in the Park, 1967
matterthe Watergate scandaland its attempt to crethe
While still largely an unknown, Redford made his screen ate a realistic portrayal of journalism, also reected
[12]
actors
oscreen
concerns
for
political
causes.
debut in Tall Story (1960). It was a minor role. Stars were
Anthony Perkins, Jane Fonda, and Ray Walston. This He also appeared in a segment of the war lm A Bridge
lm also marked the debut of Jane Fonda. The movie Too Far (1977) before starring in the prison drama
was about a college basketball star, Anthony Perkins, Brubaker (1980), playing a prison warden attempting to
who gets himself into trouble debating as to whether or reform the system, and the baseball drama The Natural
not he should accept a bribe to throw a basketball game (1984).[12] Redford continued his involvement in mainagainst a team from Russia. After his Broadway suc- stream Hollywood movies, though with a newfound focus
cess, he was cast in larger feature roles in movies. In on directing. The rst lm he directed, Ordinary Peo1962 Robert Redford got his second lm role in a movie ple, which followed the disintegration of an upper-class
named War Hunt. He was cast alongside screen legend American family after the death of a son, was one of the
Alec Guinness in the war comedy Situation Hopeless ... most critically and publicly acclaimed lms of the decade,
But Not Serious, in which he played a soldier who has winning a number of Oscars, including the Academy
to spend years of his life hiding behind enemy lines. In Award for best Director for Redford himself, and Best
Inside Daisy Clover (1965), which won him a Golden Picture. His follow-up directorial project, The Milagro
Globe for best new star, he played a bisexual movie star Beaneld War (1987), failed to generate the same level
who marries starlet Natalie Wood, and rejoined her along of attention. Sydney Pollacks Out of Africa (1985), with
with Charles Bronson for Pollacks This Property Is Con- Redford in the male lead role opposite Meryl Streep, bedemned (1966)again as her lover, though this time in came an enormous critical and box oce success and won
a lm which achieved even greater success. The same seven Oscars including Best Picture, proving to be Redyear saw his rst teaming with Jane Fonda, in Arthur fords biggest success of the decade and Redford and PolPenn's The Chase. This lm marked the only time Red- lacks most successful of their six movies together.[12] His
ford would star with Marlon Brando. Fonda and Red- next lm, Legal Eagles (1986), was only a minor success
ford were paired again in the popular big screen version at the box oce.
of Barefoot in the Park (1967)[12] and were again co-stars
Redford continued as a major star throughout the 1990s
much later in Pollacks The Electric Horseman (1979).
and 2000s. He released his third lm as a director, A
After this initial success, Redford became concerned River Runs Through It, in 1992, which was a return to
about his blond male stereotype image and turned down
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mainstream success for Redford as a director and brought
a young Brad Pitt to greater prominence. In 1993, Redford played what became one of his most popular and
recognized roles, starring in Indecent Proposal as a millionaire businessman who tests a couples morals; the lm
became one of the years biggest hits. He co-starred with
Michelle Pfeier in the newsroom romance Up Close &
Personal (1996), and with Kristin Scott Thomas in The
Horse Whisperer (1998), which he also directed.[12] Redford also continued work in lms with political context,
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 among others.
friend Alberto Granado. It also explored political and social issues of South America that inuenced Guevara and
shaped his future. With ve years spent on the lms making, Redford was credited by director Walter Salles for
being instrumental in getting it made and released.
Back in front of the camera, Redford received good notices for his role in director Lasse Hallstroms An Unnished Life (2005) as a cantankerous rancher who is
forced to take in his estranged daughter-in-law (Jennifer
Lopez)whom he blames for his sons deathand the
granddaughter he never knew he had when they ed an
abusive relationship. The lm, which sat on the shelf for
many months while its distributor Miramax was restructured, was generally dismissed as clichd and overly sentimental. Meanwhile, Redford returned to familiar territory when he reteamed with Meryl Streep 22 years after they starred in Out of Africa, for his personal project
Lions for Lambs (2007), which also starred fellow superstar Tom Cruise. After a great deal of hype, the lm
opened to mixed reviews and disappointing box oce.
Redford more recently signed on to direct and star in an
update of The Candidate.
Redford appeared in the 2011 documentary Buck, where
he discussed his experiences with title subject Buck Brannaman during the production of The Horse Whisperer. In
2012, Redford directed and starred in The Company You
Keep, about a former Weather Underground activist who
goes on the run from a journalist who has discovered his
identity. In 2013, he starred in All Is Lost, directed by
J.C. Chandor, about a man lost at sea. He received very
high acclaim for his performance in the lm, in which he
is its only cast member and has almost no dialogue. In
April 2014, Redford appeared in the Marvel Studios super hero lm Captain America: The Winter Soldier playing Alexander Pierce, the main antagonist who is the head
of S.H.I.E.L.D. and leader of the HYDRA cell operating
the Triskelion.[19]
3 Director
SUNDANCE
Honors
U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush pose
with the Kennedy Center honorees, from left to right, Julie Harris,
actor Robert Redford , singer Tina Turner, ballet dancer Suzanne
Farrell and singer Tony Bennett on December 4, 2005, during the
reception in the Blue Room at the White House.
or television.
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 mankinds
enjoyment and understanding of life.[23]
The University of Southern California (USC) School of
Dramatic Arts announced the rst annual Robert Redford
Award for Engaged Artists in 2009. According to the
schools web site, 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.[24]
Redford received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from
Brown University at the 240th Commencement exercises
on May 25, 2008.[25] He also spoke during the ceremonies.
5 Sundance
In 1995, he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Bard College. He was a 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award/Honorary Oscar recipient at With the nancial proceeds of his acting success, starting
with his salaries from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
the 74th Academy Awards.[21]
Kid and Downhill Racer, Redford bought an entire ski
In 1996, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.[22] area on the east side of Mount Timpanogos northeast of
In December 2005, he received the Kennedy Center Hon- Provo, Utah, called Timp Haven, which was renamed
ors for his contributions to American culture. The hon- "Sundance".[12] Redfords wife Lola was from Utah and
ors recipients are recognized for their lifetime contribu- they had built a home in the area in 1963. Portions of
tions to American culture through the performing arts: the movie Jeremiah Johnson (1972), a lm which is both
whether in dance, music, theater, opera, motion pictures one of Redfords favorites and one that has heavily inu-
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enced him, were shot near the ski area. He founded the
Sundance Institute, Sundance Cinemas, Sundance Catalog, and the Sundance Channel, all in and around Park
City, Utah, 30 miles (48 km) north of the Sundance ski
area.[12] The Sundance Film Festival caters to independent lmmakers in the United States and has received
recognition from the industry as a place to open lms. In
2008, Sundance exhibited 125 feature-length lms from
34 countries, with more than 50,000 attendees.[28] The
name Sundance comes from his Sundance Kid character.
Redford also owns a restaurant called Zoom, located on
Main Street in the former mining town of Park City.
Independent lms
Personal life
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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. The press conference was held at the
LA Press Club.[38] In November 2012, Pitzer launched
the Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability at Pitzer College. The Redford Conservancy educates the next generation of students to create
solutions for the most challenging and urgent sustainability problems.
REFERENCES
Filmography
9.1
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Director
9.3
Narrator
[21]
[22] Lifetime Honors National Medal of Arts
[23]
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References
[27] Award Winners. New Mexico Museum of Art. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
[28] Adrienne Papp. 2008 Sundance Insider. Retrieved on
2008-05-16.
[29] Eric Schlosser. wikipedia. Retrieved 21 September
2014.
[30] Amy Redford. wikipedia. wikipedia. Retrieved 21
September 2014.
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Content license
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Content license