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Robert Redford
Robert Redford (Charles Robert Redford, Jr.), 1937-, American actor and director, b. Santa Monica, Calif. Blond, with a perennially boyish handsomeness and an appeal that has lasted several decades, he is one of Hollywood's superstars. He began his acting career in 1959, scoring his first big... Read more |
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Joshua Logan
Joshua Logan 1908-88, American theatrical and film director and writer, b. Texarkana, Tex. He directed several successes in New York, including Knickerbocker Holiday (1938) and Annie Get Your Gun (1946). Later he was director, producer, and coauthor of Mr. Roberts (1948), South Pacific ... Read more |
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Peter Weir
WEIR, Peter Nationality: Australian. Born: Peter Lindsay Weir in Sydney, 8 August 1944. Education: Arts/Law coursework at University of Sydney. Family: Married Wendy Stiles, 1966, two children. Career: Worked for family real estate business, then joined television station ATN 7, Sydney,... Read more |
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Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson , 1901-99, French film director and scriptwriter, b. Bromont-Lamottie, France. Bresson's films tend to be austere, unadorned, and concerned more with intellectual and spriritual values than plot or character. He evinced a unique aesthetic and spiritual approach to cinema in the 13... Read more |
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Robert Byrd
Robert Byrd 1952— Documentary film producer and director At a Glance Read more |
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Robert Wise
Robert Wise Best known as the director of the musical smash hits West Side Story and The Sound of Music, in the 1960s, director Robert Wise (1914–2005) had a long list of credits that included several other important films as well. Early in his career, he also served as editor on the... Read more |
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Heinosuke Gosho
Heinosuke Gosho Heinosuke Gosho (1902-1981) was one of Japan's most important film directors for several decades of the twentieth century. He directed the first "talking" picture in Japan in 1931 and came to excel in what film historians classify as Japan's "shomingeki" genre, or movies that... Read more |
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Merle Oberon
OBERON, Merle Born:Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson in Bombay, India, 19 February 1911 (birthplace, date, and name vary in different sources). Education:Attended La Martinère College, Calcutta. Family:Married 1) the director Alexander Korda, 1939 (divorced ... Read more |
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Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda 1905-83, American actor, b. Grand Island, Nebr. He had considerable stage experience, appearing in such plays as Mr. Roberts (1948), The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1958), and Two for the Seesaw (1959). Fonda played honest, homespun young men in such films as The Trail of the... Read more |
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After 49 years, Charles Van Doren opens up
...the 1994 Robert Redford movie about the scandal, he sent Van Doren a $100,000 contract...now it was Robert Redford offering him money. Van Doren's wife, Geraldine...husband's soul. Van Doren ... |
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Movies; `Quiz Show': Redford Has a Winner
...Goodwin steps in, encounters Van Doren and is immediately seduced...his cultured WASP existence. Van Doren is so skillful with his "guys...him. Earlier in his career, Redford himself might have played Van ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Cinema : Redford 1, Stone 0 (a.e.t.)
...the box, according to Robert Redford's Quiz Show (15). Not...the reigning champion Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), were found...Like its central character, Van Doren, it is happiest strolling...being dumped to make way for ... |
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Redford's Quiz Show Quislings: Pitting a Brash Outer-Borough Jew
...Sklar Forward 09-16-1994 Redford's Quiz Show Quislings: Pitting...new movie directed by Robert Redford, based on actual events from...in shining armor was Charles Van Doren, a Columbia University instructor...winning poet and professor Mark ... |
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A look at Redford's 'Quiz Show'
...collide during Robert Redford's docudrama about...to fail to Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fienne...Paul Scofield (Mark Van Doren) brought energy...controversy, Mark Van Doren say, "Cheating...is pure 1950s. ... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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THE `QUIZ' MASTER ROBERT REDFORD'S RICH, REWARDING ACCOUNT OF THE 50S TV SCANDAL
...But according to Redford, there's nothing...Fiennes plays Charles Van Doren, the professorial...his way to protect Van Doren's Arcadia of patrician...your curse.") And Redford is not the only one...week") to Mark ... |
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`Quiz Show' Redford's Newest Flick
...Ralph Fiennes as Charles Van Doren and the producers of...right or wrong. Charles Van Doren, a university instructor...boring movie by Robert Redford? Can I have religion...motivations of Charles Van Doren, ... |
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THE AGE OF INNOCENCE LOST Robert Redford makes `Quiz Show' a modern morality...
...loud crash. Wasn't Redford, after all, the man...disgrace of Charles Van Doren -- who fell, Lucifer...confessed faker -- Redford knew he wanted to direct...telescopings and rearrangings, Redford says, it's true to the heart of the story. ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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VISITING REDFORD A BIG MAN ON CAMPUS.(ACCENT)
...Kant joke. That's what Robert Redford learned when he screened ``Quiz...trying to persuade Professor Charles Van Doren (Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes) to...s works. And although director Redford loved the enthusiastic response... |
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Robert Redford knows only too well the dilemma Ralph Fiennes faces....
...fact-based story of Charles Van Doren, a college literature instructor...it's also a major theme in Redford's career, which has brought...well for the rising young actor Redford chose to play Van Doren. Ralph Fiennes, who ... |
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