OT: Robert Redford dead
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You're just too quick TT. Was just going to post.this.
He made some great movies. 3 Days of the Condor was a fav of mine along with the many blockbusters everyone remembers
He made some great movies. 3 Days of the Condor was a fav of mine along with the many blockbusters everyone remembers
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Robert Redford, Oscar-Winning Actor and Director, Dies at 89
Robert Redford has died at 89. He was known for his long career as an actor and director, with films like 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', 'The Sting', 'All the President's Men' and 'Ordinary People'
One of my favorite movies of his is actually Out of Africa. But he did have so many classics
I can’t remember the movie but remember him driving an old Porsche 911 to a mountain ski resort. That movie made me want a 911 and I eventually bought a 1983 911 because of it. I am sure the one he drove was older but it did make me really love those cars
I can’t remember the movie but remember him driving an old Porsche 911 to a mountain ski resort. That movie made me want a 911 and I eventually bought a 1983 911 because of it. I am sure the one he drove was older but it did make me really love those cars
Definitely in some classics!
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Jeremiah Johnson
Three Days of the Condor
The Natural
Spy Game
Downhill Racer
The Sting
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Jeremiah Johnson
Three Days of the Condor
The Natural
Spy Game
Downhill Racer
The Sting
First thing that popped into my mind.. add Downhill Racer, The Candidate, Sundance! For Condor fans.. two TV series.. streaming really.. Condor on Prime and Slow Horses on AppleTV
oh I think Sneakers was properly rated.. of generously rated if anything.. not RR's fault
but geeze.. so many films for Redford.. it's crazy.. Electric Horseman.. Barefoot in the Park.. just a huge filmography of good films.. and I'd guess he turned down a lot of great roles as well.. AI says..
The 12 roles Robert Redford reportedly turned down include:
- The Graduate (Benjamin Braddock)
- Serpico (Frank Serpico)
- Jaws (Matt Hooper)
- The Godfather (Michael Corleone)
- Superman (Clark Kent/Superman)
- Apocalypse Now (Willard)
- Love Story (Oliver Barrett IV)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (initially declined, later accepted)
- The Way We Were (Hubbell Gardiner, initially hesitant)
- The Great Gatsby (Jay Gatsby, considered but passed)
- Rosemary’s Baby (Guy Woodhouse)
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Nick)
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MANY people work in so many different jobs.BUT the people who affect our lives the most seem to be in the entertainment industry. SPORTS,obviously included.
C'mon, guys. The Last Castle. RU's Jimmy G. was the warden.
Great actor. Maybe even better director. That he convinced people to hate Mary Tyler Moore in ordinary people shows how good a director he was.
I believe he did play Jay Gatsby. He would have been horribly miscast in Serpico and The Godfather.
hmmm.. have to disagree.. its nice to have a distraction.. common cultural touchstones.. but they don't affect our lives.. that's what family and friends are for.. colleagues also.
yeah AI did not word that properly.. they noted one case where he said no and changed his mind.. prolly more money offered.. but they missed Gatsby and for The Way They Were just said he was initially hesitant without explictly saying he did it.
I believe Gene Hackman played his coach in that movie, if I remember correctly.
Yup.
One of those movies which appears to have just been completely forgotten.
Of course, none of his movies are free today- all of them have gone for rent or buy...and yesterday, I bet you could have found them free everywhere
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Everyone knows his big films, but Sneakers and Legal Eagles are criminally underrated.
"What matters to me is the work... To climb up the mountain is the fun, not standing at the top. There's nowhere to go. But climbing up, that struggle, that to me is where the fun is." -Robert Redford
Never heard about this case but pretty interesting. Redford's daughter was dating a guy who was murdered at CU in the 1980's. The Boulder DA who let this guy go is the same guy who handled the Jon Benet Ramsey case. Never caught the guy again.