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| Robert WISE ON HIS FILMS |
| From
Editing Room to Director’s Chair |
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| Sergio Leemann, 224 pages, 8x11, illus.
[270 b&w photos], 1-879505-24-X, $24.95 paper |
“Robert Wise is a brilliant director. The Set-Up is
one of my favorite films of all time. Robert Wise is also one of the finest people I have ever known. We
are indeed lucky to, at last, have a book that
celebrates his great career.”
—John Frankenheimer
“I can think of no one who knows the path
from editing room to director’s chair better
than Bob Wise. His path is paved with milestones.”
—Richard Fleischer
“A father figure to many of us in the film
industry… It would be such a gain for us
all if we had more Robert Wises in the world.”
—Arthur Hiller
“I loved working
with Bob Wise because he had the ability to combine a fine talent for editing
with the skills of a dynamic director, and he also
knew the exact proportions for a great gin martini.”
—Rita Moreno
“Incredible perfectionist in directing and
in living, Bob Wise has turned four of my sow’s-ear
screenplays into the silk-purse films that seem
destined to live on forever. On top of that,
he has been my warm friend for over forty years. I
have been truly blessed.”
—Ernest Lehman
“ Robert Wise is easily the most creative
director I’ve ever worked with. When
you combine his creativity with his enormous generosity
to his cast and crew, working with him is a stimulating
experience.”
—Saul Chaplin
“Robert Wise sets up a creative environment
for actors to function in. He is a very patient
man who us more in tune with his actors than any
other director I’ve worked with.”
—Mako
“ I can’t think of many careers as
durable or as varied as Robert Wise’s; he’s
also one of the most articulate directors I’ve
ever heard on the subject of moviemaking and the
diverse elements (both human and otherwise) that
combine to produce a motion picture.”
—Leonard Maltin
“Robert Wise is one of the movies’ master
craftsmen. The quality and range of his work
is astonishing and encompasses some of the best
and the most beloved movies of the past half century. This
great career has long deserved the kind of serious,
comprehensive study that Sergio Leeman provides
in this, the first book about it. Everyone
who cares about the movies is in his debt—and,
of course, Robert Wise’s.”
—Richard Schickel |
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Robert
Wise, winner of multiple Academy Awards and a legion
of other honor, is one of America’s most
celebrated and influential directors. His
life in the film industry has spanned six decades
and, before embarking on his illustrious directorial
career, included editing such notable films as Citizen
Kane and The
Magnificent Ambersons.
Among
the most popular classics he has directed:
• Curse
of the Cat People
• The
Body Snatcher
• Blood
on the Moon
• The
Set-Up
• The
Day the Earth Stood Still
• Executive
Suite
• Somebody
Up There Likes Me
• Run
Silent, Run Deep
• I
Want to Live!
• Odds
Against Tomorrow
• West
Side Story
• Two
for the Seesaw
• The
Haunting
• The
Sound of Music
• The
Sand Pebbles
• The
Andromeda Strain
• Audrey
Rose
• Star
Trek—The Motion Picture
Each
of the thirty-nine films that Wise has directed
is presented here in photographs, a complete cast
and credits listing, a story synopsis, and most
importantly, Robert Wise’s own comments.
Robert
Wise on His Films is illustrated with 270
photographs and includes a short biographical
portrait of Wise that draws heavily on his
own words and Forewords by director Arthur
Hiller and screenwriter Nelson Gidding. |
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