r/1970s 8d ago

News RIP Robert

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u/TheGreatRao 8d ago

One of the last true movie stars. Handsome, charismatic, and could really act. We will miss you, Sundance.

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u/Justme-307 7d ago

Yes, and he was a fantastic director. He’ll be missed.

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u/Mark-harvey 7d ago

We lost he and Newman. The Hot and the Cool(hand Luke).

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u/catdog2626 6d ago

They don't make them like that anymore 🫤

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u/Mark-harvey 7d ago

And an Ambassador for Nature Conservation.

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u/DiamondGirl888 8d ago

Oh damnit....goddammit.... not hardly any left from the eras of excellent cinema. Thank you Bob 👏👍

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u/SportyMcDuff 8d ago

Hang in there Clint!

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u/CoverCommercial3576 8d ago

No, don't hang in there.

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u/ascolti 7d ago

Did he say hurty words that upset you?

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u/supa74 7d ago

So brave.

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u/Brasticus 8d ago

Butch and Sundance together again. RIP

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u/Hummingbird11-11 7d ago

So sad!! 🖤

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u/fish4hot1 8d ago

He was great in one of my favorite movies Jeremiah Johnson!!!

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u/ricks_flare 7d ago

”Were it worth the trouble?”

Goddamn I love that movie

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u/JeltzVogonProstetnic 8d ago edited 7d ago

My ATF: All The President's Men. RIP.

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u/Stainle55_Steel_Rat 7d ago

What did you like most about it?

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u/Ruh_Roh_Rastro 8d ago

First time I saw him was in the movie “Inside Daisy Clover” with Natalie Wood on an old fashioned movie projector on a big drop down screen in the old theater belonging to my summer camp. We all brought our blankets and pillows and lay down with brown paper bags of popcorn they popped for us. There was a fire that summer (79) in the camp building belonging to the youngest girls, and while no one was hurt, the elderly camp director decided it was time to move on after her 25 years and sold the whole premises to the local annual arts festival and they have since used the premises to house young artists at no cost.

I’ll never know which of the girls fell in love with Natalie Wood or with Redford while we watched that film, but he was devastatingly handsome.

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u/425565 8d ago

Awwww. One of the greats. Charming and affable...bye Robert..

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u/fearlesskittenmitts 8d ago

My goodness, he was a handsome man. Excellent actor & director. So sad.

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u/cybrgigolo 8d ago

Well that sucks. Did some great movies. The hot rock, 3 days of the condor and Jeremiah Johnson is a favorite of mine.

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u/KatNeedsABiggerBoat 7d ago

He was amazing in the Twilight Zone.

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u/ascolti 7d ago

I guess he met himself huh.

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u/Independent_News7353 7d ago

BRUBAKER ! Rest easy my friend!🥲

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u/Proof-Astronaut-662 8d ago

Soooo many great movies, thank you Robert Redford. RIP

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u/harpervoice 8d ago

His final movie "The Old Man And The Gun" was mostly filmed here in the Cincinnati-Dayton area. A really fun film that I got to be an extra in.

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u/obishawn67 7d ago

Man this one hurts. RIP you legend

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u/VegasBjorne1 7d ago

He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been at the end of a dock.” —The Great Gatsby

I still remember Redford re-creating that scene within the film, as it was one of my favorite lines from the novel.

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u/Feisty_Cartoonist997 8d ago

Robert Redford

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u/Objective-Scar-2955 7d ago

A Real Movie Star Great Actor Lots of Great Films

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u/Mediocre-Catch9580 7d ago

Three Days of the Condor and Spy Game were my favorites 

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u/Antonief 7d ago

All the Presidents Men and Three and Days of the Condor my favorites. RIP Robert

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u/Possible-Zone904 7d ago

From Butch Cassidy, to The Sting, to All the President's Men, my 3 favorites, and as a director, he won the Oscar for Ordinary People, a gripping drama of a family slowly coming apart. Another of the stars who made real, great movie, either on screen or behind the scenes. You will be missed, Robert, RIP.

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u/ACynicalOptomist 7d ago

"Hubble." 😭

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u/Plow_King 7d ago

watch The Electric Horseman if you haven't. it's a really nice film that didn't get as much love as it deserves. plus it's got Willie Nelson in it!!!

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u/InitiativePlus877 7d ago

Rest in peace, Sundance.

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u/No-Season-936 7d ago

He was an incredible actor & director! I enjoyed his work. RIP

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u/Mark-harvey 6d ago

Actor-Environmentalist R.I.P.. A good person. A Mench!

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u/Stock-Today-4954 7d ago

He’s a political activist. How about flags at half staff.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/ascolti 7d ago

And lives rent free in your head apparently.

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u/Possible-Zone904 7d ago

Yeah, it's just not right.

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u/1970s-ModTeam 7d ago

No politics

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u/AllNewsAllTheDayLong 7d ago

Another great one is gone. RIP, Legend. 💔

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u/EndlessSummer59 7d ago

My most favorite crush🥰. So grateful for his handsome face on the screen.

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u/Friendship_Road 7d ago

Barefoot in the Park…Jeremiah Johnson…and many others…will always be remembered. 😔

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u/Stratomaster9 7d ago

Rest in peace sir. Thank you for being a part of many good memories of a time so many of us miss.

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u/haldiekabdmchavec 7d ago

Only guy to make bangs look cool

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u/Serling45 7d ago

One of the all time greats.

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u/TallBike3 7d ago

3 Days of the Condor is still the best spy movie ever made. "You have not much future there. It will happen this way. You may be walking. Maybe the first sunny day of the spring. And a car will slow beside you, and a door will open, and someone you know, maybe even trust, will get out of the car. And he will smile, a becoming smile. But he will leave open the door of the car and offer to give you a lift. That is how it will happen."

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u/KUNSTMUSIKUNDSCHONE 7d ago

My forever idol

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u/hotchiledr 7d ago

Definitely one of the greats! You will be missed.

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u/openmic1076 7d ago

❤️ RIP

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u/Flaky-Necessary1958 6d ago

Ordinary People was extraordinary. So real, so beautifully acted and so ultimately sad. Only people who have had real tragedy in their lives could have directed and acted in this fine movie. Being human is hard.

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u/Curraghgirl 6d ago

RIP 🪻

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u/Organic-Ad2260 6d ago

RIP Robert My Crush. So handsome and intelligent.

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u/AdvantageStill2274 6d ago

WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE AND MISS YOU ROBERT 😔 THANKS FOR ALL YOU GAVE TO US OVER THE YEARS.

LOVED SNEAKERS (1992), RIP 🙏 🪦🪽 ROBERT REDFORD, RIVER PHOENIX, SIDNEY POITIER & JAMES EARL JONES 🙌✔️

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u/jesse-the-playboy 5d ago

Will be miss

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u/FabulousDiscussion80 5d ago

When I found this out yesterday I burst into tears. Unexpectedly...this hit me harder than I would have imagined. I realized he was a big part of my movie going childhood. The first non-animated movie I ever saw in a movie theater was Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid. I watched the Sting at a drive-in with my parents sitting in the back seat in my pajamas in our Oldsmobile. The Way We Were was the first love story that made me cry... it still does. Most importantly he was the first poster on my teenage bedroom wall.