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DGA QUARTERLY 87 Photos: xxxxx THE SAND PEBBLES Robert Wise Riding off the commercial and critical darling that was The Sound of Music, the ever-versatile Robert Wise was finally greenlit to commence production on his dream project: the three-hour roadshow epic The Sand Pebbles. Although set in 1920s China, it wasn't hard for moviegoers at the time to draw parallels to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.