Robert Wise, who won four Oscars as producer and director of the classic 1960s musicals "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music," has died. He was 91.
Wise got his start as an editor for Citizen Kane, but sci-fi fans know him as the director of classics like The Day the Earth Stood Still and The Andromeda Strain. What many people don't know is that The Sound of Music was actually based on a deleted scene from The Day the Earth Stood Still. In the original Director's Cut, the alien craft came down in the hills and landed on top of Julie Andrews. The studio protested and Andrews got her own movie. Sad, really.
Trekkers know Robert Wise, perhaps infamously, as the director of Star Trek: The Motion(less) Picture. I will say this, having bought the DVD of The Motion Picture: the combination of the utter boringness of the movie combined with Wise's monotonous audio commentary will put you into a deep deep coma.
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