RIP Robert Redford

[Marian Schedenig 10,955]

Over in the RIP thread, everybody said he deserves his own thread, but nobody created it - so here goes.

 

 

He was a beacon in our sad and lonely lives.

[Glóin the Dark 1,673]

[Holko 11,732]

Looking through his filmography it was amost strange to see JW never scored him, unless I missed something. Was A Bridge Too Far the closest he got?

[Tallguy 6,345]

Who?

[Marian Schedenig 10,955]

11 minutes ago, Holko said:

Looking through his filmography it was amost strange to see JW never scored him, unless I missed something. Was A Bridge Too Far the closest he got?

 

He might not have scored him, but he discovered him:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOqrki6DpDc/

[A24 4,950]

2 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

Who?

 

You might know him from Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

 

[Holko 11,732]

2 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

He might not have scored him, but he discovered him:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOqrki6DpDc/

Huh! Still a chapter or two away from that.

[filmmusic 2,786]

I have seen these 15 films with Redford. Is there any other great film I may be missing? Maybe The Natural?

 

Up Close & Personal (1996)

Indecent Proposal (1993) 

Havana (1990) 

Out of Africa (1985)

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

All the President's Men (1976) 

Three Days of the Condor (1975)

The Sting (1973)

The Way We Were (1973)

Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

Downhill Racer (1969) 

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 

Barefoot in the Park (1967)

This Property Is Condemned (1966)

The Chase (1966)

[Glóin the Dark 1,673]

4 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Is there any other great film I may be missing?

 

All Is Lost (2013)

[Jurassic Shark 15,666]

19 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

He might not have scored him, but he discovered him:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOqrki6DpDc/

 

John Williams bragged?

[Marian Schedenig 10,955]

6 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

I have seen these 15 films with Redford. Is there any other great film I may be missing?

 

[tomsmoviemadness 4,523]

Absolutely gutted about this.

[Jurassic Shark 15,666]

1 minute ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

 

Great is a bit of a stretch, but certainly worth watching. 

[Yavar Moradi 4,007]

24 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

He might not have scored him, but he discovered him:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOqrki6DpDc/

 

Obviously he scored him on that series, at least!

 

11 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

I have seen these 15 films with Redford. Is there any other great film I may be missing?

 

Yup:

23 minutes ago, A24 said:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

 

Strong contender for best of the MCU, in my opinion.

Yavar

[filmmusic 2,786]

10 minutes ago, Yavar Moradi said:

Strong contender for best of the MCU, in my opinion.

Yavar

Sorry Yavar, I'm not into contemporary Marvel films.

I like older films. Pre-2000s basically.

[Yavar Moradi 4,007]

4 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Sorry Yavar, I'm not into contemporary Marvel films.

I like older films. Pre-2000s basically.

 

You should still give this one a try, since it's very much a throwback to 70s political thrillers -- that's why they cast Redford! (Not to mention Jenny Agutter!) You don't need to see anything before or after it to appreciate it, or Redford's performance in it.

 

Yavar

[A24 4,950]

40 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

I have seen these 15 films with Redford. Is there any other great film I may be missing? Maybe The Natural?

 

 

The Natural. Love the soundtrack too.

[Glóin the Dark 1,673]

I'd also recommend The Old Man & the Gun (2018). Though a recent film, it feels like it's from the early 80s.

[Jay 44,346]

Boy, I really haven't seen enough of his movies

 

I've only seen:

 

The Sting

Sneakers

The Last Castle
Spy Game

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

A Walk in the Woods

Avengers: Endgame

[Tallguy 6,345]

1 hour ago, A24 said:

 

You might know him from Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

 

 

Oooooh. Paul Newman's co-star!

[Marian Schedenig 10,955]

3 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Great is a bit of a stretch

 

Wrong.

 

2 hours ago, Yavar Moradi said:

Obviously he scored him on that series, at least!

 

That excerpt is a bit lacking in context (I'm not that far in the book yet), so it wasn't clear to me if it's referring to something scored by JW.

[Tallguy 6,345]

41 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

Wrong

 

Correct. Sneakers is amazing.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,290]

3 hours ago, filmmusic said:

I have seen these 15 films with Redford. Is there any other great film I may be missing? Maybe The Natural?

 

Up Close & Personal (1996)

Indecent Proposal (1993) 

Havana (1990) 

Out of Africa (1985)

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

All the President's Men (1976) 

Three Days of the Condor (1975)

The Sting (1973)

The Way We Were (1973)

Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

Downhill Racer (1969) 

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 

Barefoot in the Park (1967)

This Property Is Condemned (1966)

The Chase (1966)

 

THE CANDIDATE,

THE HOT ROCK (aka HOW TO STEAL A DIAMOND,

THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER,

THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN,

ORDINARY PEOPLE (directed)

THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR (directed),

QUIZ SHOW (directed),

BRUBAKER,

LEGAL EAGLES,

THE LAST CASTLE,

LIONS FOR LAMBS,

SPY GAME,

THE COMPANY YOU KEEP.

[Tallguy 6,345]

Legal Eagles was pretty good, wasn't it? Talk about "They don't make them like that anymore." Not for the movies anyway. Didn't that have Terrance Stamp?

[GerateWohl 6,253]

3 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

 

THE CANDIDATE,

THE HOT ROCK (aka HOW TO STEAL A DIAMOND,

THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER,

THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN,

ORDINARY PEOPLE (directed)

THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR (directed),

QUIZ SHOW (directed),

BRUBAKER,

LEGAL EAGLES,

THE LAST CASTLE,

LIONS FOR LAMBS,

SPY GAME,

THE COMPANY YOU KEEP.

This. And I liked The Horse Wisperer as well. And The Great Gatsby.

[bruce marshall 1,959]

7 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

Great is a bit of a stretch, but certainly worth watching. 

It's really, really  good until the end. Basically, up through the theft.

But, Ben Kingsley' s subsequent actions are totally unbelievable and exist purely  as a deux ex machina

3 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

THE NATURAL

ALL THE Presidents MEN

 

THE CANDIDATE,

THE HOT ROCK 

THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER,

QUIZ SHOW (directed),

Yes!

 

And, check out his TWILIGHT ZONE appearance as a mysterious police officer. Really good performance!

[Nick1Ø66 7,480]

I think the only movie he was the lead in that I truly love is Out of Africa (which is due for a rewatch).

 

However, he directed A River Runs Through it, another film I love. Also served as the haunting narrator for that beautiful film.

 

Eventually, all things merge into one. And a river runs through it. 

 

RIP Robert Redford.

 

 

 

[bruce marshall 1,959]

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,375]

9 hours ago, Jay said:

Boy, I really haven't seen enough of his movies

 

I've only seen:

 

The Sting

Sneakers

The Last Castle
Spy Game

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

A Walk in the Woods

Avengers: Endgame

 

You've never seen Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid???

[FBC Director 10,365]

I hadn't seen it until a few years ago.

[Quintus 6,008]

I always hated that gif.

 

People often compared Brad Pitt to Redford, which was quaint and a little bit insulating.

[Jurassic Shark 15,666]

2 minutes ago, Quintus said:

I always hated that gif.

 

People often compared Brad Pitt to Redford, which was quaint and a little bit insulating.

 

That jacket does look warm.

 

[Maurizio 6,546]

The man was one of the few in Hollywood who deserved the title of icon, a word that nowadays is totally abused to the point it doesn't mean anything at all.

 

He starred on many films I dearly enjoy (and often accompanied by fantastic scores), with some of them rightfully now considered all-time classics especially in the 1970s era:

 

Barefoot In The Park

Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid

Jeremiah Johnson

The Sting

The Way We Were

All The President's Men -- watch this NOW if you haven't already.

Three Days of the Condor -- same as above

Brubaker

The Natural

Out of Africa

 

As a director, he did some really fine movies, but perhaps his best remains his debut (Ordinary People), which is a truly striking film. He distanced himself from Hollywood to promote independent moviemaking and probably did more than anyone else for that through his Sundance Festival. But he always kept a foot in the industry and continued to work as an actor in studio films to finance his own more personal projects. In recent years, he also offered a striking physical performance for the film All Is Lost, which was probably worth of an Academy Award.

[Tallguy 6,345]

3 hours ago, Quintus said:

I always hated that gif.

 

People often compared Brad Pitt to Redford, which was quaint and a little bit insulating.

 

They were similar enough that I found Pitt NOT playing the young Redford in A River Runs Through It off putting. And that was when I had no idea who Pitt was.

 

2 hours ago, Maurizio said:

Three Days of the Condor -- same as above

 

Watch it for Redford. Remember it for Max von Sydow. (Sydow was only FIVE YEARS older than Redford? Wow.)

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,375]

The Sting and Sneakers are my most watched Robert Redford starred films.

 

There's a bit of similarity between them 

Both "heist" movies, with exceptionally well used casts.

 

Both great scores 

[FBC Director 10,365]

Yeah I hate the word "iconic". It's everywhere now, and I remember a few crowd followers here defending its use a short while back.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,375]

Post modernism died in 2020, imo.

[crocodile 9,405]

That is really sad. RIP. 😞

 

EDIT: To Robert Redford, not postmodernism. 

 

Karol

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,375]

Genuine article!

[Jay 44,346]

8 hours ago, #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal said:

 

You've never seen Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid???

 

Correct.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,375]

Please do. I actually know you will like it 

[Quintus 6,008]

Ya gotta watch this movie!! 

 

What is this, reddit?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,375]

Me and Alex (iirc) always preferred The Sting, though.

 

Of course, I was still young then....

[Tallguy 6,345]

20 minutes ago, #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal said:

Me and Alex (iirc) always preferred The Sting, though.

 

Of course, I was still young then....

 

No. The Sting is flat out the better movie. By a lot.

 

I think Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a little over-rated. But it's a good movie and it's got many fantastic moments. "Guns or knives?" "I don't want to have a gunfight with you!" "Whatever you say!" (Damn, why wasn't Ted Cassidy in more things?)

 

I remember seeing the trailer for Spy Games in the theater way back when. Right after the trailer went dark someone in the theater said just loud enough to be heard: "Redford is still SO cool!" I laughed so hard I almost spit out my popcorn and I still remember it almost 25 years later.

 

The first two movies I thought of were The Sting and Sneakers. But Spy Games might edge in as a third. I haven't seen it since it came out on DVD.

 

Anyone ever seen interviews with Bob Woodward? Robert Redford? As if!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,375]

3 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

Anyone ever seen interviews with Bob Woodward? Robert Redford? As if!

 

Because he was the hero Redford needed back then....
 

[Tallguy 6,345]

5 minutes ago, #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal said:

 

Because he was the hero Redford needed back then....
 

 

Bill Murray after reading Woodward's book on John Belushi: "My God! Nixon was framed!"

[FBC Director 10,365]

Ordinary People sucks.

[Jurassic Shark 15,666]

15 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

Anyone ever seen interviews with Bob Woodward? Robert Redford? As if!

 

What do you mean?

 

Just now, Lady Dimitrescu said:

Ordinary People sucks.

 

How?

[FBC Director 10,365]

Felt like a lame midday movie.

[Glóin the Dark 1,673]

Ordinary People had the misfortune of winning the Best Film Oscar over Raging Bull, which is such an absurd state of affairs that it overshadows the fact that it's genuinely a very good film.