The Bandit is gone! RiP

JupiterKid · 07-09-2018 12:41am

Burt Reynolds was a very good actor, and will always be remembered for the Smokey And The Bandit films (though he wasn’t in the really crappy Smokey and The Bandit 3 - just as well). He had a great film comeback in Boogie Nights

Burt was also excellent in Deliverance. I had a boyhood crush on him and thought he looked mighty fine in Deliverance RIP.

deco nate · 07-09-2018 12:47am

He was amazing in Deliverance.

Marlon Brando couldn't have done better in that role, Yea I said it.

holyhead · 07-09-2018 12:55am

Of the four main actors in Deliverance made in 1972 Burt is the first to die. Ronny Cox, Jon Voigt and Ned Beatty are all circa 80/81 this year. Fantastic movie. Of the four biggies he made (Deliverance, Longest Yard, Smokey & the Bandit and Boogie Nights) Deliverance probably stands as an undisputed classic in the critical sense. Smokey & The Bandit is probably his most beloved by audiences.
Not a great actor in the sense of Henry Fonda, James Stewart etc but one who made films enjoyed by a mass audience and never took himself too seriously.

Outlaw Pete · 07-09-2018 1:03am

deco nate wrote: »

He was amazing in Deliverance.

Here's a clip of him talking about Deliverance in what must be one of his last interviews (from around six months ago):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uepZ45NSCMk

Mysterypunter · 07-09-2018 1:06am

Cool dude, never knew he played college football with Florida State, RIP.

KKkitty · 07-09-2018 2:23am

Thanks for a lot of great entertainment throughout the years Burt. A literal legend in his own lifetime. Rest in peace Bandit.

per aspera ad astra · 07-09-2018 2:36am

3 Men and a Baby. Classic. R.I.P.

ArnoldJRimmer · 07-09-2018 3:11am

Watching Boogie Nights at the moment. Such a good film and I almost forgot how brilliant Burt is in it.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 07-09-2018 8:28am

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Watching Boogie Nights at the moment. Such a good film and I almost forgot how brilliant Burt is in it.

I rewatched that recently. Great film. I’m not the biggest of Paul Thomas Anderson but I can make an exception.

razorblunt · 07-09-2018 8:41am

One of our finest Taoiseachs.

RIP

minikin · 07-09-2018 12:41pm

paconnors · 07-09-2018 1:36pm

RIP Bandit

take everything · 07-09-2018 1:50pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

RIP Burt, please don't let anyone attempt to remake any of the Bandit movies.

Smokey and the bandit with a gender fluid bandit and predominantly female cast will almost certainly be made in my lifetime.

Mint Sauce · 07-09-2018 4:48pm

per aspera ad astra wrote: »

3 Men and a Baby. Classic. R.I.P.

Yes, but that was Tom Selleck. Its a totally different mustasche altogether.

per aspera ad astra · 07-09-2018 4:57pm

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Yes, but that was Tom Selleck. Its a totally different mustasche altogether.

You're thinking of Ted Hanson!! And he didn't have a moustache!!

For Forks Sake · 07-09-2018 8:09pm

Also responsible for one of the finest cameos in the Simpsons (which I can't find a video of, presumably because Fox are b@stids)

http://download.lardlad.com/sounds/season11/wine16.mp3

Ipso · 07-09-2018 8:30pm

per aspera ad astra wrote: »

You're thinking of Ted Hanson!! And he didn't have a moustache!!

Ted Hanson, did he play the ghost?

per aspera ad astra · 07-09-2018 9:43pm

Ipso wrote: »

Ted Hanson, did he play the ghost?

You're all away mad! You're thinking of Michael Madsen!!! He was in The Ghost, yes – but he didn't play the actual ghost! He played Dan!!!

Irish Kings · 07-09-2018 9:48pm

That man could grow a real mustache.
Thanks for the craic in the 80's Burt.
Rest in peace.

Manic Moran · 09-09-2018 4:59am

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