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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 7, 2018 10:04:26 GMT
I forgot about Hooper! I saw that in a drive-in as well.
I forgot about his X-Files appearance also.
I watched Shark! last night. Remembered it showing up on tv now and then and one would usually just think why it wasn't more like Jaws.
Its funny how they used a shark in some scenes and when it passed in front of the diver you could see it was an itty bitty thing.
Anyone know the movie where he is talking in a Cary Grant voice to some woman and she says: that's a great Tony Curtis impression
and he says "I wasn't doing Tony Curtis, I was doing Cary Grant."
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Sept 7, 2018 11:54:19 GMT
I was up late watching Burt on old Johnny Carson clips on YouTube, the man was hilarious, especially when paired with Don Rickles as a guest or someone else to bounce off of. He was THE MOVIE STAR when I was a kid in the 70's, you saw whatever movie he made if it came to town. I can remember going to matinees of Smokey and the Bandit, Hooper and even The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Then we got cable TV and he was all over that too. His career cooled off, but then I went to see Striptease and Burt gave one of his greatest performances ever! Then, Boogie Nights, which is one of my all-time favorite movies ever, and the only Burt Reynolds movie I happen to own. We'll miss you, Burt!      |
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Post by snsurone on Sept 7, 2018 12:33:09 GMT
Anyone else notice that--without the bushy 'stache--how much Burt resembled a young Marlon Brando?
Maybe that was the reason he grew it!
I can remember one night when he was subbing for Carson on the TONIGHT SHOW.
It was right after that notorious Cosmo centerfold, and his entrance music was "The Stripper Theme".
Burt just danced out from behind the curtain, pretending to strip off his jacket and "kissing" the air.
Hilarious!
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Post by Isapop on Sept 7, 2018 13:21:26 GMT
Anyone else notice that--without the bushy 'stache--how much Burt resembled a young Marlon Brando? Definitely a resemblance. I remember reading that Reynolds was being considered for the role of Sonny in The Godfather, but Brando nixed the idea because of that resemblance.
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Post by teleadm on Sept 7, 2018 15:55:09 GMT
Anyone know the movie where he is talking in a Cary Grant voice to some woman and she says: that's a great Tony Curtis impression and he says "I wasn't doing Tony Curtis, I was doing Cary Grant." I think that could be Rough Cut 1980, and the "woman" was played by Lesley-Anne Down.  |
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Post by Ass_E9 on Sept 7, 2018 16:15:25 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Sept 7, 2018 16:17:13 GMT
In rememberance, a few pictures from his early career:  Burt in an early leading role on Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1960, episode Escape to Sonoita.  Riverboat TV-series 1959 to 1960 in 30 episodes, with the series star Darrin McGavin  Movie debut in Angel Baby 1961, with Salome Jens  The way to stardom is sometimes long, Navajo Joe 1966, a Spanish-Italian western |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Sept 7, 2018 17:10:54 GMT
Anyone else notice that--without the bushy 'stache--how much Burt resembled a young Marlon Brando? Definitely a resemblance. I remember reading that Reynolds was being considered for the role of Sonny in The Godfather, but Brando nixed the idea because of that resemblance.
There are photos online where Burt looks even more like Brando than this one, but here ya go!  |
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Post by snsurone on Sept 7, 2018 19:12:59 GMT
Anyone else notice that--without the bushy 'stache--how much Burt resembled a young Marlon Brando? Definitely a resemblance. I remember reading that Reynolds was being considered for the role of Sonny in The Godfather, but Brando nixed the idea because of that resemblance.
Good grief--how stupid! Neither James Caan nor Al Pacino bore the slightest resemblance to Brando, although Talia Shire did have a slight resemblance to Morgana King. |
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Post by amyghost on Sept 7, 2018 21:43:02 GMT
In rememberance, a few pictures from his early career: Burt in an early leading role on Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1960, episode Escape to Sonoita. Riverboat TV-series 1959 to 1960 in 30 episodes, with the series star Darrin McGavin Movie debut in Angel Baby 1961, with Salome Jens The way to stardom is sometimes long, Navajo Joe 1966, a Spanish-Italian western Supposedly McGavin nurtured a longtime hate for Burt after working with him, although most of the stories surrounding the 'feud' come across now as sounding more comic than anything else. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 7, 2018 21:51:07 GMT
 Burt was in 20 of the 42 episodes and was replaced in Season Two by Noah Berry, Jr. It's where I first "met" Burt and Darren and remember liking them and the show. |
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Post by Isapop on Sept 7, 2018 22:33:00 GMT
Definitely a resemblance. I remember reading that Reynolds was being considered for the role of Sonny in The Godfather, but Brando nixed the idea because of that resemblance.
Good grief--how stupid! Neither James Caan nor Al Pacino bore the slightest resemblance to Brando, although Talia Shire did have a slight resemblance to Morgana King. I'm guessing it was some sort of vanity thing with Brando (ie. "I'm not sharing my looks on the screen with anybody.") |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 7, 2018 23:18:07 GMT
Neither James Caan nor Al Pacino bore the slightest resemblance to Brando That's the POINT. Brando did not WANT someone that looked like him to be in the picture with him thus Burt Reynolds was nixed ! . |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 8, 2018 3:45:43 GMT
Just watched Burt on the Dick Cavett Show from 1978 which was taped just as The End was about to be released.
It was funny and it was also sad seeing him speak seriously of his regrets about doing the Cosmopolitan photo. He told an incredibly funny story about the time he thought that he was having a heart attack and the ambulance could not locate his house.
Very relaxed interview with lots of laughing and just as much serious talk made for an awfully short 30 minutes.
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Post by teleadm on Sept 8, 2018 15:30:44 GMT
Somewhere out there stands a Pontiac Firebrand Trans-Am that will never be seated again by the rightfull driver.
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Post by DigWeed on Sept 8, 2018 15:56:00 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Sept 8, 2018 16:24:51 GMT
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Post by Rufus-T on Sept 8, 2018 16:35:40 GMT
Favorite performance -- as 'Lewis' the determined outdoorsman in DELIVERANCE. For some reason, I forgot that he was in this movie. Maybe this was a serious movie and that he was mostly in comedy. This is probably his best movie. |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Sept 9, 2018 3:39:46 GMT
I was never a big Reynolds fan. He sold himself on his machismo and ego and lets face it, most of his films in the 70's were representative of average cinema and perhaps even the worst of what the 70's had to offer, and this was an awesome decade for film. Not to mention his downfall with even worse crud in the 80's. Most of it was rubbish. It appears that his biggest claim to fame was Smokey And The Bandit - 77' and is that hardly worth being revered for. For my tastes, he did well with Deliverance - 72' and The Mean Machine - 74',aka The Longest Yard - 74' but his few directing ventures weren't that great either. Sharkey's Machine - 81' was a bore and while it did have a couple of good sequences, this was a meandering and dull cop thriller. It certainly wasn't a Dirty Harry - 71' or Across 110th Street - 72'. Stick -85' wasn't any better. One film that should have been hot, was City Heat-84', in which he teamed up with Clint Eastwood, but that one only smoldered as well. Reynolds had looks and charm and charisma though and he knew how to exploit this well, so for what he was worth, he did ok by himself for a generation that liked his easy going style, but I doubt the majority of films he made would be of much interest to the millennials, film students, or if they are even worth reviving. But yes RIP  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 9, 2018 3:57:33 GMT
Toasted Cheese My guess is that Burt Reynolds would be the last to think that he or his work would or should be "studied by film students". In his days of great popularity, he never claimed to be making art for the ages .. he was just having fun. In more recent interview, he regretted that he realized too late that he was a good actor and had passed up some opportunities to prove it. I can see him sitting back in his chair and laughing his BIG OL' LAUGH at the very idea of anyone even suggesting that he was being revered. "It appears that his biggest claim to fame was Smokey And The Bandit - 77' and is that hardly worth being revered for. "
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