Robert Redford / Cowboy / Part 1

“We do not own this place, we are just passengers”
Robert Redford

Robert Redford made 2 notable Westerns – both now considered
Western Classics: Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
A fistful of others ride the fringe.

Robert Redford Today - ROBERT REDFORD - JEREMIAH JOHNSON, 1972 “His name was Jeremiah Johnson, and they say he wanted to be a mountain man.” | Facebook

I always challenged Redford‘s casting as Jeremiah Johnson.
He didn’t look like the Johnson at all, in either in stature or appearance.

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Jeremiah Johnson

But this wasn’t a documentary.
And Director Sydney Pollock (who Directed Redford in 7 Films)
knew that Redford‘s Star Power would guarantee success.
It did.
All in all, Redford did a great job and this is a great Western
that I watched several times.

Will Geer, Jeremiah Johnson 1972

Coming:
Robert Redford / Cowboy / Part 2

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