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Burt Reynolds' best role(s)
Posted on 8/29/20 at 10:45 pm
Posted on 8/29/20 at 10:45 pm
Dramatic-- Deliverance (even though he got an Oscar nod for Boogie Nights).
Comedic- Smokey and the Bandit
Any disagreement?
Comedic- Smokey and the Bandit
Any disagreement?
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Posted on 8/29/20 at 11:04 pm to BRich
I liked him in Sharkey's Machine and of course The Longest Yard.
Posted on 8/29/20 at 11:58 pm to BRich
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Posted on 8/30/20 at 12:27 am to BRich
Reynolds is actually pretty good in a movie called Nickelodeon (about silent movies). But his co-star Ryan O'Neal is charmless and the film itself could easily stand getting 20 minutes cut.
He also did one of the first cop black comedies, Fuzz. For some reason it's little remembered today.
He's in a comedy western called Sam Whiskey that is entertaining.
In BR's very first TV series, Riverboat (1959), he's mostly just another young hunk helping the hero. But there is one scene, where he's eating dinner, where you see the self-deprecating smirk that would eventually make him a star.
Burt described his three year stint as Quint the blacksmith on Gunsmoke this way: "Somebody would call me a half breed then I'd stand around and watch Marshall Dillon come in and beat the guy up." The material forced him to be pretty somber, but in one episode (Chester needs money and gets Quint to hire him as a helper) you see Burt driven crazy by Chester's incompetence, and he gets exasperated in the James Garner manner. It's another sign of the stardom that would come later.
He also did one of the first cop black comedies, Fuzz. For some reason it's little remembered today.
He's in a comedy western called Sam Whiskey that is entertaining.
In BR's very first TV series, Riverboat (1959), he's mostly just another young hunk helping the hero. But there is one scene, where he's eating dinner, where you see the self-deprecating smirk that would eventually make him a star.
Burt described his three year stint as Quint the blacksmith on Gunsmoke this way: "Somebody would call me a half breed then I'd stand around and watch Marshall Dillon come in and beat the guy up." The material forced him to be pretty somber, but in one episode (Chester needs money and gets Quint to hire him as a helper) you see Burt driven crazy by Chester's incompetence, and he gets exasperated in the James Garner manner. It's another sign of the stardom that would come later.
Posted on 8/30/20 at 12:49 am to BRich
Of course loved him in Gator,Smokey and the Bandit.Sharky's Machine etc. I was really surprised at his turn in Best Friends with Goldie Hawn in the early 80's. He was very funny and did a great job in role I wouldn't have imagined him to be cast. That movie had a few laugh out loud moments for me. He was just a versatile, likeable actor.
Posted on 8/30/20 at 12:54 am to BigAppleTiger
No Jack Horner?
Dude was a filmmaker! He wasn't gonna make no shite on videotape!
You come into this thread and tell him the future?
That the future is videotape and not film?
Dude was a filmmaker! He wasn't gonna make no shite on videotape!
You come into this thread and tell him the future?
That the future is videotape and not film?
Posted on 8/30/20 at 3:57 am to BRich
The Bandit
Posted on 8/30/20 at 6:37 am to BRich
Hooper
Bandit
Longest Yard
Striptease
Bandit
Longest Yard
Striptease
Posted on 8/30/20 at 7:23 am to BRich
quote:
Comedic- Smokey and the Bandit
"The End" with Dom Deluise was pretty damn funny
Agree on Deliverince... don't know who wouldn't.
Posted on 8/30/20 at 8:42 am to BRich
Deliverance and Boogie Nights a tie for me. Smokey comedic. Ditto.
Oh, have you seen him in "Hooper?" Not his best, but I watch it now it then cause it was filmed in Tuscaloosa. Set was real with all the explosions, falling silos...it was an old hospital and adjacent buildings scheduled to be demolished, so the movie studio stepped in and offered to remove the grounds for free.
Oh, have you seen him in "Hooper?" Not his best, but I watch it now it then cause it was filmed in Tuscaloosa. Set was real with all the explosions, falling silos...it was an old hospital and adjacent buildings scheduled to be demolished, so the movie studio stepped in and offered to remove the grounds for free.
This post was edited on 8/30/20 at 8:43 am
Posted on 8/30/20 at 10:33 am to BRich
Boggie Nights for me.
Posted on 8/30/20 at 10:34 am to BRich
Terd Ferguson on Celebrity Jeopardy.
Posted on 8/30/20 at 11:50 am to BRich
Rough order:
Deliverance
The Longest Yard
Smokey and the Bandit
Boogie Nights
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Semi-Tough
Gator/White Lighting
Striptease
Mystery, Alaska
The Cannonball Runs
Hooper because it was Terry Bradshaw’s intro to the movies.
100 Rifles because of Raquel Welch.
Also loved him on Evening Shade
Deliverance
The Longest Yard
Smokey and the Bandit
Boogie Nights
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Semi-Tough
Gator/White Lighting
Striptease
Mystery, Alaska
The Cannonball Runs
Hooper because it was Terry Bradshaw’s intro to the movies.
100 Rifles because of Raquel Welch.
Also loved him on Evening Shade
Posted on 8/30/20 at 1:03 pm to BRich
I'm sure many of his roles during his prime will get mentioned a lot and many are my favorites as well.
But he was really, REALLY good in The Last Movie Star
But he was really, REALLY good in The Last Movie Star
Posted on 8/30/20 at 2:33 pm to BRich
A legend and a washed up bum look a lot alike.
Posted on 8/30/20 at 2:53 pm to BRich
White lightning
Posted on 8/30/20 at 3:37 pm to BRich
Terd Ferguson
Posted on 8/30/20 at 6:47 pm to BRich
1. Bo “Bandit” Darville
2. Gator McCloskey
3. Stroker Ace
4. Sonny Hooper
5. Jack Horner
6. Lewis Medlock
2. Gator McCloskey
3. Stroker Ace
4. Sonny Hooper
5. Jack Horner
6. Lewis Medlock
Posted on 8/30/20 at 7:55 pm to Enos Burdette
Posted on 8/30/20 at 11:24 pm to BRich
Smokey and the Bandit
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