With the death of Robert Redford in September, 2025, the film community lost an artist who had an indelible effect on the art and commerce of the medium. His acting career alone would have been remarkable, appearing in 50 films over a sixty-year span, including four Best Picture nominees. But his only Oscar was earned for his introduction behind the camera, as the director of Ordinary People. Over another four decades, Redford produced and directed films of thoughtful insight. And yet, his most lasting impact may be felt through his founding and nurturing of the Sundance Film Festival in 1978, and its associated programs, providing a spotlight and fostering for independent filmmaking. A collaboration between The Dryden Theatre and The Little Theatre, this fourteen-film retrospective recognizes just some of the highlights of this storied career.
Dates and Titles:
February 14: The Way We Were (Sydney Pollack, US 1973, 118 min., DCP)
February 28: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969, 110 min., 35mm) - Little Theatre
March 7: Barefoot in the Park (Gene Saks, US 1967, 106 min., DCP)
March 13: Out of Africa (Sydney Pollack, US 1985, 161 min., DCP) - Little Theatre
March 20: The Candidate (Michael Ritchie, US 1972, 110 min., 35mm)
March 21: Three Days of the Condor (Sydney Pollack, US 1975, 117 min., 35mm)
March 27: The Hot Rock (Peter Yates, US 1972, 101 min., DCP)
March 28: Ordinary People (Robert Redford, US 1980, 124 min., DCP)
April 1: The Natural (Barry Levinson, US 1984, 138 min., DCP)
April 11: Jeremiah Johnson (Sydney Pollack, US 1972, 108 min., DCP)
April 17: The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973, 129 min., DCP) - Little Theatre
April 18: The Electric Horseman (Sydney Pollack, US 1979, 121 min., 35mm)
April 24: A River Runs Through It (Robert Redford, US 1992, 123 min., 35mm)
April 25: Sneakers (Phil Alden Robinson, US 1992, 126 min., DCP)
Events in this Series
Sneakers (DCP)
Sundance Sunset: Remembering Robert Redford Returning to his spy roots from Three Days of the Condor and his con-man roots of The Sting, Robert Redford plays Martin Bishop, a 1960’s hacktivist who now runs a consulting firm that exposes the weaknesses in corporate security.
A River Runs Through It (35mm)
Sundance Sunset: Remembering Robert Redford Robert Redford’s third directorial effort was also the breakout film for a young Brad Pitt. Based on Norman Maclean’s semi-autobiographical novella, the film relates the early-twentieth century story of the Montana-based Maclean family: Reverend and Mrs. Maclean, Norman, and younger brother Paul.
The Electric Horseman (35mm)
Sundance Sunset: Remembering Robert Redford Broken-down rodeo champion Sonny Steele (Redford) is reduced to shilling cereal for his corporate bosses in a jeweled cowboy outfit braided with flashing lights. When Sonny is confronted with a mistreated horse at a Las Vegas event, however, he has reached his limit and publicly rides the horse out of the casino and down the strip.
Jeremiah Johnson (DCP)
Sundance Sunset: Remembering Robert Redford Around 1850, ex-soldier Johnson decides that he would rather live alone as a mountain man in Colorado than deal with society’s constraints. Johnson strives to live peaceably in the rugged environment, trading with a Crow tribe, adopting an orphaned boy, and marrying the daughter of a Flathead chief.
The Natural (DCP)
Sundance Sunset: Remembering Robert Redford In the late 1930s, the New York Knights sign unknown hitter Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford), a natural baseball player with a checkered past.