Robert Redford sells the couch
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As the resident Sundance Film Festival superiority guy of the board, this one hurts.
This has become a part of Americana. All sorts of references in other movies
We're going to go Butch and Sundance
But they died
We're going to go Butch and Sundance
But they died
I still think he would have made a better Michael Corleone than the swarthy @creepycoug little person they went with!!
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Great flick.
Way too waspy. It would be like Chuck Conners playing @Swaye
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One of the greats. I don't agree about him making a better Michael Corleone but you'll get no push back from me on him taking his place on Mount Rushmore.
Saw a tweet where Redford was on the Twilight Zone in the 60s. Like Shatner. Maverick in 1960. Perry Mason in 1960
A remarkable career that has a movie for every generation that lasts to this day
A remarkable career that has a movie for every generation that lasts to this day
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A blonde, playing a full blooded Sicilian? Ok!
Whoosh.
I had an old college professor who made herself wet talking about a young Robert Redford.
Or course, Pacino, was the right choice for the role.
You know me though - I never turn down an opportunity to throw swarthy grenade at @creepycoug !!
Can you blame her?
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I'll also add that Brad Pitt is a copy, not the original. This guy was the OG good looking fair haired icon.
My mom wasn't a big movie star ogling woman, but Redford and Ringo Star (don't ask; no explanation) were the two for her.
For me, it was The Natural.
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I, no shit, have watched that movie at least 50 times, probably a lot more.For me, it was The Natural.
It never gets old. It was a poem in a movie. Iconic film.
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Downhill racer underrated Redford movie IMO.
Disagree. Redford was a solid actor but no Mt. Rushmore. Never won an Oscar for acting. Handsome motherfucker, for sure (no homo). Best roles were in support of greats like Paul Newman and Dustin Hoffman.
Top 100 Greatest Actors of All Time (The Ultimate List)
Not hate speech. Don't get me fired.
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Even stronger disagree … with that list, which has Philip Seymour Hoffman at a laughable 27 behind Clint Eastwood (who I like btw) and Gene Hackman below Jeff Bridges (who I also like btw). It just goes to show you can't really rank these guys. Even De Niro and Pacino have been in movies that I didn't think were that great. I really didn't care for Pacino in Scent of a Woman, for example. Overacted.
Mount Rushmore for acting has to be a big mountain. Hard to nail it down to 2 or 3. Redford was a giant. The best roles comment falls down with The Natural by itself. And Jeremiah Johnson. And the OG Gatsby. And The Way We Were. And one-half (not mere support role) of All The President's Men and Butch & Sundance. Also deserves a huge shout out for A River Runs Through It, which he produced, directed and narrated. He also invested years getting Norman Maclean to agree to allowing his story to be made into a movie. And the Sundance Film Festival. Dude was a fucking TITAN.
Not all of his stuff was to my delicate tastes and sensibilities, but made every movie he was in better. I don't care about Academy Awards. Those people suck.
This is the guy Leonardo DiCaprio wants to be:
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