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I enjoyed many of his movies, particularly "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." He had a good run.

Robert Redford had quite a good career. As BMR mentioned above, these two were my favorites of his roles as well. Great actor.

He cooked good rabbit.

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He cooked good rabbit.

...pilgrim.

My wife watched Jeremiah Johnson with me recently and she enjoyed it.

Besides Butch and Sundance, his part in A Bridge Too Far was always one of my favorite of his roles.

Even I did not agree with his leftist politics, he was not of the type of the current batch of loud obnoxious Hollywood cretins, he was a lot quieter, and mostly let his work do the talking.

But I did appreciate his work in films like Butch Cassidy and especially The Sting, two great movies I still watch occasionally. He is from a bygone era of 70s stars like Newman, Bronson, Reynolds, Eastwood, etc, and these guys are disappearing. 

Jeremiah Johnson, The Sting, and Three Days of the Condor would be my top three I think. And 89 is a pretty good run.

He lived quite a life, 89 is a long time. I'm sure he and Newman are enjoying a cocktail together.

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Two of his children died before him,

One of my favorite movies of his, was Sneakers (1992). I loved the playful seriousness of it, the music, and it has really held up over time. It was also one of River Phoenix last movies.

I just read that he passed and the first movies that came to mind were: The Natural, Legal Eagles, Brubaker and the Last Castle.

Of course my father would say The Sting, Butch Cassady and the Sundance Kid and Jeremiah Johnson.

One of my top five all-time favorite movies is The Natural.

I was in the Dominican Republic when Redford was filming Havana. I didn't make the Extra list. Reading his Wiki, we both had a lot in common at my first year at CU Boulder in the days of 3.2 beer but I somehow managed to graduate. What a life. Rest In Peace.

The last movie I saw him in was A Walk In The Woods. Good movie and great cast.

My wife and I just recently re-watched The Horse Whisperer with a young Scarlett Johansson, and Kirsten Thomas. That’s a pretty good movie. In spite of the presence of J Fonda, The Electric Horseman with Willie Nelson is a good movie too. Redford talking about the horse he is accused of stealing is one of my favorite scenes.

This is one of the greatest scenes in film history (IMO of course, which is worth what you paid for it).



The fact that that film did not win an Oscar (even back in those days) is a travesty. I wish I had the silver tongue to describe the emotion in the scene, but you know it when you watch it.

Damn.

We've all got to go, and I won't use a useless platitude like "rest in peace" or "he had a good run". He had an amazing life, like many. I admire the man and the work he did on conservation (prior to going greenie, of course).

Fare well Mr. Redford. You done well. Say hello to my mom up there. She had a huge crush on you.

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He directed one of the best, IMHO, acted and directed films ever, Ordinary People.

It was his first major directing attempt and garnered 6 Oscar nominations, winning 4 of them.

It doesn’t seem that long ago I saw this with my kids on the IMAX screen at MOSI in Tampa:



A few years later, we actually visited one of the national parks featured and I could have sworn I had been there before. It took me 30 minutes to realize it was the IMAX movie I was remembering.

I’m fairly sure it’s the last thing I remember Robert Redford doing. I don’t remember not enjoying any of the movies he’s been in. 89 is a good run.

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One of my favorite movies of his, was Sneakers (1992). I loved the playful seriousness of it, the music, and it has really held up over time. It was also one of River Phoenix last movies.

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fantastic movie,

liked Brubaker as well,


friends and I watched Butch Cassidy a few months ago,

been a long while since I had watched it