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Robert Wise
Robert Wise (born 10th September 1914 as Robert E. Wise in Winchester, Indiana, USA; died 14th September 2005) was an American film director.
Starting with editorial credit on critics' favourite "Citizen Kane (1941)" through the most financially successful film of its time " The Sound Of Music (1965)" and several other classic movies, Robert Wise is one of Hollywood's greatest ever filmmakers.
His signature was perfect pacing (something another directorial master David Lean always had in full control) and a consistent ability to draw superb performances from all involved.
Though he produced classic horror " The Haunting (1963)", undisputed classic sci-fi " The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)", submarine classic " Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)", disputed sci-fi classics " The Andromeda Strain" and "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and many other quality movies, the one he will be remembered for will be " The Sound Of Music (1965)" which is regarded by many as the greatest movie musical of all time and was rewarded by becoming the most financially successful movie up to that time.
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Ahead of its time 30 May 2007
Robert Wise - filmography
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The Hindenburg
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, Burgess Meredith
Director: Robert Wise
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An all-star cast highlights THE HINDENBURG, an imaginative, stylish suspense thriller that attempts to shed light on the 1937 disaster of the Nazi blimp that exploded over New Jersey, killing 36 people on board. In the intricately woven plot, Colonel Ritter (George C. Scott), assisted by Nazi ..read more »
 
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from 55 members
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The Andromeda Strain
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson
Director: Robert Wise
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When a small space probe falls to earth in a remote village of New Mexico, all but two of the town's inhabitants--an infant and an old alcoholic--meet death as their blood turns to powder. After two reconnaissance pilots have also perished, a national state of emergency is declared. The two ..read more »
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from 2,431 members
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Star!
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig
Director: Robert Wise
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A musical biography of British music hall and Broadway star Gertrude Lawrence, STAR is a convincing and entertaining film, featuring an impressive score. The immensely talented Julie Andrews plays Lawrence, a beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely independent woman who will do anything for her career (..read more »
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from 260 members
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The Sand Pebbles
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Simon Oakland, Mako, Steve McQueen
Director: Robert Wise
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One of the most exciting and heart-wrenching epics ever made, THE SAND PEBBLES is a masterpiece of storytelling, with exceptional performances by a stellar cast. The complex tale begins simply enough in 1926 China, where a group of American soldiers are patrolling the Yangtze River on a gunboat ..read more »
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from 965 members
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The Sound Of Music - Blu-ray
(1965)
Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker
Director: Robert Wise
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Shot in Salzburg against the majestic Bavarian Alps, THE SOUND OF MUSIC is considered one of the greatest screen musicals ever made. The film, based on a real family and their true events, tells the story of a young postulate, Maria (Julie Andrews), who, after proving too high-spirited for the ..read more »
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from 56 members
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The Sound Of Music
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker
Director: Robert Wise
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Shot in Salzburg against the majestic Bavarian Alps, THE SOUND OF MUSIC is considered one of the greatest screen musicals ever made. Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (Robert Wise), the film, based on a real family and their true events, tells the story of a ..read more »
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from 17,557 members
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The Haunting
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
Director: Robert Wise
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One of the most highly regarded haunted house films ever produced, Robert Wise's The Haunting (based on Shirley Jackson's novel The Haunting of Hill House) weaves the dark tale of a questionably sane young woman and a sinister house which holds a terrifying past. Invited to join anthropologist Dr. ..read more »
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from 2,825 members
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West Side Story
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno
Director: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
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Considered one of the most popular musicals of all time, WEST SIDE STORY earned director Robert Wise an Oscar for Best Director as well as nine other Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Realistically portrayed characters and their surroundings and expert editing complementing innovative dance ..read more »
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from 7,205 members
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West Side Story - Blu-ray
(1961)
Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno
Director: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
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Considered one of the most popular musicals of all time, WEST SIDE STORY earned director Robert Wise an Oscar for Best Director as well as nine other Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Realistically portrayed characters and their surroundings and expert editing complementing innovative dance ..read more »
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from 8 members
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Odds Against Tomorrow
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Richard Bright, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame
Director: Robert Wise
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A classic noir thriller, produced and directed by ROBERT WISE (West Side Story), ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW stars HARRY BELAFONTE (Carmen Jones), ED BEGLEY (Sweet Bird of Youth) and ROBERT RYAN (The Dirty Dozen).
Dave Burke (BEGLEY ) is an embittered ex – policeman whose career was shattered when he ..read more »
69%
from 137 members
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Run Silent, Run Deep
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden
Director: Robert Wise
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Run silent, run deep is a term that accurately describes the mission of the submarine in this tense World War II drama. Commander Richardson (Clark Gable) is the only survivor when his sub is hit by a notorious Japanese destroyer dubbed Bongo Pete in the Bongo Straits of Japan. Back at Pearl Harbor,..read more »
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from 986 members
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I Want To Live
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent
Director: Robert Wise
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The electrifying Oscar-winning performance by Susan Hayward forms the foundation for the film noir classic I WANT TO LIVE! Hayward plays Barbara Graham, the real-life occasional prostitute and full-time con artist and perjurer who was charged with a murder she claimed she didn't commit and became ..read more »
65%
from 265 members
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Helen of Troy
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Rossana Podesta, Cedric Hardwicke, Niall MacGinnis
Director: Robert Wise
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A lavishly filmed epic about the Trojan War based on Homer's ILIAD, Robert Wise's HELEN OF TROY depicts the tale of the famed Helen (Rossana Podesta), the woman responsible for the battle. Young Trojan prince Paris (Jacques Sernas) journeys to Sparta, hoping to bring home a peace treaty that will ..read more »
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from 302 members
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Tribute to a Bad Man
(1956)
Starring: James Cagney, Irene Papas, Vic Morrow
Director: Robert Wise
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The catch-all title Tribute to a Bad Man had been floating around MGM for years (at one point, it was the working title for The Bad and the Beautiful) before it was finally affixed to this big-budget western. Originally intended as a vehicle for Spencer_Tracy, the film was recast with James_Cagney ..read more »
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from 2 members
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The Desert Rats
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton
Director: Robert Wise
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Richard Burton stars in this exciting film directed by Robert Wise about the courageous men who held off German Field Marshall Erwin Rommell, despite being hopelessly outnumbered. The year is 1941, and all that stands between Rommel and the Suez Canal is the fortress of Tobruk, which is manned only ..read more »
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from 867 members
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The Day The Earth Stood Still
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Lock Martin, Frank Conroy, Edith Evanson
Director: Robert Wise
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All of Washington, D.C., is thrown into a panic when an extraterrestrial spacecraft lands near the White House. Out steps Klaatu (Michael Rennie, in a role intended for Claude Rains), a handsome and soft-spoken interplanetary traveler, whose bodyguard is Gort (Lock Martin), a huge robot who spews ..read more »
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from 6,743 members
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The Set Up
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Robert Ryan, Audrey Trotter, George Tobias
Director: Robert Wise
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Journeyman boxer Stoker Thompson (Robert Ryan) thinks that he has one last good fight in him in order to get a payout and retire from the ring. His wife Julie (Audrey Trotter) pleads for him to quit whilst his manager Tiny (George Tobias) is so convinced that his man is going to lose that he has ..read more »
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from 57 members
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Blood On The Moon
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston
Director: Robert Wise
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Unemployed cowhand and one-time rancher Jim Garry answers his friend Tate Riling's call to help him out in a dispute between a group of homesteaders and cattle rancher John Lufton. What Garry learns is that his old friend has cooked up a scheme with the local Indian agent to cancel Lufton's ..read more »
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from 25 members
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The Body Snatcher
on DVD
(1945)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi
Director: Robert Wise
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A 19th-century Edinburgh scientist hires a thief to provide him with corpses for his experiments. But when the supply of fresh cadavers begins to dwindle, the thief begins to taunt the doctor with the knowledge that he holds the power to expose him to the authorities.
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from 105 members
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The Curse Of The Cat People
(1944)
Starring: Kent Smith, Simone Simon
Director: Robert Wise
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This mostly unrelated sequel to Cat People (1942) has Amy, the young daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed. Amy is a very imaginative child who has trouble differentiating fantasy from reality, and has no friends her own age as a result. She makes an imaginary friend though, her father's dead first ..read more »
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from 79 members
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...dit, this film is pretty authentic in plot, procedures and pace.
Directed by Robert Wise whose credits include 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' (1951), The Sand Pebbles ...
