R.I.P. Robert Wise
R.I.P. Robert Wise
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#0R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 7:28am
An example of how to have a varied directorial career - and successes in many different areas of film-making.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#1re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 7:30am
Truly a giant in film-making, who epitomized taste and class and simply, quality.
Updated On: 9/15/05 at 07:30 AM
#2re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 7:38amI'm so sorry to hear that he has passed away... I always enjoyed his movies.
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Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#3re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 7:50am
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#4re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 8:08amWow. Really sad to hear of his passing.
"Years from now, when you talk about this - And you will - Be kind. "
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#5re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 8:27amDirected two of the finest examples of transferring a stage show to a movie. Will be missed.
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
ConvinceMe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/05
#6re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 8:35amThe most versitile director who ever lived,in my opinion; and, my favorite.
ConvinceMe2 is dead. Long live BrendanStryker!
#7re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 8:38am
Go in peace, Robert.
Truly a wonderful director, one whose influence will still be felt in a hundred years...
#8re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 8:50amHow sad, but what a life he did live! Rest In Peace.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#9re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 8:52am
Good night Robert Wise, where ever you are.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
cudramacat
Broadway Star Joined: 6/22/05
#10re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 9:12am
How sad! 
"Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets."
-Oscar Wilde
#11re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 9:37am
What an amazing director he was. You will be greatly missed, Robert.
"College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night?" ~David Wood
#12re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 9:59am
I thought about you, Convince--you mentioned he was your fave not so long ago...he will be missed...
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#13re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 10:03am
I can't believe none of you queens have said this yet:
So long.
Farewell.
Auf weidersehen.
Good-bye.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#14re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 10:04am
robbie, you beat me to it!
Sad news to wake up to this morning...
RIP
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SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#15re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 10:20am
I was first introduced to Wise's work, as many I am sure, with THE SOUND OF MUSIC. It was, at the time my favorite film...go figure. As I got older I started becoming aware of the name showing up on other films I loved...He really was the first film director that I became aware of, and at a very early age, taught me to appreciate what a great director can do to for a film.
What a talented and versatile man. I am saddened by this news.
PEACE.
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#16re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 1:49pmI was sorry to hear this. He made many films that I enjoyed a lot.
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
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#17re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 1:54pm
I actually think the first film of his I saw was THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, which weirds me out to this day! Then I saw THE SOUND OF MUSIC, which instantaneously become one of my favorite films of all time (with NO apologies!)
It's rather amazing to consider the breadth of his directorial vision - a complete acquiescence to the material, without losing any of his command or control. Admirably brilliant.
#18re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 3:11pmWonderful director - he helmed one of my all time favorite films, the psychological thriller The Haunting. (the original, mind you, not that piece of crap imitator with Catherine Zeta Jones)...and The Andromeda Strain is one of the most frightening films of all time.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#20re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 3:41pmI love to compare his openings to The Sound of Music and West Side Story, both dazzling aerial shots, both dazzling uses of music.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#21re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 3:46pm
At one of the Oscar ceremonies, as a way to show the importance of sound editing, they combined his shot of Maria running up over the mountaintop with the sound of the helicopters coming in from APOCOLYPSE NOW. It was one of the funniest things I'd ever seen. They asked what he thought about it (Mr. Wise) and he said it was brilliant 
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#22re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/15/05 at 4:40pmIt's funny how THE SOUND OF MUSIC is one of the most loved and most reviled films in history.
#23re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/16/05 at 7:56pm
today is a day the earth should stand still in respect for this great director and wonderful man. i'm so glad he recorded some dvd commentaries for us to relish.
klatu ... barrada ... nicto ...
RIP glebby <3
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#24re: R.I.P. Robert Wise
Posted: 9/16/05 at 8:03pm
One of the best has passed on
A sad day for Hollywood. We will not see his like again
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