Editing George Roy Hill (section)

===Later career===
''[[The Great Waldo Pepper]]'' (1975) was based on a story by Hill, with a script by [[William Goldman]] and starring Robert Redford. However, it was a commercial disappointment. Around that time he said in an interview: "Just as I play nothing but Bach for pleasure, so do I read nothing but history for pleasure. I like to be able to sit back and pick out the most fascinating facets of an era. You have a better perspective. In the present, you get too caught up in the heat of the emotions of the moment."<ref name="Times"/>

In August 1974, Hill signed an exclusive five-year contract with [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] to make projects following ''Pepper''.<ref>Hill in Pact With Universal
Los Angeles Times August 9, 1974: f14.</ref> "Why shouldn't we give George that kind of deal?" said studio executive [[Jennings Lang]]. "He's the complete filmmaker. He can put a blank piece of paper in the typewriter and make a movie out of it up to and including the music."<ref name="entertainment"/> Hill made ''[[Slap Shot]]'' (1977), a popular sports comedy with Paul Newman.<ref>Movies: ''Hill gauges acting intensity of his stars''. Siskel, Gene. Chicago Tribune April 10, 1977: e5.</ref> His next film was ''[[A Little Romance]]'' (1979), and ''[[The World According to Garp (film)|The World According to Garp]]'' (1982), with [[Robin Williams]] and [[Glenn Close]], in her film debut. He also directed ''[[The Little Drummer Girl (film)|The Little Drummer Girl]]'' (1984) with [[Diane Keaton]].

His last film was ''[[Funny Farm (film)|Funny Farm]]'' (1988) with [[Chevy Chase]]. Screenwriter [[Jeffrey Boam]] said, "George wanted to do a much classier version than I ever imagined it to be. I imagined it to be a little cruder, more low-brow humor, rougher and more like the movies Chevy was doing at the time, but George was a classy guy and he wasn’t going to do that ... I think a lot of Chevy’s fans were let down because it wasn’t as raucous and vulgar as they might have expected."<ref name="boam">{{Cite web|url=https://www.assignmentx.com/2013/exclusive-interview-the-last-crusade-of-screenwriter-jeffrey-boam/|website=Assignment X|title=Exclusive Interview:The Last Crusade of Jeffrey Boam|date=May 1, 2013|first=A.C. |last=Ferrante|publisher=Midnight Productions|access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref>

During his later years he taught drama at Yale.<ref name="guard"/>