REDFORD: THE GOLD STANDARD
10 Robert Redford Films

February 15 – 26 at SBIFF’s Film Center – 916 State St

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID

2/15 Sun: 2:00pm
2/19 Thurs: 7:30pm
2/21 Sat: 5:30pm
2/25 Weds: 7:40pm

Seven-time Academy Award nominee including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound; winning four including Best Screenplay

In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels..

Directed by George Roy Hill
Written by William Goldman
Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
1h 50m
1969

THE CANDIDATE

2/18 Weds: 5:00pm
2/20 Fri: 2:00pm
2/23 Mon: 7:40pm

Two-time Academy Award nominee; winning for Best Screenplay

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

Directed by Michael Ritchie
Written by Jeremy Larner
Starring Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas
1h 50m
1972

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK

2/19 Thurs: 5:00pm
2/22 Sun: 2:00pm
2/24 Tues: 8:00pm

Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress

Conservative young lawyer Paul Bratter marries the vivacious Corie Banks. Their highly passionate relationship descends into discord when they rent their first apartment – a rundown five-flight NYC walk-up with eccentric neighbors.

Directed by Gene Saks
Written by Neil Simon
Starring Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer
1h 46m
1967

INDECENT PROPOSAL

4K Restoration

2/15 Sun: 7:30pm
2/23 Mon: 5:00pm
2/25 Wed: 2:00pm

A billionaire offers $1,000,000 to a young married couple for one night with the wife.

Directed by Adrian Lyne
Written by Jack Engelhard & Amy Holden Jones
Starring Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson
1h 57m
1993

JEREMIAH JOHNSON

2/17 Tues: 5:00pm
2/22 Sun: 7:30pm
2/26 Thurs: 2:00pm

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.

Directed by Sydney Pollack
Written by Vardis Fisher, Raymond W. Thorp, Robert Bunker
Starring Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton
1h 48m
1972

THE NATURAL

2/15 Sun: 4:30pm
2/17 Tues: 2:00pm
2/20 Fri: 7:30pm
2/26 Thurs: 4:30pm

Four-time Academy Award nominee including Best Supporting Actress, and Cinematography

A middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.

Directed by Barry Levinson
Written by Bernard Malamud, Roger Towne, Phil Dusenberry
Starring Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close
2h 18m
1984

ORDINARY PEOPLE

4K Restoration

2/16 Mon: 8:00pm
2/19 Thurs: 2:00pm
2/22 Sun: 4:30pm
2/26 Thurs: 7:30pm

Six-time Academy Award nominee including Best Actress and Actor; winning four including Best Picture, Supporting Actor, Director, Screenplay

The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son.

Directed by Robert Redford
Written by Judith Guest, Alvin Sargent, Nancy Dowd
Starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch
2h 4m
1980

OUT OF AFRICA

4K Restoration

2/16 Mon: 2:00pm
2/18 Wed: 7:30pm
2/21 Sat: 2:00pm
2/24 Tues: 4:45pm

Eleven-time Academy Award nominee including Best Actress and Supporting Actor; winning seven including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, and Cinematography

In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.

Directed by Sydney Pollack
Written by Karen Blixen, Judith Thurman, Errol Trzebinski
Starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer
2h 41m
1985

THE STING

4K Restoration

2/17 Tues: 7:40pm
2/20 Fri: 4:30pm
2/23 Mon: 2:00pm
2/25 Wed: 4:45pm

Ten-time Academy Award nominee including Best Actor; winning seven including Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay

Two con men in 1930s Chicago. After a friend is killed by the mob, they try to get even by attempting to pull off the ultimate “sting.” No one is to be trusted as the twists unfold.

Directed by George Roy Hill
Written by David S. Ward
Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw
2h 9m
1973

THE WAY WE WERE

2/16 Mon: 5:20pm
2/18 Wed: 2:00pm
2/21 Sat: 8:00pm
2/24 Tues:2:00pm

Six-time Academy Award nominee including Best Actress and Cinematography; winning two for Best Song and Score

During post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.

Directed by Sydney Pollack
Written by Arthur Laurents, Paddy Chayefsky, Francis Ford Coppola
Starring Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman
1h 58m
1973