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Robert Evans (born Robert J. Shapera June 29, 1930 in New York, New York) is an American film producer best known for his work on Rosemary's Baby, Love Story, The Godfather and Chinatown as well as his hedonistic lifestyle and seven marriages. is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Rosemarys Baby is an Academy Award-winning 1968 horror film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Mia Farrow. ...
Love Story is a 1970 romantic drama film written by Erich Segal based on his 1970 best-selling novel, and directed by Arthur Hiller. ...
This article is about the 1972 film. ...
Chinatown is a 1974 film directed by Roman Polanski featuring many elements of the film noir genre, particularly a multi-layered story that is part mystery and part psychological drama. ...
Biography
Robert Evans grew up on New York City's Upper West Side during the 1930s, where he was better off than most people living during the Great Depression. His father was a dentist in Harlem, and his mother was a housewife who came from a wealthy family. In his early years, he did promotional work for Evan-Picone, a clothing company founded by his brother, in addition to doing voice work on radio shows. For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ...
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He was spotted by actress Norma Shearer next to the pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel on election day 1956; she successfully touted him for the role of Irving Thalberg in Man of a Thousand Faces. The same year, Evans also caught the eye of Darryl F. Zanuck, who cast him as a bullfighter in a film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. In 1959, he appeared in Twentieth Century Fox's production of The Best of Everything with Hope Lange, Diane Baker, and Joan Crawford. Edith Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 (some sources indicate 1900) – June 12, 1983) was an Academy Award-winning Canadian-American actress. ...
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Career Evans' career as an actor was short-lived. Rather than continue working in front of the camera, he focused his talents behind the scenes. Evans was determined to become a successful producer. He got his start as a producer by purchasing the rights to a 1966 novel entitled The Detective which Evans made into a movie starring Frank Sinatra in 1968. Peter Bart, a writer for the New York Times, wrote an article about Evans’ aggressive production style. This got Evans noticed by Charles Bluhdorn, who was head of the Gulf+Western conglomerate, and hired Evans as part of a shakeup at Paramount Pictures. For the unrelated 1954 Alec Guinness film, see Father Brown (1954 film). ...
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Peter Bart, an American born July 24, 1932, has been the editor-in-chief of Variety since 1989. ...
The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...
Charles Blühdorn (September 20, 1926_February 20, 1983) was an Austrian-born American industrialist. ...
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Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...
When Evans took over as Head of Production for Paramount, the floundering studio was the ninth largest. Even with Evans’ inexperience he was able to turn the studio around. He made Paramount the most successful studio in Hollywood and transformed it into a very profitable enterprise for Gulf+Western. During his tenure at Paramount, the studio turned out landmark films such as Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, The Italian Job, True Grit, Love Story, Harold and Maude, Serpico, The Conversation, Save the Tiger, The Great Gatsby, Rosemary's Baby, The Godfather, and many others. Barefoot in the Park is a 1967 film based on the 1963 Tony-nominated comedy play by Neil Simon, about a young couple and their odd neighbors in their small apartment building in Greenwich Village, New York. ...
The Odd Couple is a 1968 film written by Neil Simon, based on his play of the same name, and directed by Gene Saks. ...
The Italian Job is a British caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson. ...
True Grit by Charles Portis first appeared as a 1968 short story in The Saturday Evening Post. ...
Love Story is a 1970 romantic drama film written by Erich Segal based on his 1970 best-selling novel, and directed by Arthur Hiller. ...
Harold and Maude is a movie directed by Hal Ashby in 1971. ...
For other uses, see Serpico (disambiguation). ...
The Conversation is an Academy Award nominated 1974 mystery thriller about audio surveillance, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Teri Garr, and Cindy Williams; it also features an early performance by Harrison Ford and an uncredited appearance from Robert Duvall. ...
Save the Tiger is a 1973 film which tells the story of an ageing businessman whose business is about to collapse under his juggling of the books. ...
The Great Gatsby is a 1974 film made by Newdon Productions and Paramount Pictures. ...
Rosemarys Baby is an Academy Award-winning 1968 horror film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Mia Farrow. ...
This article is about the 1972 film. ...
Unsatisfied with his financial compensation coupled with a desire to produce films under his own banner, Evans struck a deal with Paramount that enabled him to stay on as studio head while also working as an independent producer. Other producers at Paramount felt this gave Evans an unfair advantage. Eventually Evans stepped down, which enabled him to produce films on his own. He went on to produce such films as: Chinatown, Marathon Man, Black Sunday, Popeye, Urban Cowboy, The Cotton Club, The Two Jakes, Sliver, Jade, The Phantom, The Saint, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Chinatown is a 1974 film directed by Roman Polanski featuring many elements of the film noir genre, particularly a multi-layered story that is part mystery and part psychological drama. ...
Marathon Man is a 1974 paranoid thriller novel by William Goldman that was made into a 1976 film directed by John Schlesinger. ...
This article is about the 1977 US film. ...
Popeye is a 1980 live-action film directed by Robert Altman, based on the comic strip and cartoon character Popeye the Sailor. ...
This article is about the 1980 film. ...
The Cotton Club is a movie, released in 1984, centered around a popular real-life Harlem jazz club in the 1930s, the Cotton Club. ...
The Two Jakes is the sequel to the 1974 movie Chinatown. ...
Promotional movie poster for Sliver Sliver is a 1993 film based on the Ira Levin novel Sliver about the mysterious occurrences in a privately owned New York highrise apartment building. ...
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The Phantom is a 1996 action/adventure movie starring Billy Zane, and directed by Simon Wincer. ...
The Saint is a 1997 film based on the character of Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in 1928 for a series of books published as The Saint. Besides the book series which ran until 1983, the character was also featured in a series of Hollywood movies made between 1938...
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is an American 2003 motion picture. ...
Evans began to fall on hard times in the early 1980s, when during the production of Popeye, he was convicted for attempting to buy cocaine. Things got even worse for him when he began filming The Cotton Club. Evans was slated to direct, but due to production complications Francis Ford Coppola was called in during the filming. The budget for the film soared and Coppola and Evans fought endlessly. Evans hit a real low when he was peripherally linked to the murder of Roy Radin. Radin, an investor in The Cotton Club, was murdered by Bill Mentzer and Alex Marti, the two convicts accused Evans of involvement. Evans pled the Fifth Amendment and was sent home. Evans wrote in his 1994 autobiography The Kid Stays in the Picture that he was a "tangential character, at best" in regard to the case. Popeye is a 1980 live-action film directed by Robert Altman, based on the comic strip and cartoon character Popeye the Sailor. ...
Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ...
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The Kid Stays in the Picture is the name of a 1994 autobiography by film producer Robert Evans. ...
Evans is considered a noted playboy and raconteur, is a close friend of Jack Nicholson, and a regular visitor to Turnberry Island. He has been married seven times, to Sharon Hugueny, Camilla Sparv, Ali MacGraw, Phyllis George, Catherine Oxenberg, Leslie Ann Woodward, and most recently to Victoria White O'Gara in Mexico on August 2005, shortly after his 75th birthday. She filed for divorce on June 16, 2006, citing irreconcilable differences. He has one son, Josh, from his marriage to MacGraw. Nicholson as Wilbur Force in The Little Shop of Horrors (1960). ...
Turnberry Island is an island playground for rich men off the coast of Florida. ...
Alice MacGraw (born April 1, 1938 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe award winning American actress. ...
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Catherine Oxenberg (born September 22, 1961) is a British actress, best known for her performance as Amanda Carrington on Dynasty. ...
Evans continues to produce; the last film that he produced was released in 2003. He also produced and provided the voice for his eponymous character in the animated series Kid Notorious. Evans currently hosts the Sirius Satellite Radio show In Bed with Robert Evans. Kid Notorious was a Flash-animated television series which aired for nine weeks (October 2003-December 2003) on Comedy Central. ...
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Filmography
Producer This article is about the 1972 film. ...
Chinatown is a 1974 film directed by Roman Polanski featuring many elements of the film noir genre, particularly a multi-layered story that is part mystery and part psychological drama. ...
Marathon Man is a 1976 film based on the novel of the same name by William Goldman. ...
This article is about the 1977 US film. ...
This article is about the 1980 film. ...
Popeye is a 1980 live-action film directed by Robert Altman, based on the comic strip and cartoon character Popeye the Sailor. ...
The Cotton Club is a movie, released in 1984, centered around a popular real-life Harlem jazz club in the 1930s, the Cotton Club. ...
The Two Jakes is the sequel to the 1974 movie Chinatown. ...
Promotional movie poster for Sliver Sliver is a 1993 film based on the Ira Levin novel Sliver about the mysterious occurrences in a privately owned New York highrise apartment building. ...
Jade is a erotic crime film/thriller film released in 1995. ...
The Phantom is a 1996 action/adventure movie starring Billy Zane, and directed by Simon Wincer. ...
The Saint is a 1997 film based on the character of Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in 1928 for a series of books published as The Saint. Besides the book series which ran until 1983, the character was also featured in a series of Hollywood movies made between 1938...
The Out-of-Towners is a 1999 film starring Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin. ...
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is an American 2003 motion picture. ...
Kid Notorious was a Flash-animated television series which aired for nine weeks (October 2003-December 2003) on Comedy Central. ...
Actor Man of a Thousand Faces film poster Man of a Thousand Faces is a movie detailing the life of silent movie actor Lon Chaney Sr. ...
The Sun Also Rises is considered the first significant novel by Ernest Hemingway. ...
The Fiend Who Walked the West is a 1958 western film based on the 1947 film noir Kiss of Death. ...
The Best of Everything (1958) by Rona Jaffe is the first novel by Rona Jaffe. ...
Kid Notorious was a Flash-animated television series which aired for nine weeks (October 2003-December 2003) on Comedy Central. ...
Nicholson as Wilbur Force in The Little Shop of Horrors (1960). ...
The Two Jakes is the sequel to the 1974 movie Chinatown. ...
Chinatown is a 1974 film directed by Roman Polanski featuring many elements of the film noir genre, particularly a multi-layered story that is part mystery and part psychological drama. ...
Publications The Kid Stays in the Picture is the name of a 1994 autobiography by film producer Robert Evans. ...
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