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Robert Wise

Robert Wise

Author Biography & Works

Robert Earl Wise was an American filmmaker. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965). He was also nominated for Best Film Editing for Citizen Kane (1941) and directed and produced The Sand Pebbles (1966), which was nominated for Best Picture.

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Books by Robert Wise

The Day The Earth Stood Still (cover not available)

The Day The Earth Stood Still

The Alien Klaatu, played by Michael Rennie, comes to Earth to deliver a message, and brings along Gort, an all-powerful robot.  That, and a soldier's bullet, sets in motion a...

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