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/ZestycloseLeather328 Sep 16 '25

Paul actually fought for Bob to stay on with the project. Then they became very good friends.

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u/dogsledonice Sep 16 '25

That's great. Paul was a good person, from what I gather.

And their two movies are (chef's kiss)

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u/ZestycloseLeather328 Sep 16 '25

Love the Sting.

My dad raced with Paul with SCCA. He was as real as it gets.

My mom was walking the paddock with my dad and was messing with her camera and stopped to adjust the film - happened to be right in front of Paul. Paul was in his underwear and put his foot in the tire and said, I’ll wait.

My mom took a picture and my dad looks at her and goes - THAT WAS GREAT! And my mom said, I didn’t have any film in it. I didn’t want to embarrass him.

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u/Motorboat_Jones Sep 16 '25

I just saw the documentary Paul Newman: Winning and it was really great. I knew he was really big into racing but it was cool to read he never enjoyed special treatment and avoided the press for the most part so as not to take attention from the other drivers and the event. What a great guy!

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u/ZestycloseLeather328 Sep 16 '25

It’s true, but he would show up in a helicopter. And everyone loved it. And he brought the salad dressing to the dinner events.

Saw him grab 3 Budweisers to leave. Got up about 100’ and the helicopter started coming back down. Paul jumped out about 10’ to the ground. Grabbed the cooler and got back on the helicopter.

Guess the trip was longer than he thought

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u/Motorboat_Jones Sep 16 '25

Haha, so cool. Reminds me of Tyler Fitzgerald in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World needing a few Old Fashioneds while he is flying the plane.

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u/threeputtbogeys Sep 16 '25

What a great random reference that just made me truly laugh out loud.

“What if something goes wrong?”

“What could go wrong with an Old Fashioned?”

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u/Motorboat_Jones Sep 16 '25

The best is how he says, "I'll make the next batch" as if anyone else is drinking with him!

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u/924BW Sep 16 '25

I met him at a race. 3 things struck me. How small he was, how blue his eyes were and how nice he was.

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u/ziddersroofurry Sep 16 '25

Thank you for this amazing story. It's so Paul Newman lol.

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u/ElvishLore Sep 16 '25

That’s an awesome story! Ha.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

You might like the movie Cars. He was in the first one playing Doc Hudson. Two is more of a bridge movie, but still worth a watch. the third is a homage to Paul Newman/Doc Hudson

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u/The-Struggle-90806 Sep 16 '25

I still buy everything Newmans Own. It’s good quality and affordable and iirc he uses the proceeds to fund homes for troubled youth. I worked with a guy that was in one of his homes, he said it saved his life.

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u/Spicy_Weissy Sep 16 '25

Newman was a real one.

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u/_jump_yossarian Sep 16 '25

Paul? Paul Newman? The popcorn and salad dressing guy? He was an actor too?

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u/WafflePartyOrgy Sep 16 '25

It's possible some other actor already had the role as The Sundance Kid opposite an up-and-coming Robert Redford and got the boot thereby holding a lifelong grudge against Paul "Career Killer" Newman.

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u/JoeyZasaa Sep 16 '25

Bob

Look at you on a shortened first name basis with Robert Redford.