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In reply to the discussion: Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89 [View all]LoisB
(11,617 posts)63. Aw, man.
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Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89 [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Yesterday
OP
Too many times used quote but here. Men wanted to be him, women wanted to be with him.
twodogsbarking
20 hrs ago
#83
I had the opportunity to meet him and he was really a nice and interesting person
Pachamama
Yesterday
#4
He didn't know that women turned guys down when asked for a date. Really.
twodogsbarking
Yesterday
#10
Damn, I just watched him and all the other greats in "A Bridge Too Far" last night.
Efilroft Sul
Yesterday
#12
Couldn't even add a comment because I liked him in so many things but here is one related to the now
BumRushDaShow
Yesterday
#19
From Variety: "With his environmental activism, anti-establishment approach
highplainsdem
Yesterday
#25
Adored him for decades. He was a great activist as well as an actor. I got to
sinkingfeeling
Yesterday
#32
RiP to one of the greats. All his other great movies are mentioned here but mine will always be The Hot Rock
ms liberty
23 hrs ago
#50
Ah! Didn't know he also reached out to kids in his environmentalism....
electric_blue68
17 hrs ago
#93
Would love to see Redford's funeral service scheduled for this coming Sunday.
Paladin
22 hrs ago
#69
The one thing I recall was that his Sundance Film Festival was moving out of Utah
BumRushDaShow
13 hrs ago
#104