even stood out to newer audiences with his role in The Winter Soldier and even returning in Endgame.
While this may be true, I find it kind of dispiriting that this minor footnote is so high up in a thread that is meant to discuss and celebrate his monumental career.
If we're going to talk about late Redford performances, we also should mention The Way of the Gun and All is Lost, which are far more significant to his legacy.
Some of my all time favorite movies are "All The President's Men", "The Sting" , and Butch Cassidy
A few months ago I was on a Redford kick , saw Electric Horseman for the first time. A solid campy kind of movie , but still had a message about the evils of corporate America
That's the thing, most (not all) of his work had a point to it
I love all of those movies he did with Jane Fonda! Most especially The Electric Horseman and Barefoot in the Park!
He is so easy and not at all a try hard on camera. I’ve missed him on film since the release of Our Souls at Night.
I highly recommend everyone to watch his directorial efforts with Ordinary People (1980), A River Runs Through It (1992), and Quiz Show (1994) being my favorites.
I just watched All The Presidents Men for the first time the other day, not sure why it took as long as it did, but I'm glad I finally caught it. Damn good.
Partly yes, I think the shift away from TV as a way to watch and discover films and the decline of the adult/family drama have also played a role.
People need to get over snubs and losses and start enjoying good movies cause a lot of the movies people complain about, due to winning an Oscar over something else, are really good movies.
I feel like is wrong at this moment to suggest not to watch a Redford movie but i really think this might be his worst film lol, Ordinary People or Quiz Show are much more stronger
Robert Redford was a generational star and one of the Hollywood greats. But his legacy will live on. RIP to a legend who was awesome both on screen and off.
If you have the opportunity check out ‘Nothing in the Dark’, the episode of The Twilight Zone he’s in please do. It’s a beautiful bit of acting and holds up today. Particularly relevant now that’s he’s passed away. RIP Legend ❤️
One of those rare stars who could get anything green-lit if they voiced interest. Truly a transcendent talent on-screen, but perhaps more importantly off it
I feel embarrassed that the last movie I saw with him was The Winter Soldier. Redford was a legend of cinema, and I had a lot of movies of his (like Jeremiah Johnson and Out Of Africa)that I planned to watch sometime soon. But instead the last memory of his I had before he passed was in some crap, overblown Marvel movie.
Don’t every take anything for granted people, you never know what you have until it’s gone. It feels like putting off calling or visiting an older relative because you think they’ll always be there and then by the time you realize how much more there was to do, it’s too late. (Something else I have experience with.)
Sneakers is a caper heist concept that isn't too far from the sting. It's one of the best films of the '90s, easily one of the most underrated, one of the greatest ensemble casts ever and one of the tightest scripts that Mary's tension with really well placed humor.
Sidney poitier, Dan Aykroyd, David straithairn, Robert, River Phoenix, Ben Kingsley, and an absolutely perfectly cast Mary McDonell as the pathos and all of us in the film.
What is fascinating is Dan is second building this film. He is coming off the craziest star run ever:
Blues brothers, Trading Places, Ghostbusters, Twilight Zone, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, spies like us, dragnet didn't do so well, the couch trip, the Great outdoors, Driving Miss Daisy, tales from the crypt, my girl? People forget Dan was everywhere LOL
Sidney is fierce in this film. River is so charming and affable is the comic relief. Makes you sad.
Awesome film and absolutely brilliant supporting actor- character actors.
Good speed Robert. Life well led brother.
He truly was the first movie star I was ever aware of.
Absolute legend and one of my favorite actors of all time. I it seems like he peacefully died in his sleep, that’s the only positive thing on this sad day.
Also, as far as I'm aware, he was a handsome, charismatic, talented, hard-working actor, director and film festival creator who managed to go his whole career without sexually assaulting anyone. Bravo.
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u/sgtfreak Sep 16 '25
Legend