Robert F. Boyle
Also Known As: Robert Boyle
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Art
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 10, 1909
Deathday: August 01, 2010
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Gender: Male
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Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
Overview: The fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, the film Pauline Kael (The New Yorker) called "the most powerful movie musical ever made." Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim puts us in the director's chair and in Jewison's heart and mind, drawing on behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen stills as well as original interviews with Jewison, Topol (Tevye), composer John Williams, production designer Robert F. Boyle, film critic Kenneth Turan, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, and actresses Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, and Neva Small (Tevye’s daughters). The film explores how the experience of making Fiddler deepened Jewison as an artist and revived his soul.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-29
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Something's Gonna Live
Overview: The Los Angeles Times Critics' Pick Something’s Gonna Live is an intimate portrait of life, death, friendship and the movies, as recalled by some of Hollywood's greatest cinema artists. Academy Award®-nominated director Daniel Raim (The Man on Lincoln’s Nose), captures the late life coming together of renowned art directors Robert Boyle (North by Northwest, The Birds), Henry Bumstead (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sting) and Albert Nozaki (The War of the Worlds, The Ten Commandments), storyboard illustrator Harold Michelson (The Graduate, Star Trek: The Motion Picture), and master cinematographers Haskell Wexler (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Medium Cool) and Conrad Hall (In Cold Blood, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). These prolific artists have worked on a total of 400 films, garnering 25 Academy Award® nominations and 8 wins.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-27
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The Man on Lincoln's Nose
Overview: Set design has been one of the most overlooked jobs in film, receiving little critical attention until recently. In this Oscar-nominated documentary short, director Daniel Raim puts the spotlight on one of the best in the field, creating a witty, informative inside view of the filmmaking process.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-20
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Masters of Production: The Hidden Art of Hollywood Film
Overview: Using interviews with top designers, art and plans from their workshops, and the films themselves this documentary explores the influence of these artists on the iconography of our culture.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-25
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Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Overview: A short documentary about the Making Of Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-03
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Writing with the Camera
Overview: A short documentary made for the 2019 Criterion Collection DVD release of NOTORIOUS featuring new and archival interviews with scholars Steven D. Katz and Bill Krohn, storyboard artists Gabriel Hardman and Harold Michelson, production designer Robert F. Boyle, and others. Filmmaker Daniel Raim delves into the extensive preproduction and previsualization processes Alfred Hitchcock undertook to ensure his cinematic vision for NOTORIOUS would be realized precisely.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-15
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Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
Overview: Hosted by Eva Marie Saint, the film's leading lady, this 40-minute documentary of Alfred Hitchcock's only M-G-M film combines interviews (Martin Landau, Patricia Hitchcock, production designer Robert F. Boyle and screenwriter Ernest Lehman), movie clips and behind the scenes photos to make for a fascinating look at one of the silver screen's glowing gems. For fans of North by Northwest (1959) and Hitchcock aficionados, this is a must-see treat.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-10
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Winter Kills
Overview: The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-11
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Explorers
Overview: Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-12
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Saboteur: A Closer Look
Overview: A documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's movie Saboteur.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-02
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Hitchcock, Hopper, and the Penultimate Moment
Overview: In this new video by filmmaker Daniel Raim, production designer Robert F. Boyle uncovers how two great artists—Alfred Hitchcock and Edward Hopper—mastered the subtle art of suspense.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-04
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Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?
Overview: The troubled production of Winter Kills (1979) is covered here in this documentary with interviews with a few cast and crew members. The film was shut down 3 times, and to save the production they had to make The American Success Company (1980) get themselves out of debt. They also talk about the first time director and the "old crew" that was used.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-18
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The Trouble with 'Marnie'
Overview: This hour long documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" incorporates the usual melange of contemporary interviews with surviving participants and liberal helpings of film clips and production shots. It also presents a nice selection of script pages and memos as well. In the former category we find cast members 'Tippi' Hedren, Diane Baker, and Louise Latham, rejected screenwriters Joseph Stefano and Evan Hunter, final screenwriter Jay Presson Allen, daughter Pat Hitchcock O'Connell, production designer Robert Boyle, makeup artist Howard Smit, unit manager Hilton Green, Hitchcock historian Robin Wood, composer Bernard Herrmann biographer Steven C. Smith, and Hitchcock fan/filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich. An entertaining account of the film's production, the participants offer loads of valuable information and anecdotes. Highly enjoyable for Hitchcock fans and the film's growing number of admirers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-30
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