10 Roles We Love From Robert Redford: 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', 'The Way We Were' & More | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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From romantic leads to political thrillers to major epics Robert Redford carved out one of the most remarkable careers in Hollywood history, here are 10 Roles We Love from Robert Redford.

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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?

03:10Level 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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