Burt Reynolds
 

Old Burt Reynolds made some great action films in his day too:-
Hooper
Sharky's Machine (One of my favourites)
Malone (1987) Where's the dvd ?.Would be uncut too now restoring an earclap (In the BBC 1 screenings !)
Smokey & The Bandit (Great fun the first two)
Deliverance (Boy those Mountain Men still give me the creeps !)
Shamus
Gator
White Lightning
Navajo Joe (Enjoyable Spaghetti western)
100 Rifles (great Jerry Goldsmith score reused for The Last Hard Men)

Squeel like a pig!

CITY HEAT,DELIVERANCE and SHARKY'S MACHINE are my faves.

I can't stop watching the opening credits to Gator on youtube.Jerry Reed singing the ballad of Gator Mclusky......classic :)

Deliverance and Sharky's Machine (with its awesome soundtrack) are two of my Reynolds favourites. I also still like the original Mean Machine (The Longest Yard).

It's sad that Reynolds was reduced to advertising specs.
His turn in BOOGIE NIGHTS was also superb.

Havent seen that many of his films but i do like;

Navjo Joe
Cannonball Run
Deliverence
Bean
The Longest Yard ( both )

I sat through a diabolical mess of his called Stroker Ace once. One of the worst films I've ever seen. :ack:

Hooper is great, made me want to be a stuntman when i was little (that and The Fall Guy TV series!) :biggrin:

The man has great charisma and is larger than life on screen. Deliverance is obviously a classic but I like him best in his roles as 'Smokey and the Bandit' and 'Cannonball Run' I think.

He was made for the 80's!

Agreed, was inspired casting for that role.

So do i and i've seen both films umpteen times.

Reynolds' just seems so at home behind the wheel in both the above classics.

I never thought much of SATB 2 but i love the third entry despite Burt's brief cameo at the climax.

TCR 2 isn't all that bad either imo.:)

Reynolds was good in Hustle too though it wasn't one of Aldrich's best.

One thing I would love to see some day is the original version of Smokey & The Bandit part 3.It was fiilmed as Smokey Is The Bandit and Featured Jackie Gleason playing Beauford T. Justice and The Bandit but they re-filmed most of it when they brought in Jerry Reed as Snowman/Bandit.It would be interesting to see.

Burt was great when he turned up in My Name Is Earl too. I think sometimes the power of the personality of "Burt" overshadows what a varied and fine actor he can be.

Sharky's Machine is long overdue for an uncut UK release.

is he
 

Has Reynolds ever been a good action star?

An interesting and intriguing concept to be sure. Personally, i love the third SATB entry as it stands and make no mistake, Gleason dominates this film from start to finish. The opening credits montage alone has me creased everytime, especially the OAP exercise class moment!:lol:

only got DELIVERENCE w/Reynolds in and hes good the excellent film by Boorman
but the CANNONBALL RUN and SMOKEY films were shit
I saw THE MEAN MACHINE and HUSTLE and he was good in them
but hes not in the same league of course as Schwarzenegger as an action star!

The underrated MALONE is now out in Germany from Ascot Elite:).Uncut as it's the FSK 18 release and it will have the double ear-clap cut from the UK video by the BBFC intact.
http://www.amazon.de/Malone-Nichts-w...eywords=malone

Malone is such a badass film, you got Reynolds, Cliff Robertson and Hershal off of the Walking dead, a giant barn explosion and Reynold's blowing holes into people and not a hair is out of place. It's been on MGM-HD a few times. Will definitely get the blu as the only other release is the MGM ON Demand release that's about $25.

Disc came today & looks great, so the Blu Ray release should look even better.Nice original poster art on back of sleeve too minus the large FSK ratings.

Nice! Which poster though? US or German?

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/06/puzyvyma.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/06/usuquras.jpg

The German one on the right which is far better IMHO.The title MALONE on the dvd sleeve looks better too in white without the 'pink filling'.

Lovely. Might have to order it next payday. :)

Has anyone any opinions on White Lightning and Gator?

I don't know either film but both sound interesting.

Yeah they're pretty good. And Jerry Reed is his usual great self as the villain Bama McCall in Gator. The main title song, The Ballad of Gator McKlusky, sung by Reed is all kinds of awesome too.

http://youtu.be/vKCMI3gJSv4

Thanks Stephen. They are under a fiver each on Amazon so i think i'll pick them up. :)

Reynolds' best movie? Silent Movie! :nod: :love:

Surely you meant Cop And A Half? :D

I loved White Lightning, very cool film, I found Gator a little disappointing but still worth a punt.