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Robert Wise - Film Director, Editor, Producer: Although he had never directed a musical, Wise began the 1960s by entering into the unusual relationship of codirecting West Side Story (1961) with Jerome Robbins, who had directed and choreographed the long-running Broadway hit on which the film was based. The resulting film was a tremendous critical as well as commercial success—Wise’s ...
Robert Wise (1914 – 2005) was an American film director, producer, and editor. Wise achieved critical success as a director in a striking variety of film genres: horror, noir, western, war, science fiction, musical and drama, with many repeat successes within each genre.
Sep 16, 2005 · Thu 15 Sep 2005 20.05 EDT. Leaping from genre to genre, from style to style, in a workmanlike manner, Robert Wise, who has died aged 91, became one of Hollywood's leading directors. Although he ...
Apr 28, 2020 · Robert Earl Wise. b. 10 September, 1914, Winchester, Indiana, USA. d. 14 September, 2005, Westwood, Los Angeles, USA. [Robert] Wise is varied. He seems able to do almost anything …. – Arthur Knight. 1. In his influential work of auteurist criticism, The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968, first published in 1968, American ...
May 23, 2023 · 9 'Blood on the Moon' (1948) Image via RKO Radio Pictures. A classic old-school Western starring the great Robert Mitchum, Blood on the Moon is a solid early-career effort from Robert Wise. Its ...
An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe
Sep 1, 2023 · 10. ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW (1959) Screenplay by Abraham Polonsky and Nelson Gidding, based on the novel by William P. McGivern. Starring Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame ...
