Robert Redford

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q59215: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Ordinary People (1980); Quiz Show (1994); Lions for Lambs (2007). Count them as actor (12 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Avy Kaufman: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Lions for Lambs (2007), which they directed: Avy Kaufman ⇒ Lions for Lambs (the maker said so: Garfield telling his own casting story on the show). The casting director on the unmade Kavalier & Clay passed Garfield's screen test to Robert Redford, which led to his Lions for Lambs audition and casting.
    “AV sent, I think, a screen test to Redford.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:41:21 · Andrew Garfield (0.90 sure it was them)

Ted Williams: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · them, directly: Ted Williams ⇒ Robert Redford (the maker said so: Roger Angell's New Yorker piece). Redford's swing was modeled on Ted Williams, per a New Yorker piece.
    “Great swing by Redford.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:33:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Three Days of the Condor (1975): 1 line

  1. people (people) · them, directly: Three Days of the Condor ⇒ Robert Redford (the maker said so). Casting Redford was a deliberate evocation of the Condor and gave the MCU a stamp of legitimacy because he never made movies like this.
    “it felt like a secondary stamp of legitimacy because this is the type of actor who never did fucking movies like this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:27:17 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (5) everyone in directing

Acting (15) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (9)

  1. career (career): Robert Redford → Ordinary People. Redford won an Oscar for directing Ordinary People.
    “he won an Oscar for ordinary people as director”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:16:54 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Robert Redford → All the President's Men. Redford's apex mountain was All the President's Men, when he had the juice to make and produce it.
    “We did the other President's Men rewatchables and decided that actually was his Apex Mountain”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:16:59 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Robert Redford → Spy Game. Redford in Spy Game, directed by Tony Scott, is liked by a host.
    “I like him in spy game.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:45:50 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Robert Redford → The Devil's Own. Redford is paired with Pitt in a late-career film.
    “Like devil's own.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:45:55 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Robert Redford → Charlotte's Web. Redford voices Ike the horse; one host insists he is good in it.
    “He's Ike the horse.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:46:53 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Robert Redford → Sundance. Redford started the independent film festival out of disgust with the industry.
    “He starts independent film festival because he's like, fuck this industry.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:49:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Robert Redford → The Candidate. Redford was the summer soldier in The Candidate, a joke on the movie's title.
    “Of course, the summer soldier was in the candidate.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:11:03 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)
  8. career (career): Robert Redford → Pete's Dragon. Redford is great in Pete's Dragon.
    “He's great in Pete's Dragon.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:11:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. career (career): Robert Redford → All Is Lost. Redford is the only actor, so nothing can shoot without him; he is idiosyncratic about his schedule.
    “And he's the only actor in that movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:32:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Robert Redford → Ted Williams. Redford's swing was modeled on Ted Williams, per a New Yorker piece.
    “Great swing by Redford.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:33:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Robert Redford → The Insider. The golf-range scene where the hero realizes he is followed is likened to a Redford footstep scene.
    “That's the Redford, it's so good.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:39:53 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Robert Redford → New Hollywood. Redford brings New Hollywood legitimacy to the MCU.
    “A fucking great old oak tree of like New Hollywood, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:48:34 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): Robert Redford → Kevin Costner. It was crucial that Redford and Costner both looked like baseball players.
    “So crucial that him and Costner both really looked like baseball players.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:33:54 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Robert Redford → Three Days of the Condor. Casting Redford was a deliberate evocation of the Condor and gave the MCU a stamp of legitimacy because he never made movies like this.
    “it felt like a secondary stamp of legitimacy because this is the type of actor who never did fucking movies like this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:27:17 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Robert Redford → Sydney Pollack. Pollack was the one director who knew how to work with Redford, working with him many times.
    “that's one guy who knows how to work with him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:49:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Rocky → Robert Redford. United Artists wanted a well-established star, with Redford, Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds and James Caan floated.
    “United Artists wanted a well-established star.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:19:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Robert Redford: Casual reveal as villain; drinks milk.
    “I love that he's drinking milk.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:11:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Robert Redford: Imagining Redford shooting a scene with a robot man; waiting on his newspaper.
    “It's just kind of funny to think that Robert Redford filmed this scene.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:31:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)