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Sundance takes a hike with screenings around US

Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival is going on the road for one night next winter.

Redford hunts `Conspirator' in Lincoln film

Robert Redford is getting back into the Washington scene with a film about a woman executed as an accessory in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Robert Redford marries German girlfriend

Robert Redford married his partner, a 51-year-old German artist, over the weekend, a German church said Wednesday.

Celebrity classic cars auctioned in Connecticut

Clark Gable loved beautiful cars, but his 1938 Packard convertible was apparently too popular with his legions of female fans.

Redford teams up to train minority filmmakers

Robert Redford is collaborating with the state of New Mexico to expand training for Native American and Hispanic filmmakers.

Redford's excited over fade out on Bush years

Robert Redford is happy to see the end-credits rolling on the George W. Bush administration.

Redford Worries About `endangered' River

No one had to twist Robert Redford's arm to get him to narrate an IMAX film about a Grand Canyon river trip.

Redford Worries About `endangered' River

NEW YORK — No one had to twist Robert Redford's arm to get him to narrate an IMAX film about a Grand Canyon river trip.

Redford to Take on 'A Walk in the Woods'

With the Sundance Film Festival nearly over, Robert Redford is going for "A Walk in the Woods."

Redford's New Film Shown at Rome Fest

Robert Redford hopes his new film, "Lions for Lambs," about U.S. military action in Afghanistan will encourage American youth to "take command of their voice."

Redford Says Sundance Taken by a 'Fever'

Robert Redford says his Sundance Film Festival, which last month wrapped its 25th season, is "almost to a breaking point."

The Vine

The All-Time Top Ten Westerns - and Newsvine's Choice for No. 1

AS SOME Newsviners know, I am a minor movie buff, with a penchant for writing up Top Ten lists. They're almost always subjective as hell, but they are a great opportunity for a (largely) non-political discussion, and I always find some new gems to keep an eye out for.

Robert Redford to direct Abraham Lincoln assassination drama
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Robert Redford's historical drama about the aftermath of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln looks set to get under way.

Movie Buff: What are your THREE greatest all-time Westerns?

Way back when I was a youngster, the cowboys who ruled the roost were John Wayne, Alan Ladd and Gary Cooper.

Fox News goes 10 for 10!
Source: Politico

Congratulations to everyone on the Fox News team. Obviously, it takes a total team effort to be the Leader on cable news. The best way Americans can honor the men and women serving overseas is to be informed about the issues confronting our country.

Leonard Peitier - Incident at Oglala
Source: American Indian Movement

URGENT ALERT! Leonard Peltier's Safety in Jeopardy! January 20, 2009 To LP Supporters,

Protesters label Robert Redford enemy of inner city poor (and racist too)
Source: Salt Lake Tribune

35 years is a long time ago to have been cool, what with anonymous sources being new and plum left wing reporter roles being just around the corner. Now, Redford's elitist brand of environmentalism is hurting poor people, and minorities even more.

CORE group protests Redford's stand on drilling
Source: Deseret News

The civil rights group CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) is protesting Robert Redford for trying to block natural gas production in Utah. Redford is trying to get an auction for gas leases cancelled; the leases are in sensitive areas, some near or adjacent to national parks.

Redford: Bush is 'morally criminal,' 'devious" and 'sneaky'
Source: dc examiner

Redford's criticisms of the Bush administration's environmental policies, he called Bush "morally criminal" on three separate occasions and said he "was shocked about how devious and sneaky" Bush has been while in office.

White House auction of 300,000 acres in Utah - your help needed

Given my strong belief that George W Bush will not be truly happy or satisfied unless he leaves my entire country in shambles, he has a new thing going.

Redford Calls Bush's Actions Criminal
Source: Raw Story

Among George W. Bush's parting gifts to the American people have been several actions that appear as direct assaults on the environment, meant to be impossible for the Obama administration to reverse.

Texans Beat Big Coal, and a Film Shows How
Source: The New York Times

A year after an uproar over pollution forced a turnaround in plans for 19 new coal-fired power plants around the state, the battle has been recounted in a documentary, "Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars," commissioned by Mr. Redford's Sundance Preserve.

Top Five Movies About the News Business

Last year, Army Times magazine published an article in which it revealed its list of the Ten Best Military Movies of All Time.

The Whole Shootin' Match: "It never occurred to me that my film was about alcoholism"
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Eagle Pennell died a "hopeless drunk," according to a memorial article in the Austin Chronicle by his friend Louis Black. His other friends would have sadly agreed with that. He was 49 at his death, in 2002.

Noëlle – A Christmas Movie Powerhouse with a Message to Heal Millions

Movies today can end with nothing being resolved and some films even offer alternate endings in the event you didn't like the way it did end. The movie Noëlle ends with something we can all live with and something millions can't live without.

Robert Redford, Julie Taymor: America at War
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Two current Hollywood films ("Across the Universe" and "Lions for Lambs") reveal much about Americans' attitudes toward the social/political times we are in, especially about the Iraq war. One movie works brilliantly, the other stumbles in its own good intentions.

The Truth Behind 'Lions for Lambs'
Source: Consortiumnews.com

The Washington Post and some other publications are predictably panning Robert Redford's "Lions for Lambs" because it poses tough moral questions about the neoconservative agenda. In this guest review, historian Lisa Pease finds the movie compelling for those same reasons:

The Truth Behind 'Lions for Lambs'
Source: Peoples Voice

Robert Parry's Note: The Washington Post and some other publications are predictably panning Robert Redford's "Lions for Lambs" because it poses tough moral questions about the neoconservative agenda.

Robert Redford: Pessimistic Activist
Source: Chicago Tribune

At 71 years old Robert Redford has been an actor director icon for almost five decades and this grandfather of four says the years have worn on him. "I don t really believe films change public policy or even public opinion.

A War on Every Screen
Source: The New York Times

New films pegged to Iraq and other flash points are awash in ambiguity.

Hollywood stars evacuated as California wildfires threaten Malibu
Source: The Times

Wildfires in southern California have caused mass evacuations as flames threaten hundreds of homes including properties belonging to Sting, Mel Gibson, Robert Redford, Barbara Streisand, Cher and Richard Gere.

EAT the Sundance Channel

Becoming Green by J. Michael Wheeler on DancingSpoon.com If you're a reader of this magazine you know that DancingSpoon is concerned with the interaction of our foodieness with our greenness.

2007 Blue Planet Run Concludes in New York City
Source: thefinalsprint.com

An historic around-the-world relay run reached its finish line today in New York City, marking the completion of an unprecedented three-month athletic endeavor that is raising funds to deliver safe drinking water to some of the 1.1 billion people who currently live without it.

Paul Newman to retire from acting
Source: Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paul Newman's career has included winning an Oscar, establishing a food company to fund charities, and operating a restaurant, but he said this week he is retiring from acting.

Redford proud of edgy movies at Sundance
Source: The Age

Robert Redford no longer believes movies can change the world. But even though his idealism has waned over the years, he has lost none of his enthusiasm for filmmaking.

Houndog: Conservative critics are using a controversial film to attack liberal Robert Redford
Source: -

Conservative critics are using a controversial film to attack liberal Robert Redford, says Christopher GoodwinRobert Redford's Sundance Film Festival has barely opened and it is engulfed in a controversy over paedophilia.

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