Burt Reynolds was the top box office draw in the world for five consecutive years in the late 1970s, largely on Smokey and the Bandit and its imitators. Deliverance and Boogie Nights are the serious performances, the latter bringing his only Academy Award nomination, which he was reportedly unhappy about taking.
Brian KeithSharky's Machine (1981) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Burt Reynolds directed himself in an Atlanta police thriller with a jazz score, a surveillance structure and a genuinely nasty streak, and it is the best film he…
Armand AssanteAndrew Bergman comedy based on Carl Hiaasen Florida political satire. Marketing compromised the substantive material.
Burt ReynoldsPaul Thomas Anderson's foundational ensemble masterpiece. Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds.
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