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
Robert Redford for best new star. He starred in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), which was a huge success and made him a major star. He had a critical and box office hit with "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972), and in 1973 he had the greatest hit of his career, the blockbuster crime caper "The Sting", for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. The popular and acclaimed "All the President's Men" (1976) was a landmark film for Redford. The first film that Redford directed, "Ordinary People" (1980), was one of the most critically and publicly acclaimed films of the decade,