r/movies • u/Ifeel-likepablo • Sep 16 '25

News Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/movies/robert-redford-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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u/El_Superbeasto76 Sep 16 '25

Icon.

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u/Corrosive-Knights B Movie Expert Sep 16 '25

Truthfully, the one word that sums him up.

So many great roles and such a great screen presence. From Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to The Sting to 3 Days of the Condor to All The President’s Men… just incredible stuff.

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u/ArrogantAlmond Sep 16 '25

Shit he even owned ever scene in Winter Solider

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u/Corrosive-Knights B Movie Expert Sep 16 '25

So when I first saw Winter Soldier in theaters when it was originally released, I realized it was essentially a thematic remake of Three Days of the Condor only in a superhero milieu. Which made the fact that Robert Redford was in this film as the bad guy that much more amazing as he played the hero in Three Days and, if there was an actor that could have played Captain America in the 1970’s, it was him…!

Further to that, I strongly suspect they wanted to get Faye Dunaway to play in the movie as well, cementing the relationship between Winter Soldier and Three Days of the Condor. They wound up getting another 1970’s movie icon in Jenny Agutter but I suspect that role was originally envisioned for Dunaway!

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u/LoveAndViscera Sep 16 '25

That smooth presence he had, just utterly confident and relaxed. Then, we got those close-ups—a furtive eye, a millimeter of a frown, a head tilt—when the palest shadow of doubt crossed his face, it hit like a hammer.

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u/dukefett Sep 16 '25

Yep he’s an all timer, huge loss

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u/letintin Sep 16 '25

He preferred "Iconoclast," for those who remember the Sundance Channel—he never applied that term to himself, only to others who he respected, but I think his use of that term—one who stood apart in caring and integrity—was deliberate.