Robert Fox (producer) production of "The Boy from Oz" starring Hugh Jackman which also recently finished a record-breaking tour of arenas in Australia; and "The Pillowman" by Martin McDonagh starring Billy Crudup and Jeff Goldblum. Fox is currently co-producing two new plays: on Broadway, "The Vertical Hour" by David Hare starring Julianne Moore and Bill Nighy, and in the West End, "Frost/Nixon" by Peter Morgan with Frank Langella and Michael Sheen at the Gielgud Theatre. Fox executive-produced the film of "Closer" (Columbia TriStar) directed by Mike Nichols and starring Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen and Natalie Portman. Before that he produced "The
Robot & Frank while critical of what he saw as a film "more concerned with telling a story and moving an audience than challenging anyone," recommended it overall as "sturdily crafted" and well-acted. The film won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, tying with the Kashmiri film "Valley of Saints". Robot & Frank Robot & Frank is a 2012 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Jake Schreier and written by Christopher Ford. Set in the near future, it focuses on Frank Weld, an aging jewel thief played by Frank Langella, whose son buys him a domestic robot.