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re: Favorite Burt Reynolds film?

Posted on 12/21/19 at 5:29 pm to
Posted by Decker
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Posted on 12/21/19 at 5:29 pm to
The Life and Times of Turd Ferguson
Posted by LSURulzSEC
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Posted on 12/21/19 at 5:38 pm to
Not in any particular order...

Bandit
WW and the Dixie Dancekings
Mystery, Alaska
Cannon Ball Run
Stroker Ace
Deliverance
The Longest Yard
Boogie Nights

Posted by upgrade
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Posted on 12/21/19 at 6:46 pm to
Smoked and the Bandit.
Posted by Tactical1
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Posted on 12/21/19 at 6:53 pm to
All Dogs go to Heaven.
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 12/21/19 at 7:20 pm to
Deliverance is his best film - /thread

Now if you want to talk "Burt flicks"...

Has anyone else ever seen the great Robert Wuhl bit where all he does is give the titles of BR movies. Hilarious

As for my picks of Burt flicks... Burt is often much better than the film itself. Take a movie that hasn't been mentioned: Nickelodeon. Burt is great, but his co-star Ryan Oneal is not, and the direction from Bogdanovich is kind of flabby as well. With another director and co-star, it might have been a classic.

I like The Longest Yard, and maybe a few others. Unfortunately the Smokey money printing machine rerouted his career.

I once saw an episode of BR's first TV series, Riverboat (1959). Mostly he's just another hunk doing standard leading man stuff, but there is one brief moment where you see... Yes there it is - the Burt Smirk!

Like other James Garner followers (Doug McClure, Pete Duel) Burt would learn how to be self-deprecating as well as macho. Instead of Eastwood's grim eartness, Burt would let the audience in on the joke, as if saying, "Don't blame me for this crap -- you're the one watching it!"
Posted by JumpingTheShark
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Posted on 12/21/19 at 7:43 pm to
Cop and a Half
Posted by Mr. Misanthrope
Cloud 8
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Posted on 12/21/19 at 7:48 pm to
Unapologetically W. W. And The Dixie Dance Kings .

Worth it for Art Carney as Deacon Gore and Burt's conversation with the gas station attendant.

How bout them Tennessee Vols, huh? They goin' all the way this year, aren't they?
This post was edited on 12/21/19 at 8:30 pm
Posted by Parmen
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Posted on 12/21/19 at 9:06 pm to
Smokey and the Bandit
Posted by LanierSpots
Sarasota, Florida
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 12/21/19 at 9:16 pm to
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Hooper.


I think Burts best movie was Smokey and the Bandit but god damn I love to watch Hooper


That is a great movie to watch over and over


Posted by Bill Parker?
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Posted on 12/21/19 at 9:39 pm to
White lightning.
Posted by MexicanBurtReynolds
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Posted on 12/21/19 at 10:32 pm to
Burt Reynolds is a lifestyle, not a film.
Posted by BayouRat15
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Posted on 12/22/19 at 3:30 am to
Gator
Posted by AU1960
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Posted on 12/22/19 at 3:42 am to
Gator
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
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Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:54 am to
Bandit
Longest Yard
Deliverance
Posted by Peazey
Metry
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Posted on 12/22/19 at 10:19 am to
Yeah, Deliverance and Boogie Nights were probably his strongest films from a critical "movie making" perspective.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
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Posted on 12/22/19 at 1:04 pm to
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Semi Tough


This movie could have been so much better
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
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Posted on 12/22/19 at 1:55 pm to
Bandit and Sharky
Posted by spslayto
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Posted on 12/23/19 at 7:12 am to
Texas....has a whorehouse in it....

Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
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Posted on 12/23/19 at 7:16 am to
Yeah, Deliverance would be the go to pick
Posted by MorbidTheClown
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Posted on 12/23/19 at 7:38 am to
White Lightning

"shaky puddin"
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