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Burt Reynolds

September 2022

  • Burt Reynolds, Bill McKinney and Jon Voigt in Deliverance, 1972.

    From the Guardian archive
    Deliverance reviewed: ‘a finely structured allegory about America’ – archive, 1972

    28 September 1972: The great thing about John Boorman’s new film is that it’s a cracking good story

July 2022

  • BURT REYNOLDS<br>Burt Reynolds Film: Deliverance (USA 1972) Character(s): Lewis Director: John Boorman 30 July 1972 CTH26705 Allstar Picture Library/WARNER BROS. **Warning** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of WARNER BROS. and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To WARNER BROS. is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Deliverance at 50: a violent battle between urban and rural America

    John Boorman’s critical and commercial smash may have leaned on grotesque stereotypes but it remains a fiercely thrilling piece of exploitation

13 September 2018

  • Kin-Ball!

    YouTube archive
    Sublime swerve, motorbike madness and an introduction to Kin-Ball

    This week’s roundup also features T20 action, the best of Wesley Sneijder and Marshawn Lynch’s philosophy

7 September 2018

  • FILE: Actor Burt Reynolds Dies At 82<br>FILE SEPTEMBER 06: It was reported September 6, 2018 that actor Burt Reynolds has died. He was 82. Burt Reynolds, recipient of the Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award for an Action Movie Star (Photo by Maury Phillips/WireImage)

    Burt Reynolds: Hollywood pays tribute to 'a true American icon'

  • Burt Reynolds speaks candidly with Hadley Freeman about his varied career in film, the important relationships in his life and a clash with Marlon Brando&nbsp;

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    Burt Reynolds in conversation with the Guardian: ‘Marlon Brando was a strange man’ – archive video

  • Hadley Freeman

    Interviewing Burt Reynolds was a revelation which still shocks me today

    Hadley Freeman
  • BURT REYNOLDS<br>Burt Reynolds Film: Deliverance (USA 1972) Character(s): Lewis Director: John Boorman 30 July 1972 CTH26705 Allstar Picture Library/WARNER BROS. **Warning** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of WARNER BROS. and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To WARNER BROS. is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Burt Reynolds: the easygoing cannonball of old-school Hollywood manliness

6 September 2018

  • Burt Reynolds in Boogie Nights, the film that brought him an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor

    Burt Reynolds obituary

    Genial, energetic and prolific star of film and TV best known for his acclaimed performances in Deliverance and Boogie Nights
  • Burt Reynolds in Deliverance

    Burt Reynolds – a life in pictures

    The hirsute heart-throb has died at the age of 82. Though best known for Deliverance and Boogie Nights, his prodigious output for film and television spanned six decades. Here we look back at his career
  • Burt Reynolds, star of Deliverance, The Longest Yard and Boogie Nights, has died at 82.

    Burt Reynolds, Hollywood film star, dies aged 82

    The much-loved star of hits such as Deliverance and Boogie Nights died on Thursday in Florida

January 2017

  • Burt Reynolds

    This much I know
    Burt Reynolds: ‘Dumping a helicopter full of manure on the National Enquirer made me feel great’

    The 80-year-old actor on being a pin-up, his fears about his friend Donald Trump and why he can’t stop speeding

November 2016

  • Eddie Redmayne.

    Film blog
    Role reversals: the classic movie parts that almost went to someone else

    An American 007? Jack Nicholson as Michael Corleone? With Eddie Redmayne admitting he narrrowly missed out on a role in last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we look back on other Sliding Doors moments from Hollywood history

January 2016

  • Burt Reynolds

    My family values
    Burt Reynolds: my family values

    The actor talks about his father who was his hero, but not keen on his son’s choice of acting as a career, plus the son he loves and misses

December 2015

  • Hollywood actor Burt Reynolds poses for a portrait during an interview in London, December 3, 2015. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

    Guardian Live
    Burt Reynolds meets Hadley Freeman - Guardian Live event

    To celebrate his autobiography But Enough About Me, veteran actor Burt Reynolds joins Hadley Freeman at a Guardian Live event to talk candidly about his career, Sinatra, Monroe and who would play him in the film of his life
  • Reynolds had hoped Greta Garbo would give him a second chance, but it wasn't to be.

    Burt Reynolds: 'I missed my chance with Greta Garbo' – video

    Film star Burt Reynolds recalls how he wasted an opportunity with Greta Garbo after sharing a taxi home with her. Reynolds was in conversation with Hadley Freeman at a Guardian Live event in London
  • Burt Reynolds in conversation with Hadley Freeman<br>02-12-15 © Sam Friedrich www.acumenimages.com tel: +44 7977 482 272 Burt Reynolds in conversation with Hadley Freeman. A Guardian Live event at Kings Place, London N1.

    Burt Reynolds: 'I regret turning down Greta Garbo'

    In a candid Guardian Live interview, Reynolds admitted he had never watched all of Boogie Nights, regretted turning down Greta Garbo – and that he never got over ‘love of his life’ Sally Field

November 2015

  • Burt Reynolds

    Burt Reynolds: I regret turning down Bond

    Star of the Smokey and the Bandit films, Boogie Nights and Deliverance says he believed in 1970 that only an Englishman should play 007

February 2013

  • Skyfall, Daniel Craig as James Bond

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    John Galliano tops our list of recent, often unlikely resurrections

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