Rip Burt Reynolds

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Andy-M

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Always wanted a black trans-am since I was about 8 years old. One for my top ten garage. Slight problem "there rubbish"
 
Just reading this on MSN,

In John Boorman's Deliverance (1972), based on a book by James Dickey, Reynolds starred as macho survivalist Lewis Medlock, one of four guys from Atlanta who head to the wilderness for the weekend. Filmed by Vilmos Zsigmond along the Chattooga River near the Georgia-South Carolina border, it was an arduous production that Boorman shot in sequence.

"When I asked John why, he said, 'In case one of you drowns,' " Reynolds wrote.

He had good reason. When Reynolds saw test footage of a dummy in a canoe going over the falls in one scene, he told Boorman the scene looked fake. He climbed into the canoe, was sent crashing into the rocks and ended up in the hospital. "I asked [Boorman] how [the new footage] looked, and he said, 'Like a dummy going over the falls,' " Reynolds wrote.

Squeal little Piggy ...

Tony.
 
Thought he was older. Great comedy actor
 
RIP chap. A good innings though.
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Forgot he was in Cannonball Run as well.
Was some stars and Motors in those films.
 
"My movies were the kind they show in prisons and airplanes, because nobody can leave".
Burt Reynolds
 
To be fair I was bit of a fan, enjoyed quite a lot of his films, and who didn't like the Bandit flicks ;);)
 
He did not seem to take himself or acting too seriously. Top bloke.
 
So sad , brilliant actor :(
 
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