Not sure if you’re aware but the always-excellent Larry will be doing a Burt Reynolds blog-a-thon all month – and seriously, you do not want to miss it. Larry’s awesome. He’s got a great eye. Wonderful critic. Larry makes it clear in his first post that it’s not going to be a “love-a-thon”. There is much to criticize, and much that might fall short. But it is a celebration nonetheless, of a real workhorse, a guy who gives the impression that he has ALWAYS been there.
Overview – click through to see all the full posts:
The Burt Reynolds-a-Thon: first post. Love it. Read the whole thing. Excerpt:
Some 30 years after his peak of stardom, you never have to ask: Burt Who?
His post on Deliverance. Excerpt from post:
It beggars belief that “Deliverance” was not nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound. There are very few movies (maybe only Malick’s movies) that make me feel as if I have plunged into the natural world depicted on screen. “Deliverance” drops you into the wild. It’s as if you’re shooting along an untamed river, full of fear and wonder and adrenaline. You see it â and hear it.
His post on Sharky’s Machine. Excerpt from post:
It’s a film that deserves a serious reappraisal from critics.
I seriously agree with that.
His post on Burt singing. Excerpt:
Maybe he’s a little embarrassed at exposing himself so nakedly? A little tentative about it? Can you imagine any of today’s stars giving you a glimpse of their feelings like Reynolds does here?
His post on Boogie Nights. Excerpt from post:
It doesn’t seem like he’s doing much more than being Burt Reynolds (the on-screen construct), but that is acting, let’s remember.
His post on The Longest Yard. Excerpt:
Still, movies that end well earn a lot of forgiveness, and âThe Longest Yardâ ends with a slam-bang football game between the guards and the inmates that is as exciting as you could want it to be.
I love this post. Burt Reynolds on Angie Dickinson. Ha!!
His post on Semi-Tough. Excerpt from post:
All I could remember was that it was a football movie. But watching it again, I was thrilled to discover one of the overlooked ’70s movies, and one of the overlooked Burt Reynolds performances, a film ripe for consideration among the era’s classics.
Great stuff, Larry – I look forward to more. Burt Reynolds and Cary Grant were very good friends, in the last decade and a half of Cary’s life. Somehow that does not surprise me at all.
“All Burt. All month.”
God, I love the internet.
Isn’t it the best?
Yep. I love the idea that someone would wake up one day and decide “you know what? I’m going to write about the performances of Burt Reynolds for a month.” It’s awesome.
Emily – I’d really have to plan ahead to keep up with something like that!! I can’t wait to see what else he writes.
Oh. And Feb. 9 approaches. Madison Square Garden 1980 hockey post coming up!! It’s really just a compilation of quotes I found – but I think it’s going to be fun!!
Me either. I love Burt Reynolds!
I can’t wait for that post! I’m going to be away for the weekend, so I’ll probably have to wait until Monday to read it.
In honor of Burt Month, I’m going to grow a mustache and spend every day with half my shirt buttons undone.
Nightfly–for myself, I’m going to pose for Cosmopolitan…on a bear rug.
im gonna hang out with Dom Deluise and Charles Nelson Reilly!
I don’t want to be left out of the fun. Hell, I’m going to drive a Trans Am really fast in front of a truck hauling beer from Texarkana to Georgia.
I will make sweet yet commanding and impassioned love to Lani Anderson.
I think we got ourselves a helluva party, people.
this is the BEST game ever…im gonna give it to sexy milf Dinah Shore..hard and often!
Coors beer in a can, people!
Of course, that can only mean one thing – Larry’s post on “Smokey and the Bandit” is now up.
I’m going to get as many of my famous pals together as possible and race across the country.
I’m going to make “Man Law” commercials.
I’m going to shoot whipped cream down Johnny Carson’s pants–or something like that. Then giggle like a little girl.
Then, I’m going to kill an Arkansas “woodsman” with just a bow and arrow, just to change things up.
I’m having a quickie with Sally Field right now.
I’m posting this for Nate… for Granny… for Caretaker…
This thread is teh awesome, by the way.
Sheila–Did you really like her?
im gonna let TMJ syndrome de-rail my career..but only for a while!
Sumbitch! You people are funny.
I’m going to love that series/cat dancing.
The craziest story about Burt Reynolds I remember is how around the time Deliverance came out, he was considered for the role of James Bond. (“Great actor. He’s an American, but we’re sure audiences will accept him.” Not an exact quote.)
And it looks like I read that in a Cary Grant bio. (Duh. I forgot I did a post on that story 3 years ago.)