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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.

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The list of movies he turned down is quite impressive - Nicholson's role in Terms of Endearment, Harrison Ford in Star Wars and Bruce Willis in Die Hard. I never did see the movie about the porn industry in the 70s, should probably remedy that.

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RIP dude.

His appearances on Carson were always entertaining.

Consider me a fan as Smokey and the Bandit, Deliverance and White Lightning and three movies I never seem to get tired of. Sharky's Machine and Gator are not too bad either.

Best Burt Reynolds impersonation is always Norm MacDonald.

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R.I.P.

His performance in Boogie Nights was certainly quite good, even excellent. Of course, his screen time was pretty limited.

Deliverance was a classic, though I think Jon Voight had the more outstanding performance.

As a young actor, he did a dead-on and hilarious impersonation of Brando in a Twilight Zone episode.

 

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14 minutes ago, Brad said:

I’m not sure of all the outpouring for him. He was a rather ordinary actor, emphasizing that good old boy character, which I found tiresome. 

Or he would say he was afraid to take a chance and when he wanted to show what he could do he wasn't getting the offers. Deliverance was certainly a strong performance and who knows what we would think if he took the Terms of Endearment role.

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27 minutes ago, Dan Gould said:

Or he would say he was afraid to take a chance and when he wanted to show what he could do he wasn't getting the offers. Deliverance was certainly a strong performance and who knows what we would think if he took the Terms of Endearment role.

The Lingest Yard is the other movie that stands out. 

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2 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

But isn't that the same good ole boy character? What I like about that film is Eddie Albert playing so far against type.  Or at least far against type for the characters I saw him play.

Yes, and that’s when I ceased watching his movies, not that I had seen anything but Deliverance. 

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