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Burt Reynolds: 'Nude photo cost Deliverance Oscar glory' -
28 October 2012
-Hollywood icon Burt Reynolds still regrets posing nude for a women's magazine in the 1970s as he fears the centrefold hurt his movie Deliverance's chances at the Academy Awards.-The actor caused a stir and became a sex symbol in 1972 after he stripped off and posed na
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Reynolds said no to Bond -
3 September 2004
Burt Reynolds claims he turned down the chance to play superspy James Bond.-The Smokey and the Bandit star said he was offered the part in 1969, after Sean Connery stepped down.-But he turned down the part - for the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service - believing whoe
Burt Reynolds - what members say
review by from Manchester, England
Im a star, Im a star, Im a big bright shining star. 30 January 2005
review by from London, England
Top notch movie 22 March 2004
review by from Thatcham, Berkshire
Fastastic array of stars & cars 13 April 2007
Burt Reynolds - filmography
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In the Name of the King - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Kristanna Loken, Claire Forlani, Brian J. White
Director: Uwe Boll
Certificate: 
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Fantasy/adventure adaptation of the video game 'Dungeon Siege'. In the kingdom of Ehb, Farmer (Jason Statham) leads a simple life, eking out a living off the land, and providing for his family. But when the kingdom is invaded by the ruthless Gallian (Ray Liotta), who imprisons the King (Burt ..read more »
 
49%
from 2,263 members
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Deal
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Bret Harrison
Director: Gil Cates Jr.
Certificate: 
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Tommy Vinson is an ex-gambler who quit the game of Texas Hold'em over 30 years ago after missing a family emergency and swearing to his wife, Helen, "never again." Tommy tries to be content with his luggage business but while watching a poker tournament on television, he sees someone who reminds ..read more »
57%
from 733 members
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The Longest Yard
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Walter Williamson, Burt Reynolds, James Cromwell
Director: Peter Segal
Certificate:
Comedy about a pro quarterback Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) and former college champion and coach Nate Scarboro (Burt Reynolds), who are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a ..read more »
63%
from 42,251 members
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Grilled
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Kevin James, Kim Coates, Burt Reynolds
Director: Jason Ensler
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Comedy starring Ray Romano. Maurice (Romano) and Dave (Kevin James) are meat salesmen roving the San Fernando Valley on the lookout for clients to buy their line of prime-cut steaks. Once they get a hold of the hottest leads in town, Maurice and Dave embark on a comedic adventure spiked with danger ..read more »
44%
from 682 members
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End Game
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Christa Campbell, Peter Greene, James Woods
Director: Andy Cheng
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Political thriller opening with a presidential assassination and following a perilous path of intrigue. Cuba Gooding Jr. plays a Secret Service Agent in charge of the president's protection detail. He blames himself for his team's failure and quits his post only to become obsessed with solving the ..read more »
55%
from 10,338 members
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Dukes of Hazzard
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Steve Lemme, Jessica Simpson, Jessica Simpso
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Certificate:
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Hazzard County boasts some of the most axel-busting back roads, hair-raising moonshine, and best-looking farm girls in all of Georgia -- and the Duke boys enjoy all three -- frequently. The Duke's family business is moonshine, and the boys' Uncle Jesse concocts the tastiest brew in Dixie. More ..read more »
52%
from 47,873 members
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Without a Paddle
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Abraham Benrubi, Bonnie Somerville, Christina Moore
Director: Steven Brill
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Steven Brill directs this comedy adventure starring Seth Green, Matthew Lillard and Dax Shepard as three Philadelphia urbanites who find themselves in deep water when a canoeing trip on the Columbia River in Oregon spirals out of control. Their late friend Billy had told the hapless trio about an ..read more »
59%
from 31,051 members
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Miss Lettie And Me
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Charles Robinson, Irma P. Hall, Mary Tyler Moore
Director: Ian Barry
Certificate: 
Burt Reynolds and Mary Tyler Moore star in this heart-warming drama. Lettie Anderson (Moore) is an emotionally distant landowner who finds her orderly life disrupted when her 9-year-old niece Travis (Holliston Coleman) comes to stay. While Travis strikes up a friendship with kindly farmhand Isaiah (..read more »
43%
from 35 members
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Driven
(2001)
Starring: Kip Pardue, Estella Warren, Gina Gershon
Director: Renny Harlin
Certificate: 
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Talented but unfocused rookie Jimmy Bly is slipping in the rankings, cracking under pressure from his ambitious promoter brother. It doesn't help that Bly is pursuing an affair with Sophia, the girlfriend of his nemesis, top racer Beau Brandenburg. With so much riding on Bly, seasoned car owner ..read more »
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from 1,346 member
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Hotel
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Rhys Ifans, Max Beesley, Lucy Liu
Director: Mike Figgis
Certificate: 
Mike Figgis' partly-improvised drama about a film crew who come to Venice to make a movie version of John Webster's 'The Duchess of Malfi'. The filmmakers assemble at the Hungaria Hotel, where director Trent Stoken (Rhys Ifans) begins putting the actors through their paces, and tries to deal with ..read more »
37%
from 670 members
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The Last Producer
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Lauren Holly, Rod Steiger, Burt Reynolds
Director: Burt Reynolds
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Burt Reynolds directs and stars in this comedy-caper about a has-been film producer (Reynolds) who realises that a script he has seen will salvage his reputation and be the hottest property of the year. However, he has to raise $50,000 and there is a younger film executive on his trail who will ..read more »
39%
from 58 members
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Mystery Alaska
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria, Lolita Davidovich
Director: Jay Roach
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Offbeat comedy directed by Jay Roach ('Austin Powers'), written by David E Kelley ('Ally McBeal') and starring Russell Crowe and Burt Reynolds. The hockey-loving village of Mystery, Alaska may look cold from the outside - but behind closed doors lie all manner of hot scandals and steamy secrets. ..read more »
69%
from 965 members
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Hard Time - The Premonition
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Gigi Rice, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
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Burt Reynolds stars as tough Florida cop Logan McQueen in this thriller sequel. Imprisoned after taking the fall for his partner in a corruption case, Logan now finds himself locked up with the killers and scumbags he helped put away in the first place. But when a series of violent attacks rocks ..read more »
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from 31 members
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Pups
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Cameron Van Hoy, Kurt Loder, David Graf
Director: Ash
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This film chronicles the story of a rebellious teenager, Stevie (Cameron Von Hoy), who finds his mother's gun and decides, along with his girlfriend, to rob a bank. The boy's absurd demands are then negotiated as the tension rises in the bank in this post modern response to the growing trend of ..read more »
53%
from 171 members
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Hard Time
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Roddy Piper, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning
Director: Burt Reynolds
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Made-for-television crime thriller directed by and starring Burt Reynolds. Logan McQueen (Reynolds) is a tough Miami cop with years of experience on the force. But after a routine stakeout goes dramatically wrong, McQueen finds himself framed for murder and behind bars. Breaking out of a maximum ..read more »
46%
from 67 members
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Crazy Six
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Mario Van Peebles, Burt Reynolds, Rob Lowe
Director: Albert Pyun
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Mafia families have taken control of weapons and technology smuggling in the newly emergent countries of Eastern Europe. Crazy Six (Rob Lowe) decides to hit back against the Mafia stronghold, teaming up with Mao (Mario Van Peebles) to rip off those gangs run by Raul (Ice-T). However, when Mao ..read more »
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from 123 members
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Boogie Nights - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: Thomas Jane, William H. Macy, Tony Te
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Certificate:
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During disco's Seventies heyday, 17-year-old busboy Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg, aka former hip hop star Marky Mark) is looking for a break when he is spotted by veteran porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds). Horner rechristens Eddie 'Dirk Diggler' and makes him a star of adult cinema. Eddie ..read more »
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from 1,170 member
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Boogie Nights
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Thomas Jane, William H. Macy, Tony Te
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Certificate:
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While set within the milieu of the Los Angeles adult film industry, Boogie Nights is less a film about pornography than the serio-comic story of a group of misfits, losers, and lost souls who are embraced by Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), a director who makes adult films, exotic motion pictures. In ..read more »
66%
from 17,694 members
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Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Sandra Oh, Pamela Reed, John Mills
Director: Mel Smith
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Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson) has obtained a job as an attendant at the National Gallery in London. He enjoys the protection of the chairman, but the gallery's governors are keen to be rid of him. When the Grierson Gallery in Los Angeles asks for an expert to give a speech on the recently-purchased ..read more »
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from 6,146 members
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Striptease
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Paul Guilfoyle, Demi Moore, Ving Rhames
Director: Andrew Bergman
Certificate:
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Erin Grant (Demi Moore) is willing to work as a stripper in order to earn enough money to win custody of her daughter from errant husband Darrell. In so doing she attracts the attentions of perverse congressman David Dilbeck (Burt Reynolds), who is keen for a private audience. Dilbeck is also ..read more »
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from 2,614 members
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Cop And A Half
(1992)
Starring: Norman D. Golden II, Burt Reynolds
Director: Henry Winkler
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A streetwise 8-year-old boy witnesses a murder, but refuses to describe what he saw to the police unless they let him join the force for a day. He is teamed up with a child-hating tough cop (Burt Reynolds) and as they go through the inevitable bonding process, the murderer tries to track down the ..read more »
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from 118 members
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All Dogs Go To Heaven
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Loni Anderson, Melba Moore
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
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One of the most expensive of Don Bluth's animated cartoon features, All Dogs Go to Heaven was also among the most successful. Set in late-'30s New Orleans, the story centers upon a roguish German shepherd named Charlie B. Barkin (voice of Burt Reynolds), who is killed early in the proceedings by ..read more »
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from 1,992 member
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Breaking In
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Casey Siemaszko, Albert Salmi, Lorraine Toussaint
Director: Bill Forsyth
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Crime comedy caper directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Burt Reynolds as Ernie, an ageing professional burglar who takes on a young apprentice, Mike (Casey Siemaszko). It soon becomes clear to Ernie that Mike's approach to living a life of crime is very different to his own: while Ernie plays it safe ..read more »
56%
from 163 members
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Physical Evidence
(1988)
Starring: Ted McGinley, Theresa Russell, Ned Beatty
Director: Michael Crichton
Certificate:
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Burt Reynolds stars a Joe Paris, a copper who drinks too much and may also be guilty of a little murder. Jenny Hudson is a beautiful lawyer with a promising future. They're worlds apart, but when she's appointed to defend him they are drawn into a nightmare world of police corruption, mob violence ..read more »
54%
from 126 members
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Stick
(1985)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, George Segal
Director: Burt Reynolds
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Ernest (Stick) Stickley returns from prison, and very soon he gets involved with his old friend in a drug-running deal that goes sour. Hired by a rich investor, he tries to walk the line, but trouble follows him throughout as he tries to collect a debt and make up for lost time with his daughter. ..read more »
76%
from 3 members
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City Heat
(1984)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn
Director: Richard Benjamin
Certificate:
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Kansas City 1930's. Prohibition rules and the mobs run the streets. Clint Eastwood is hard-nosed Lt. Speer, a cop with an unhealthy disrespect for Private Investigators who do things their own way. Burt Reynolds is Mike Murphy, a P.I. who does what he likes and doesn't mind letting Speer know it.
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61%
from 945 members
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Stroker Ace
(1983)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Jim Nabors
Director: Hal Needham
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Stroker Ace is a flamboyant, skirt-chasing race car driver. In between crashing and smashing autos, Stroker is trying to get out of a promotional contract which requires him to wear an embarrassing chicken suit -- which could seriously hinder his pursuit of the buxom public relations executive who ..read more »
55%
from 17 members
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The Cannonball Run
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Jamie Farr, Dom DeLuise, Sammy Davis Jr.
Director: Hal Needham
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Star-studded car chase comedy from Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham, the same actor-director partnership behind such classics as 'Hooper' and 'Smokey and the Bandit'. The action focuses on a mixed bunch of people who have come together to take part in an illegal coast-to-coast car race across America. ..read more »
67%
from 4,426 members
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Sharky's Machine
(1981)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Henry Silva
Director: Burt Reynolds
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Someone, it would appear, has taken over the underworld activities of Atlanta, Georgia - Drugs, call-girls, political pay-offs and murder - and a new kingpin is calling all the shots. Undercover cop Tom Sharky (Burt Reynolds) knows him only as 'The Ace'.
The trouble is that Sharky, once the best, ..read more »
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from 49 members
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Starting Over
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Jill Clayburgh, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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Comedy drama starring Burt Reynolds. Phil Potter (Reynolds) is a recently divorced man who falls in love with another woman after relocating to Boston and joining a divorced men's therapy group. Marilyn (Jill Clayburgh) is a teacher who is wary of starting a relationship with someone who has just ..read more »
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from 100 members
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Smokey And The Bandit 2 and 3
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Paul Williams
Director: Hal Needham
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In Smokey and the Bandit 2: A raucous political race results in the comeback of the wild ways of the Bandit. Once again he is pursued by arch-enemy Sheriff Buford T. Justice, who is still madly obsessed with aprehending him. But this time the loot is even bigger - a pregnant elephant.
In Smokey and ..read more »
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from 1,512 member
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Rough Cut
(1980)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven
Director: Don Siegel
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A romantic comedy with action and suspense. Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels. Despite a continuous exchange of quips they eventually become romantically involved.
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from 5 members
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The End
(1978)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field
Director: Burt Reynolds
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Wendell Lawson has only 6 months to live. Not wanting to live his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take his own life. He enlists the help of a humorously delusional mental patient, and the movie chronicles his many unsuccessful attempts to kill himself. Will he ever succeed...?
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from 17 members
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Hooper
(1978)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field
Director: Hal Needham
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When it comes to life-threatening exploits, they don't get any better than those of professional stuntman Sonny Hooper - until now. Although Sonny's body is feeling the effects of his very long and successful career, the appearance of a charismatic rival on the scene causes him to attempt the most ..read more »
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from 85 members
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Smokey And The Bandit
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Macon McCalman, Paul Williams, Mike Henry
Director: Hal Needham
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Bootlegging truck driver the Bandit (Burt Reynolds) bets a Texan millionaire (Pat McCormick) that he can smuggle a consignment of prohibited beer across state lines from Texas to Atlanta in just over a day. Cue an extended car chase across the country, with Jackie Gleason playing the dim-witted ..read more »
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from 3,641 members
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Smokey And The Bandit - Blu-ray
(1977)
Starring: Paul Williams, Mike Henry, Jerry Reed
Director: Hal Needham
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Bootlegging truck driver the Bandit (Burt Reynolds) bets a Texan millionaire (Pat McCormick) that he can smuggle a consignment of prohibited beer across state lines from Texas to Atlanta in just over a day. Cue an extended car chase across the country, with Jackie Gleason playing the dim-witted ..read more »
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from 66 members
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Semi-Tough
(1977)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh
Director: Michael Ritchie
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SEMI-TOUGH is an easygoing satire about two football stars who contend for the same woman, who just happens to be the coach's daughter. The film contains numerous parodies of the self-improvement craze of the 1970s.
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from 9 members
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Gator
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Jerry Reed, Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston
Director: Burt Reynolds
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Moonshine runner Gator McKlusky (Burt Reynolds) is on the run again in this sequel to 'White Lightning' - or so he thinks. In fact, the Feds want him to go undercover for them and investigate his old friend, Bama McCall (Jerry Reed), who is now a crime boss. Gator is reluctant until he discovers ..read more »
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from 193 members
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Nickelodeon
(1976)
Starring: Tatum O'Neal, Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
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Story of the silent film era betweeen 1910 and 1915. It pays homage to some of the great directors during this time, showing in parts the way they directed their films. Ryan O'Neal plays the film director.
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from 136 members
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Silent Movie
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, James Caan
Director: Mel Brooks
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Silent Movie is just that: a totally nonverbal comedy, save for one single line. Director Mel Brooks stars as a once-famous comedy director, who with his faithful assistants Dom DeLuise and Marty Feldman return to Hollywood with plans for a comeback. Brooks wants to return to the good old days by ..read more »
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from 800 members
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The Longest Yard
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Ed Lauter, Harry Caesar, Eddie Albert
Director: Robert Aldrich
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Burt Reynolds plays a prisoner, convicted for drunk driving, who organises an American football match between his fellow prisoners and the prison wardens. For the prisoners, the aim is to get revenge for the harsh treatment they have received; for the wardens, who have been told by the prison chief ..read more »
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from 1,348 member
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Shamus
(1973)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon, John P. Ryan
Director: Buzz Kulik
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Reynolds proves his star-power as McCoy, a tough pool player turned private eye. He's hired by a millionaire to find the killer of a known diamond thief. On the trail, he uncovers a ring of gun runners and illegal arms dealing, along with a willing woman (Dyan Cannon) who thinks her brother is ..read more »
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White Lightning
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Ned Beatty, Burt Reynolds, Bo Hopkins
Director: Joseph Sargent
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Action thriller starring Burt Reynolds as moonshine runner Gator McClusky. When the police arrest him, McKlusky is offered a deal: name his associates in the moonshine operation, and he will be released from jail. McKlusky agrees to the deal, but mainly for reasons of personal revenge: the ..read more »
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from 279 members
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Deliverance
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Jon Voight
Director: John Boorman
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Adapted from James Dickey's popular novel, John Boorman's 1972 movie recounts the grueling psychological and physical journey taken by four city slickers down a river in the backwoods of Georgia. At the behest of Iron John-esque Lewis (Burt Reynolds), the less adventuresome Ed (Jon Voight), Bobby (..read more »
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from 16,196 members
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Shark
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Francisco Reygyera, Arthur Kennedy, Burt Reynolds
Director: Samuel Fuller
Certificate:
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In this actioner, a gun runner gets a job as a marine biologist while stranded in the Middle East. He quickly finds out that his new employer and his wife are really treasure seekers looking for bullion. Unfortunately, the gold lies in deep, shark-filled water. Tragically, while the movie was being ..read more »
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from 139 members
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100 Rifles
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Jim Brown, Eric Braeden, Burt Reynolds
Director: Tom Gries
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Jim Brown, Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch star in this late-1960s action Western set in turn-of-the-century Mexico. Reynolds plays Yaqui Joe, an Indian who robs a bank in order to buy guns for his repressed people, and subsequently flees to Mexico pursued by American lawman Sheriff Lyedecker (Brown)..read more »
57%
from 44 members
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Navajo Joe
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Burt Reynold, Burt Reynolds, Aldo Sambrell
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Certificate:
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A band of outlaws, headed by a sullen leader named Duncan, sweeps across the country like the plague, destroying everything in its path, including an entire Indian village. The outlaws arrive in the town of Esperanza, where they are hired by a crooked doctor to hijack a bank train and share in the ..read more »
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from 112 members
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The Boy From Wolf Mountain
on DVD
Starring: Jason Priestley, Burt Reynolds
Director: Roderick J. Pridy
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Family drama starring Burt Reynolds and Jason Priestley. When young Aaron McGregor (Devin Douglas Drewitz) is orphaned, he is sent to live with an emotionally distant aunt and uncle who reluctantly take him in while still wrestling with their own personal demons. To make matters worse, Aaron is ..read more »
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