WTOP ranks the best films of Robert Redford, both as an actor and director.
Introduction
Robert Redford stars alongside Nick Nolte and Emma Thompson this weekend in the new hiking comedy “A Walk in the Woods,” based on the book of the same name by Bill Bryson.
Listen below for a review of “A Walk in the Woods,” then click through the gallery for a countdown of Redford’s best films, both as an actor and a director.
Whether it was teaching us to “follow the money” or inspiring聽the namesake of the聽Sundance Film Festival,聽Redford’s聽illustrious career spanned a multitude of genres, from political聽thrillers to western comedies, from tear-jerking聽romances to baseball fantasies.
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Hailed by The Washington Post for 鈥渉is savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.
