 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Adventure / Western
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones, Cloris Leachman, Jeff Corey, George Furth, Kenneth Mars, Ted Cassidy, Donnelly Rhodes, Jody Gilbert, Timothy Scott, Don Keefer
This film earned Burt Bacharach an Oscar for his classic song, "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," and stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the title roles. The infamous bandits just barely escape from the law and head to Bolivia, accompanied by Etta Case (Katharine Ross) who is Sundance's woman. A timeless classic not to be missed. There were three other Oscars (Best Writing, Cinematography and Musical Score) as well as three additional nominations (Best Picture, Director, Sound).
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Funny Farm 1988  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Chevy Chase, Madolyn Smith-Osborne, Kevin O'Morrison, Joseph Maher, Jack Gilpin, Brad Sullivan, MacIntyre Dixon, Caris Corfman, William Severs, Mike Starr
This entertaining comedy is about a writer and his wife who move to rural Vermont. The purpose of the change of pace is to enable the writer to find peace and quiet as he creates his new book. What they discover is that rural living has unique problems that are unsuspected by the couple.
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The Great Waldo Pepper 1975 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Bo Brundin, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Lewis, Edward Herrmann, Philip Bruns, Roderick Cook, Margot Kidder, Scott Newman
Barnstorming pilot Waldo Pepper (Robert Redford) really wishes he was back in World War I flying missions against the Germans. As an ex-war ace, he dreams of his dogfights in a bygone era.
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Hawaii 1966  N/R, 186 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris, Carroll O'Connor, Gene Hackman, Jocelyne LaGarde, Elizabeth Ashley, Torin Thatcher, Heather Menzies, Lou Antonio
Hawaii's beautiful scenery enhances James Michener's epic story of the development of America's 50th state. Exploitation of the natives by the early 1800s missionaries along with their love interests are pivotal points in this story.
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The Little Drummer Girl 1984  PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Diane Keaton, Yorgo Voyagis, Klaus Kinski, Sami Frey, David Suchet, Eli Danker, Ben Levine, Jonathan Sagall, Michael Cristofer, Reinhard Kolldehoff
Based on John Le Carre's best-selling novel, this story evolves from American actress Charlie's (Diane Keaton) recruitment by Israeli agents. Her mission: trap a Palestinian terrorist.
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A Little Romance 1979 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Arthur Hill, Sally Kellerman, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Broderick Crawford, David Dukes, Andrew Duncan, Claudette Sutherland, Anna Massey
This film won the Academy Award for Best Musical Score, which enhances the story of two families interfering in the romance of their two adolescents (Diane Lane and Thelonious Bernard).
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 Slap Shot 1977 R, 122 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Jennifer Warren, Strother Martin, Melinda Dillon, Jerry Houser, Andrew Duncan, M. Emmet Walsh, Swoosie Kurtz
The Charleston Chiefs are a losing hockey team. Then coach Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) shows his team how violence reaps rewards. Funny stuff.
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Slaughterhouse-Five 1972 R, 104 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Valerie Perrine, Perry King, Kevin Conway, John Dehner, Roberts Blossom, Sorrell Booke
Kurt Vonnegut's antiwar novel is brought to the screen in this futuristic story of Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) who survives Dresden's World War II fire bombings and now simultaneously lives in the past, present, and future.
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The Sting 1973 PG, 129 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Robert Earl Jones, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan, Harold Gould, Dana Elcar, Jack Kehoe, John Heffernan, Dimitra Arliss, James Sloyan, Charles Dierkop, Sally Kirkland
To avenge the death of a friend, two small-time con men (Robert Redford and Paul Newman) decide to pull a fantastic scam. They set up a sting operation to cheat the killer, Doyle Lonnigan (Robert Shaw), out of half a million dollars. The film won seven Academy Awards; among them were Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay. Robert Redford received a nomination for Best Actor.
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Thoroughly Modern Millie 1967  N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing, James Fox, John Gavin, Beatrice Lillie, Jack Soo, Pat Morita, Philip Ahn, Anthony Dexter
Millie Dillmount (Julie Andrews) arrives in New York City in search of a job and husband but is threatened with being sold into a white slavery ring. Although this 1920's farce is too long, it won an Academy Award for Best Musical Score and received six other nominations, including Best Supporting Actress (Carol Channing).
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Toys in the Attic 1963 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Dean Martin, Geraldine Page, Yvette Mimieux, Wendy Hiller, Gene Tierney, Larry Gates, Nan Martin, Frank Silvera, Charles Lampkin, Joe Gray
This production fails to exhibit the provocative insights of Lillian Hillman's well-written play. It stars Wendy Hiller and Geraldine Page as the spinster sisters whose "glass house" is shattered when their brother (Dean Martin) brings home his young bride.
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The World According to Garp 1982 R, 136 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Robin Williams, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Mary Beth Hurt, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Swoosie Kurtz, Amanda Plummer, Peter Michael Goetz, Warren Berlinger, James McCall, George Ede, Mark Soper, Ian MacGregor
Garp (Robin Williams) is a writer who sees things from his own perspective. He lives with his wife (Mary Beth Hurt) and fends off his unmarried mother Jenny's (Glenn Close) feminist fame with her best-selling autobiographical book. John Lithgow was nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actor) for his role of transsexual Roberta who steals young Garp. Glenn Close was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in her film debut.
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1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
2. Funny Farm (1988)
3. The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
4. Hawaii (1966)
5. The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
6. A Little Romance (1979)
7. Period of Adjustment (1962)
8. Slap Shot (1977)
9. Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
10. The Sting (1973)
11. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
12. Toys in the Attic (1963)
13. The World According to Garp (1982)
14. The World of Henry Orient (1964)
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