Robert Redford Remembered: ‘He Gave Park City a Cachet’
Robert Redford's founding of Sundance Film Festival generated a nine-digit annual economic impact and enhanced Park City's cultural profile for over 40 years.
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Robert Redford Remembered: How Hollywood’s Golden Boy Used His Star Power to Boost Indies and Launch the Sundance Film Festival
Robert Redford was instrumental to two revolutions: the New Hollywood revival of the 1970s and the independent film boom of the 1990s.
Robert Redford remembered: ‘He gave Park City a cachet’
Park City figures on Tuesday reacted to the death of Sundance founder Robert Redford, emphasizing the impact he had on the community over the past four decades. Sundance is one of the top film festivals on the international circuit, alongside those in places like Cannes, France, Toronto and Venice, Italy. The rise of Sundance starting in the late 1980s tracked closely with Park City’s ascent toward the elite levels of mountain resorts. Sundance …
By CNN en Español Robert Redford's career spanned 60 years and was as varied as his roles. Not only was he one of Hollywood's most handsome actors in the 1970s, but he was also an Oscar-winning director and a key promoter of independent cinema in the 1980s with the creation of the Sundance Film Festival. His death this Tuesday at the age of 89, confirmed by Cindi Berger, head of the Rogers & Cowan PMK firm that handled the actor and director's p…
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