Washington Square Park James' novel, "Washington Square". The park appears in a pivotal scene in the 1999 film The Astronaut's Wife. The park was featured extensively in the 2007 film "I Am Legend". The protagonist, Dr. Robert Neville, played by Will Smith, lived directly across the street from the park. It was used as a major action piece, especially in the last scenes of the film. Washington Square is the titular park in the 1967 Jane Fonda and Robert Redford vehicle Barefoot in the Park (film); taking its title from the climatic scene, where Corie says Paul is so uptight, that he won't
Angie Dickinson a star-studded Arthur Penn/Sam Spiegel production, "The Chase" (1966), along with Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford and Robert Duvall. That same year, she was featured in "Cast a Giant Shadow", a war story with Kirk Douglas. Dickinson's best movie of this era was believed to have been John Boorman's cult classic "Point Blank" (1967), a lurid crime drama with Lee Marvin as a criminal betrayed by his wife and best friend and out for revenge. The film epitomized the stark urban mood of the period, and its reputation has grown through the years. Westerns would continue to be a