Military prison directed and starred in the latter, along with William Shatner; the movie was based on an earlier play by Saul Levitt, who worked on "The Untouchables" TV series. "The Last Castle" (2001) shows Robert Redford as an important US Army General who is sent to a military prison after contradicting a direct order given by the Commander-in-Chief. Once in prison, he begins to gather the support of inmates, much to the despair of the director of the facility, a Colonel played by James Gandolfini who dislikes losing his authority to a convicted felon. Some of the late-20th-century military novels of
Robert Redford winning four Oscars including Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Director for Redford. In 1980, he starred in "Brubaker" (1980). He starred in "Out of Africa" (1985), which was an enormous critical and box office success, and won seven Oscars including Best Picture. He released his third film as a director, "A River Runs Through It", in 1992. Redford retired after completing the film "The Old Man & the Gun", which was released in October 2018. He went on to receive Best Director and Best Picture nominations in 1995 for "Quiz Show". He received a second Academy Award—for