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1. Various of the mountains surrounding Boulder
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Cregut, Robert Redford fan:
“I lived in Boulder for 10 years, and I feel proud of the city and our connection to Robert Redford.”
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Cregut, Robert Redford fan:
“There’s going to be a huge missing piece to the history of this city with his passing.”
4. Various of the Boulder Theater downtown
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Cregut, Robert Redford fan:
“You know, we’re coming to a point where we’re losing a whole generation of actors that, again, were kind of part of my growing up and my whole relationship to movies. And he’s just one more.”
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Cregut, Robert Redford fan:
“I think he was a real strong advocate, obviously, with the Sundance Film Festival, of bringing quality films and giving non-mainstream filmmakers an opportunity to have their films shown. Yeah, so I guess that’s what I would say is his legacy, other than being incredibly handsome and debonair and just an amazing guy.”
7. Tight shot of the Boulder Theater sign
8. Various of people along the downtown pedestrian mall
9. Exterior of The Sink Restaurant & Bar, where Redford once worked
10. Framed photograph of Redford
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Germain, Robert Redford fan:
“It’s sad, you know, all the icons that I grew up with in the movies, they’re passing or they’re doing movies where they’re playing older people. But that really, to me, that wasn’t who Redford was. He was a young, vivacious guy, and his movies, they showed that.”
12. Various of a mural in The Sink depicting Redford
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13. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Germain, Robert Redford fan:
“A lot of the young people today I don’t think really know who he is. It’s us older folks who remember the movies that he’s been in. His legacy will be that he was a great actor, he cared about the country, he cared about people. Like I say, he wasn’t a flash. He was a real person.”
14. Various of a mural in The Sink depicting Redford
15. Framed photograph of Redford
STORYLINE:
Fans are mourning the death of Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema.
Redford died Tuesday “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” publicist Cindi Berger said in a statement. He died in his sleep, but no cause was provided. Redford was 89.
After rising to stardom in the 1960s, Redford was one of the biggest stars of the ’70s with such films as “The Candidate,” “All the President’s Men” and “The Way We Were,” capping that decade with the best director Oscar for 1980’s “Ordinary People,” which also won best picture in 1980. His wavy blond hair and boyish grin made him the most desired of leading men, but he worked hard to transcend his looks — whether through his political advocacy, his willingness to take on unglamorous roles or his dedication to providing a platform for low-budget movies.
By 2025, the festival had become so prominent that organizers decided they had outgrown Park City and approved relocating to Boulder, Colorado, starting in 2027. Redford, who had attended the University of Colorado Boulder, issued a statement saying that “change is inevitable, we must always evolve and grow, which has been at the core of our survival.”
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