The Films of George Roy Hill rev. ed.

<p> As late as 1976 George Roy Hill was the first and only director to have two all-time top-ten box-office hits: <I>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</I> and <I>The Sting</I> (both starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman). A filmmaker with backgrounds in music drama and television he was a popular storyteller. His films reflect an ironic bittersweet vision of life. The stories entertain but the subtext is often disturbing. Hill felt that all of his major characters create an environment a fantasy an illusion and then go on to make it happen.</p><p> Individual chapters study in detail the art craft and style of each of his films including <I>Period of Adjustment Toys in the Attic The World of Henry Orient Hawaii The Great Waldo Pepper Slap Shot</I> <I>Thoroughly Modern Millie Slaughterhouse Five A Little Romance The World According to Garp The Little Drummer Girl</I> and Hill's last <I>Funny Farm.</I></p>