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Jarqui

(10,759 posts)
103. Maybe I'm overlooking one but I can't think of a bad movie he was in ...
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 07:37 PM
21 hrs ago

I liked a lot of his movies.

But I respected him more as a visionary, as a thinker, as an artist and as an activist.

A wonderful man.

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Total heartthrob. :( Irish_Dem Yesterday #1
Too many times used quote but here. Men wanted to be him, women wanted to be with him. twodogsbarking Yesterday #83
Oh damn............ Bengus81 Yesterday #2
R.I.P. Lovie777 Yesterday #3
I had the opportunity to meet him and he was really a nice and interesting person Pachamama Yesterday #4
Awww, no! Mad_Dem_X Yesterday #5
Sigh, another one lost 😮‍💨 cstanleytech Yesterday #6
Butch and Sundance are back together again FakeNoose Yesterday #7
Now I'm crying 😢 mountain grammy Yesterday #49
Two superb actors. They were great together in The Sting too. n/t AdamGG 22 hrs ago #100
... greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #8
That's sad. I liked him. yardwork Yesterday #9
I loooooooooooved him JustAnotherGen Yesterday #40
He didn't know that women turned guys down when asked for a date. Really. twodogsbarking Yesterday #10
This message was self-deleted by its author highplainsdem Yesterday #26
Newman and Redford, one of the greatest duos of all time bmichaelh Yesterday #11
Redford and Jane Fonda bmichaelh Yesterday #46
Damn, I just watched him and all the other greats in "A Bridge Too Far" last night. Efilroft Sul Yesterday #12
A long life, well-lived. God bless. (nt) Paladin Yesterday #13
A good man. A good example of what a good man OUGHT to be Vogon_Glory Yesterday #14
Wish we could clone him Marthe48 Yesterday #15
Watch yer topknot. Watch yer'n underpants Yesterday #16
Jeremiah Johnson, a movie near and dear to my heart. Dr. T Yesterday #33
I loved his movies and acting skills but... llmart Yesterday #37
Will Greer "Bear Claw" had been blacklisted in the 50's underpants Yesterday #58
I will reserve Wisconsin camping for any other season than winter! LOL LeftInTX Yesterday #76
No mosquitoes and my beer never gets warm. Awesome! Dr. T Yesterday #84
Please see post #77 - I posted the trailer for Jeremiah Johnson FakeNoose Yesterday #79
Warner Brothers wanted to shoot it on a backlot to save money. underpants Yesterday #81
Yes, my mistake ... I thought it was Idaho FakeNoose Yesterday #89
One of my favorite movies... Bayard Yesterday #88
Safe passage sir. AllyCat Yesterday #17
RIP "The Great Waldo Pepper". JohnnyRingo Yesterday #18
One of my favorites Mr.Bee Yesterday #54
As I said, there was actual stunt flying JohnnyRingo Yesterday #80
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
One of Redford's best, and one of my all-time favorites FakeNoose Yesterday #75
RIP and thank you for your work, Mr. Redford. nt PunkinPi Yesterday #20
So sad. Now this is a man to mourn Ray Bruns Yesterday #21
Damn, another person's death that should have been tRump. BigmanPigman Yesterday #22
. NewHendoLib Yesterday #23
All those ... and Jeremiah Johnson too! FakeNoose Yesterday #77
"Fine figure of a man." SergeStorms 19 hrs ago #107
Great actor and man orangecrush Yesterday #24
From Variety: "With his environmental activism, anti-establishment approach highplainsdem Yesterday #25
A comment during trump's first term from Robert Redford. lostincalifornia Yesterday #27
Speaking out for the good of community. oasis 19 hrs ago #110
RIP to a great actor, director BluenFLA Yesterday #28
Awwww DownriverDem Yesterday #29
Rest In Peace BlueKota Yesterday #30
One of the best! mcar Yesterday #31
Adored him for decades. He was a great activist as well as an actor. I got to sinkingfeeling Yesterday #32
So sorry to hear this!! bluestarone Yesterday #34
I watched the Horse Whisperer last week. hamsterjill Yesterday #35
This is heartbreaking. choie Yesterday #36
Memories.... tishaLA Yesterday #38
Jinx! BumRushDaShow Yesterday #41
With the wonderful Barbra Streisand BumRushDaShow Yesterday #39
Holy moley! MissMillie Yesterday #42
Only one Oscar nomination as an actor? WestMichRad Yesterday #43
... 2naSalit Yesterday #44
Out of Africa. Great movie as are many others. twodogsbarking Yesterday #45
I'll be lighting a candle .. BattleRow Yesterday #47
... ancianita Yesterday #48
RiP to one of the greats. All his other great movies are mentioned here but mine will always be The Hot Rock ms liberty Yesterday #50
All the Presidents Men will be always be on the TOP for me. riversedge Yesterday #51
oh darn it, he will be missed Puppyjive Yesterday #52
Damn... Talitha Yesterday #53
Jeremiah Johnson, my all time favorite movie CanonRay Yesterday #55
That's also my favorite Redford film. oasis 19 hrs ago #109
RIP Mr. Redford! sdfernando Yesterday #56
RIP area51 Yesterday #57
Robert 😢 Clouds Passing Yesterday #59
Great actor, great man, good long life. barbtries Yesterday #60
Thanx Robert Botany Yesterday #61
So sad to hear this Tree Lady Yesterday #62
Aw, man. LoisB Yesterday #63
Calm, cool, extra nice in an excessively good-looking man. Festivito Yesterday #64
A little trivia I haven't read anywhere. defacto7 Yesterday #65
The Natural. He definitely was! Raven123 Yesterday #66
Serious bummer. RIP Robert. Demnation Yesterday #67
He was my hero and inspiration Envirogal Yesterday #68
Ah! Didn't know he also reached out to kids in his environmentalism.... electric_blue68 Yesterday #93
The NRDC office building is named after him Envirogal Yesterday #95
Would love to see Redford's funeral service scheduled for this coming Sunday. Paladin Yesterday #69
Just now, I told a 25 year old office mate of mine that Redford had died SpankMe Yesterday #70
I knew I liked him Lulu KC Yesterday #71
R.I.P Mr Redford. aurora the great Yesterday #72
Quiz Show Was Secretly A Great Political Film DrFunkenstein Yesterday #73
Thank you Robert Redford for your works and your words of wisdom LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #74
Time, the actual clicking of the clock, has gone too far this time. Beowulf42 Yesterday #78
This one hits hard. So many movies and The Twilight Zone. twodogsbarking Yesterday #82
RIP! wolfie001 Yesterday #85
All I can say right now is TexasBushwhacker Yesterday #86
Wow, for some reason i never thought of him Figarosmom Yesterday #87
I'll be watching, throughout the day ... aggiesal Yesterday #90
;( elleng Yesterday #91
He was also a producer catchnrelease Yesterday #92
I see on IMDB that Dark Wind was his last acting credit. underpants 22 hrs ago #98
Rest easy Sundance. BHDem53 Yesterday #94
Dang, RIP. Talented, Activist, and did I mention so handsome!... electric_blue68 Yesterday #96
He grew up in an almost completely Latino neighborhood in LA underpants 22 hrs ago #99
Interesting, and his family living in Spain for a few years. electric_blue68 21 hrs ago #102
thank you for the memories, Mr. Redford Skittles 23 hrs ago #97
One of the best combined resumes as actor and director AdamGG 22 hrs ago #101
The one thing I recall was that his Sundance Film Festival was moving out of Utah BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago #104
Maybe I'm overlooking one but I can't think of a bad movie he was in ... Jarqui 21 hrs ago #103
Robert Redford was a good man. ReRe 21 hrs ago #105
To his family................The Kid and Johnny Hooker.............. turbinetree 19 hrs ago #106
Sad news 😪 Raine 19 hrs ago #108
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