That was a great Twilight Zone.
I haven’t seen that many of his movies, so I’ll have to go with the old standbys – Butch & Sundance and The Sting. Redford was good in both, but they also get a lift from co-starring The Coolest Guy in the World. Redford could have sleepwalked through them, and I’d still watch them just to see Newman.
I love him in The Horse Whisperer, as well as Jeremiah Johnson, and The Sting.
I keep looking for that episode of Twilight Zone every time they have a marathon. I haven’t seen it in years. I love it!
All the President’s Men - Just an all-round terrific, tense movie, and Redford’s performance is at its understated best here. The scenes where Woodward is slogging away at phone call after phone call are perfect examples of an actor’s skill at showing subtle reactions. Redford’s completely believable as a weary, frustrated researcher trying to find some purchase on a seemingly invisible ledge.
The Sting - Redford is so freakin’ charming as a rough-around-the-edges Johnny Hooker. Watch his behavior in the ‘grooming’ scene at the barber shop, when a woman tries to give him a manicure and he at first pulls back, suspicious and wary. Slowly as she takes his hand, his expression turns amused, then flirtatious. Sigh! And then there’s his willful truculence when Paul Newman’s Henry Gondorff tries to teach him anything. The movie kickas ass anyway with its awesome score and cast. I think my sister and I saw it a dozen times when it was playing in theaters. Actually, the same goes for AtPM. And we were both younger than 11, so it wasn’t merely Redford’s adorableness that got us in those seats. (Though how we as kids of that age ‘got’ what was going on in AtPM is beyond me.)
I love that one. Him as death or at least a reaper and the old lady. However, the lady was the actor that really carried that episode and made it great. Redford did not need to do all that much if I remember correctly.
The episode was called “Nothing in the Dark”. Gladys Cooper was Wanda Dunn or the “Old Lady”. She was one of those long time character actress whose biggest role was probably as Mrs. Higgins in “My Fair Lady”.
Jim
The Electric Horseman! I looooove that movie. And despite the super-cheese Vegas scenes, it has held up really well.
(By the way, I have only been able to find the soundtrack (Willie Nelson) on LP. Had to have it ripped to get digital files. Waiting anxiously for actual CD release.)
Another vote for The Great Waldo Pepper, followed closely by The Sting.