Robert Redford about his blond male stereotype image and turned down roles in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "The Graduate". Redford found the niche he was looking for in George Roy Hill's "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), scripted by William Goldman, in which he was paired for the first time with Paul Newman. The film was a huge success and made him a major bankable star, cementing his screen image as an intelligent, reliable, sometimes sardonic good guy. Redford suffered through a few films that did not achieve box office success during this time, including "Downhill Racer" (1969); "Tell
Falling Skies (season 1) 2009, when TNT announced that it had ordered to pilot an untitled alien invasion project. "Falling Skies" was created by Robert Rodat, who is best known for writing the Oscar-winning film "Saving Private Ryan", which was directed by Steven Spielberg. Rodat wrote the pilot episode from an idea which was co-conceived by Spielberg. Originally, "Falling Skies" was called "Concord", referencing the Battles of Lexington and Concord and Tom Mason's profession as a former History Professor. Spielberg then came up with the title "Falling Skies". "I felt that this was a very interesting postapocalyptic story with a 21st century [spin on