RIP Robert Redford

[cliftonparksufan]

I've only seen Butch Cassidy and ATPM. One of the remembrances I read yesterday mentioned that he wanted to play Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate but the director told him that audiences wouldn't buy him as a mopey dweeb. Sounds like even though people knew him as a classic leading man he only felt but so comfortable with that descriptor. Sounds like if he were 30 years younger he'd be Brad Pitt.

Here's a ranking of Redford's movies by Rotten Tomatoes. Gives you a little idea of what to expect if you decide to watch more. And you should.

Robert Redford Movies Ranked by Tomatometer

Oscar-winner and founder of the Sundance Film Festival Robert Redford has passed away at 89.

editorial.rottentomatoes.com

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Such a great film.

Even better book.

I've heard the book is really good and has some critical differences.

 

[RF2044]

I've heard the book is really good and has some critical differences.

Story is more robust, and quite a bit darker.

But the movie -- while different -- has a different vibe, and is epic in a different way.

Nothing wrong with either version.

 

[upperdeck]

Never heard of The Hot Rock. I like heist films may have to go find it.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Never heard of The Hot Rock. I like heist films may have to go find it.

Wasn't a great movie. Believe or not, it was featured in one of the handful of Mad Magazines I bought when I was a kid. According to this article, it was Oct 72 and it was 40 cents. I was 13 years old and somehow convinced my parents to give me 40 cents. Although, I might have taken it from my Bar Mitzvah fund.

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[OrangeXtreme]

Wasn't a great movie. Believe or not, it was featured in one of the handful of Mad Magazines I bought when I was a kid. According to this article, it was Oct 72 and it was 40 cents. I was 13 years old and somehow convinced my parents to give me 40 cents. Although, I might have taken it from my Bar Mitzvah fund.

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That 40 cents would have contributed to a nice pen and pencil set.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

That 40 cents would have contributed to a nice pen and pencil set.

LOL!!! Would you believe that I still have like four Cross pen and pencil sets gifted to me on my Bar Mitzvah. Some gold and some silver. Never used.

 

[Symphony Steve]

I highly recommend 'The Candidate'. Redford plays a 'Bob Forehead'-style politician who stands for nothing save good looks.

When he gets elected, he asks his campaign manager, "What do I do now?"

 

[MSOrange]

 

[tbonezone]

there is a good documentary about the making of butch cassidy. it's on youtube (about 42 minutes).

 

[tbonezone]

favourite scene from out of africa



john barry won an oscar for the score.

 

[MSOrange]

 

[Newhouser]

I'm sorry but he deserved a ton better. Horribly produced.

 

[upperdeck]

It would have been better with real segments of movies for sure, She just rambled on.

 

[orangefog]

It would have been better with real segments of movies for sure, She just rambled on.

Yeah, I didn't need to know that he called her Babs.

 

[Dcuse]

My God, you people are ruthless.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

It would have been better with real segments of movies for sure, She just rambled on.

I didn’t mind the rambling. She lost me when she started singing

 

[br801]

I didn’t mind the rambling. She lost me when she started singing

She doesn't perform in public anymore, so I was surprised to see her break into song at that point and open herself up to criticism of her performance. Says a lot about how much she thought about Redford.