Robert Redford: Hollywood's Golden Boy - The Sunday Story
The Story21 Sep 2025

Robert Redford: Hollywood's Golden Boy - The Sunday Story

With his looks, charisma and string of hits, Robert Redford, who died this week, was the face of Hollywood cinema in the 1970's. But he was so much more than a pretty face, and quickly moved into directing and producing awards winning films, before pivoting to focus on what really mattered to him: the Sundance Film Festival, to support independent film. Despite his huge public profile, Robert Redford remained an elusive, unknowable and very private man.


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Guest: Anna Temkin, deputy obituaries editor for The Times, Ed Potton, arts commissioning editor for The Times.

Host: Rosie Wright

Producer: Shabnam Grewal

Read more: Robert Redford obituary: elusive legend of the big screen

Further listening:

Clips:

  • @SAGAFTRAFoundation, CBS Sunday Morning,
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ClippTM & © Fox (1969) Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation;
  • Raindrops keep falling on my head (B.J. Thomas version): Songwriters: Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Original Publishers: BMG Gold Songs, Songs of Fujimusic, New Hidden Valley Music, Pw Arrangements, and Universal Music Corp.

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