Robert Redford the financial proceeds of his acting success, starting with his salaries from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "Downhill Racer", Redford bought an entire ski area on the east side of Mount Timpanogos northeast of Provo, Utah, called "Timp Haven", which was renamed "Sundance". Redford's wife Lola was from Utah and they had built a home in the area in 1963. Portions of the movie "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972), a film which is both one of Redford's favorites and one that has heavily influenced him, were shot near the ski area. The Sundance Film Festival caters to independent filmmakers in
Paul Oscar first album, "Stuð" ("Groove"). In October 1993, Paul Oscar started singing with a band called Milljónamæringarnir (The Millionaires), which released the albums "Milljón á mann" ("A Million for Each", 1994), "Allur pakkinn" ("The Whole Lot", 1999) and "Þetta er nú meiri vitleysan" ("This is Completely Foolish", 2001). The year 1995 saw Paul Oscar make his début as a solo artiste. In that year he formed his own recording company, Paul Oscar Productions (P.O.P.) and released an album of ballads entitled "Palli" which he personally arranged, performed and produced. It was the best-selling Icelandic album of 1995. This was followed by