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  • ALLIEKATBLUEALLIEKATBLUE Posts: 2,978

    bye Burt, RIP

  • Griffin AvidGriffin Avid Posts: 3,789

    Interesting that they didn't mention all his gritty movies. I liked Sharky's Machine.

  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 6,014

    Just heard this on radio. Thanks for all the entertainment!

  • KitsumoKitsumo Posts: 1,216
    SimonJM said:

    Just heard this on radio. Thanks for all the entertainment!

    I know, right?. He got to do something he loved for almost an entire lifetime, and made a ton of people happy. He probably wouldn't even want us to be sad for him. Smokey and the Bandit is my favorite.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,821
    edited September 2018

    Another movie not mentioned, (probably because he wasn't the star) but he did have a part in the first Mr. Bean movie ("Bean") as "General Newton".

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,461

    ...bugger.

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,456

    I didn't like his movies mostly but that Coach TV show he was in was excellently put together and funny. 

  • alexhcowleyalexhcowley Posts: 2,394

    I've just heard about this on BBC News 24.  It's very sad news.

    Incidentally, they did mention Deliverance but not, as noted above, Sharky's Machine. I read the novel this was based on and I've had a soft spot for the movie ever since.

    Alex.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,984

    Damn I knew I should not have tossed out all my old Cosmopolitans

  • JazzyBearJazzyBear Posts: 805

    One of my short list of favorite actors. Even some of his later movies showed his charisma and that he was a man's man, but usually with respect for others that deserved it.

     

  • HorusRaHorusRa Posts: 1,664
    edited February 2019

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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,915

    I remember he and Loni Anderson were such a cute couple. He was so dark, she was such a vivid blonde with the smile as big as Texas. 

  • ShortcutsShortcuts Posts: 16

    Burt Reynolds is one those people you think is always going to be here.

  • stephenschoonstephenschoon Posts: 360

    Another icon from my youth passes away... RIP.

    My favourite movie of his was Hooper.
    S.

  • TynkereTynkere Posts: 834
    stephenschoon said:

    Another icon from my youth passes away... RIP.

    My favourite movie of his was Hooper.
    S.

    Yes, so many I grew up with seem to be passing.  (RIP to Aretha if I missed it here.)

    Dennis was pretty crazy/creepy on film wasn’t he?

    As for Burt, “Cannonball Run” was a fav.  Not sure they could get an allstar cast like that now.

    RIP Mr. Reynolds and thanks for the memories.

     

  • KitsumoKitsumo Posts: 1,216
    Tynkere said:
    stephenschoon said:

    Another icon from my youth passes away... RIP.

    My favourite movie of his was Hooper.
    S.

    Yes, so many I grew up with seem to be passing.  (RIP to Aretha if I missed it here.)

    Dennis was pretty crazy/creepy on film wasn’t he?

    As for Burt, “Cannonball Run” was a fav.  Not sure they could get an allstar cast like that now.

    RIP Mr. Reynolds and thanks for the memories.

     

    I know this is just a matter of opinion, but they don't make stars like that anymore. Today's stars are talented for sure, but I don't think they're as classy. It's hard to tell because you never see today's stars in public unless it's a scripted PR stunt. Not like the old days when Dean, Frank, or Sammy would show up at a night club and just hang out. They made the place classier just by being there. And no matter how many fans he had, Burt seemed like a down-to-Earth type of guy. I'll miss him.

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