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Article: Robert Redford: leading man in Utah's film industry.
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- Utah Business
- Article date:
- November 1, 1991
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Robert Redford: Leading Man in Utah's Film Industry
The first year, I couldn't get a loan from the banks. The waiters didn't show up, and so the owners had to wait on tables. The stablemaster was more interested in the female customers than in the horses, and horses from our stables wandered in confusion all over the canyon. The Sundance Summer Theater was launched with a misfired rocket that fizzled on the stage. Vehicles stalled, sewers backed up, we were robbed, and the tree in the Tree Room died. A potential early investor who spoke eloquently about belief in our concept was hauled away by men in white suits. But we endured. To us, Sundance is and always will be ...