TV Guide: George Roy Hill

Listing: The Sting

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Listing: Funny Farm

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Video: Funny Farm

Starz — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Synopsis: A sportswriter who aims to become a novelist moves his wife from the bustle of New York City to a bucolic small town Vermont - but the residents are a nutty bunch, and that book is proving hard to start! A comic gem.

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Starz — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Synopsis: A barnstorming pilot in the 1920s thrills crowds with aerial exploits and tales of World War I dogfights - which didn't happen. But he gets a chance to experience "real" combat when he engages a true German ace for a Hollywood movie.

Video: Critics' Picks: 'Slap Shot'

NY Times — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:00:00 -0500

A. O. Scott reviews George Roy Hill's irreverent 1977 film starring Paul Newman as the hardscrabble coach of a minor league hockey team.

Video: Slaughterhouse-Five

iTunes — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s classic novel comes to life in this haunting and darkly humorous film from acclaimed director George Roy Hill. Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) is an ordinary World War II soldier with one major exception: he has mysteriously become unstuck in time. Billy goes on an uncontrollable trip back and forth from his birth in New York to life on a distant planet and back again to the horrors of the 1945 fire-bombing of Dresden. This dazzling and thought-provoking drama co-stars Ron Leibman and Valerie Perrine.

Video: A Little Romance

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Screen legend Sir Laurence Olivier is an enchanting old rogue who teams up with a pair of charming and irresistible young lovers in a love story/comedy for romantics young and old. From George Roy Hill ("The Sting," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid") and featuring Oscar-nominee Diane Lane ("Lonesome Dove," "The Outsiders") in her feature film debut. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Score, and nominated for best adapted screenplay, from the novel by Patrick Cauvin.

Video: A Little Romance

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0500

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TCM — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Schoolteacher Etta Place (Katharine Ross) arrives home one evening to find Sundance (Robert Redford) waiting in their erotic first encounter in director George Roy Hill's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969.

Video: A Little Romance

iTunes — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500

Video: 'Hawaii' - Trailer

AOL Moviefone — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -0500

Hawaii hadn't even begun filming when director Fred Zinnemann was replaced by George Roy Hill; similarly, the role intended for Charlton Heston ended up being played by Richard Harris (though Heston would eventually star in the 1970 sequel, The Hawaiians). Based on James A. Michener's best-selling novel, the time frame of which was spread out over several centuries, the film concentrates only on the years 1820 to 1841. Still, Michener's basic point, that the virginal sanctity of the Hawaiian islands was forever shattered by the incursion of the white man, remains intact. Max Von Sydow stars as Abner Hale, an imperious minister who settles in Hawaii with his wife, Jerusha Bromley Hale (Julie Andrews). While Abner expects the islanders to adapt to him rather than the other way around, Jerusha goes out of her way to understand and appreciate her new neighbors. She eventually seeks comfort in the arms of her former lover Rafer Hoxworth (Richard Harris). Despite the lush location footage an