00:00Better get ready.
00:06Kid, the next time I say let's go someplace like Bolivia, let's go someplace like Bolivia.
00:11Next time.
00:12From romantic leads, to political thrillers, to major epics,
00:16Robert Redford carved out one of the most remarkable careers in Hollywood history.
00:21Here are 10 roles we love from Robert Redford.
00:24First, there was one of Redford's earliest hits, Barefoot in the Park, in 1967.
00:30As a straight-laced, newlywed struggling with city life alongside his free-spirited wife,
00:35played by Jane Fonda, the film foreshadowed his leading man career.
00:38I have to go to work. I don't do this for a living, you know.
00:41Can't you call them and tell them you can't come in today? Tell them you're sick.
00:44I am sick, but I have to go in today.
00:45Last night you promised you'd never leave me.
00:47It's just until 5.30. Just until 5.30.
00:49Then the role that cemented Redford's stardom, 1969's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
00:55He starred opposite Paul Newman in the title role, leading a band of outlaws.
00:59Redford and Newman's chemistry redefined the Western buddy comedy,
01:03and also birthed the hit song, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head.
01:09Maybe there's a way to make a profit in this.
01:13Bet on Logan.
01:15I would, but who'd bet on you?
01:17Redford played a much different role in 1972's Jeremiah Johnson,
01:21as a lone mountain man facing the wilderness,
01:23showing his range beyond mainstream Hollywood roles.
01:27Hawk.
01:28Hawk.
01:29Yeah.
01:30Going for the muscle shell.
01:34It'd take me a week's riding.
01:36And he'll be there and...
01:38Hell, he's there already.
01:40In 1973, Redford starred opposite Barbara Streisand in The Way We Were,
01:45based on the novel of the same name.
01:47The bittersweet love story turned into an instant classic
01:50and went on to become a critical and commercial success.
01:53You look at...
01:54Oh, you don't have an iron anymore.
01:56What?
01:56Your hair.
01:58Oh.
01:59No, I don't.
02:01It's pretty.
02:03Also in 1973 was The Sting.
02:07Reuniting him with Paul Newman,
02:09Redford played con artist Jimmy Hooker
02:11in the Best Picture winning film.
02:15He's gone.
02:22Redford displayed his take on Jay Gatsby
02:24in the 1974 version of The Great Gatsby.
02:28The actor's interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's
02:30tragic title character
02:32led many to call this iteration of Gatsby
02:34the most faithful one to date.
02:37Sad, isn't it?
02:41Makes you want to...
02:44I don't know, reach out and hold it back.
02:49In 1975, Redford starred in Three Days of the Condor,
02:53set in the aftermath of Watergate.
02:55He played CIA analyst Joe Turner,
02:57who uncovers a hidden conspiracy
02:59all while keeping audiences on the edge of their seats.
03:02What is your designation?
03:04Uh, condor.
03:06Section 9, Department 17.
03:08The section's been hit.
03:09What level?
03:09What level?
03:10Level of damage.
03:11Everybody.
03:12Next, 1976's All the President's Men.
03:16As journalist Bob Woodward,
03:17Redford helped bring the Watergate investigation
03:19to the big screen with the political thriller.
03:22In 2010, it was selected for preservation
03:24in the United States National Film Registry
03:26by the Library of Congress
03:28for its cultural significance.
03:29Bernstein.
03:30I think I got a lead on Dole, Bernstein.
03:31Uh, I just, I got it.
03:33What?
03:33I just talked to him.
03:34I just hung up for him.
03:35And Bernstein, listen, it goes all the way to Stans.
03:37What are you talking about?
03:37It goes all the way to Stans.
03:39He gave the check to Stans for the committee to re-elect.
03:41In 1984, Redford set the stage for baseball
03:44on the big screen with The Natural.
03:45The story follows Roy Hobbs,
03:47who takes a losing 1930s baseball team
03:50to the top of the league.
03:52You can see, you know.
03:56Well, not good enough.
03:58You see me, don't you?
04:01Maybe I do, maybe I don't.
04:02And in 1985's Out of Africa,
04:05Redford starred opposite Meryl Streep
04:06as a big game hunter.
04:07The love story won seven Oscars,
04:10including Best Picture.
04:11Where did you get me?
04:14On Bossa.
04:16Get him.
04:18For more on the life and legacy of Robert Redford,
04:21head to THR.com.
04:22And for more roles we love,
04:24keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
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