My childhood would have never been the same without Star Wars and Smokey and the Bandit. As a early “cable kid” I probably watched Hooper a hundred times.
Actually got to meet him when I worked set security for the film Striptease. And nobody ever saved the day like his character did in Deliverance.
Probably more capable an actor than he will ever get credit for. Never completely understood the attraction to Sally Field, especially given how many smoking hot actresses he nailed, but whatever.
My mom was a diehard Burt Reynolds fan, so I got to see all his good movies and all his bad ones when I was a kid. I’ve seen Smokey and the Bandit so many times I couldn’t even estimate how many times.
Hooper is possibly the only other movie of his besides Smokey that I would own.
Watch “The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing.” One guy is beaten to death (takes him a few scenes to die), and the guy that beats him up gets shot in the junk IIRC.
That’s the one, that was actually Bruce Lee protege Dan Inosanto doing the finger cutting, and I always was a fan of Rachel Ward. One of the few 80s films from Renoylds that I like.
Not to piss on Burt’s funeral but what is the story on him being gay or at least bi?? I lived in Savannah during the time he filmed there. Local news found him at every gay/trans bar in town. I don’t give a rat’s ass how he swung but don’t like how MSM is portraying him as a ladies man. I would feel more comfortable if MSM just heralded his accomplishments on film.
Probably hung out at homo bars because he felt like it. Doesn’t really make him gay. Maybe he got more free drinks that way. And there is a lot of foundation for the “ladies man” stuff, he’s probably banged more hot chicks than you could in three lifetimes.
I am 54 years old and this is literally the first time I’ve heard of it. Can’t say it’s not true but I think with homosexuality not having the stigma it used to he would have admitted it before going to his grave.