Robert Redford, the dashing actor and Oscar-winning director who eschewed his status as a Hollywood leading man to champion causes close to his heart, has died, according to his publicist Cindi Berger, Chairman and CEO of Rogers and Cowan PMK.
He was 89.
I had a conversation with Steve a long time ago about the movie Jeremiah Johnson starring Robert Redford.
I've met a number of people over the years who are very faithful at writing in their journals about all that is going on in their lives. I am not one of those types ... 😊 BUT, I have surprised myself about how much I enjoy writing on the Steem blockchain, which represents my first experience in being online. I've come to think of my writing "in here" as a journal of sorts. So ... This morning I am writing just a brief bit about this important milestone in my life and what it represents. With the last "sentence" now written in the last "chapter" of my life, the question is what will the opening "sentence" be in the next "chapter?"
I called Steve the King of the Rockies! I don't think he liked that nickname very much!😄
I assumed Steve lived in a state with a population of 580,000. I assumed he lived a lonely life in the vast Rocky Mountains! From my perspective, the vastness of America and its diverse natural environments and people have always amazed and awe me!
Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 American Western film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford as the title character and Will Geer as "Bear Claw" Chris Lapp. It is based partly on the life of the legendary mountain man John Jeremiah Johnson, recounted in Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker's book Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson and Vardis Fisher's 1965 novel Mountain Man. The script was written by John Milius and Edward Anhalt; the film was shot at various locations in Redford's adopted home state of Utah. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival on May 7, 1972, and was later released on December 21, 1972, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received very positive reviews from critics, and was a box-office success, earning $44.7 million against a budget of $3.1 million, making it the 6th highest grossing film of 1972.
Jeremiah Johnson is one of my favorite movies. For a time, I actually lived within 10 miles of where the cabin scene was filmed. Where he lived for a very short time in peace with his Indian wife and the little boy they "adopted."
My life is nothing like that and never was even close. The best I can do is say I have a lot of wonderful backpacking experiences in the high country of several mountain ranges. Both as a boy and later with my own children. Great memories ...
Uhhh, there is far more to the story than this ... 🤷♂️
I believe it was a sign of mutual respect. And that he was now safe. All previous Indian warriors sent to kill Jeremiah Johnson died at his hands . .. my father was about 1/4 of a mile away ... 😉 No. You are reference offending me. And my response is always the same ... 😉 I could write a whole post about what I responded the way I did, but ... No time for that ...
Good question. I do not know the answer to the 1st question. I last watched this movie many years ago, so I am going on an old memory. And the answer to your 2nd question? He definitely did not send any more of his warriors, so ... Certainly there was some at least grudging respect. If it was a chief, he did not have an unlimited supply of warriors to send. And ... Johnson had potentially already killed his best ... Don't know. Just speculation. And ... It was just a movie, so of course Robert Redford had to win! 😏😂 P.S. As a young man, I once was in a meeting where Robert Redford was invited to speak. He was in the prime of his career (mid 1970s ...) and his arrival was quite a spectacle and experience, as I was in the standing room only crowd. I still remember the gasps from the females in the audience as he slowly peeled off his sunglasses ... 😏
I feel a little embarrassed when I see my esteemed elder brother Steve answering my questions with infinite patience!😄
Steve still lives a very busy life, so I appreciate him taking the time for me!
It was fascinating to learn that Steve had seen Robert Redford speak in person when he was young! It was especially striking to me that American women were so captivated by Robert Redford!😲
Considering that the movie Jeremiah Johnson was filmed in the same place where Steve lives, it must have some very beautiful nature there!
So, Steve always boasts about the beauty and richness of the world he lives in!
Some of man's greatest historic feats of engineering involve our simple need for water! Are there any of these feats more impressive than the concrete arc dams built in recent history? Not only do these engineering marvels help solve water problems, but they are also massive sources of generation of hydroelectric power!
One such place is the awesome Flaming Gorge Dam and its 91 miles (146 km) long reservoir, in Northeastern Utah, with much of the reservoir in Southwestern Wyoming. This area is high desert country, with annual rainfall a paltry average of 1.2 inches (~ 3 cm) per year! Both the history and natural beauty of this area have resulted in it being named the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Here is a excellent description of it:
As I watched Steve travel across the American continent, I was overwhelmed by its vastness, beauty, and abundance!😲
The world I live in is small and poor!
So, while reading Steve's travel articles, I often imagined myself traveling around the United States!
I too wanted to live in such a rich and beautiful world!
@valued-customer
My respected senior @valued-customer predicted that I would become a homeless beggar in America!😆
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJoPG8zT_0U
Oregon is known as a paradise for East Asians to live in! Oregon's agriculture, fishing, and livestock industries were thriving, resulting in a food abundance. Consequently, unlike California and New York, Oregon has a narrower income gap.
Oregonians are known for being very friendly and generous!
@joeyarnoldvn
I trusted @valued-customer and Joseph not to starve me to death!😆
I want to become someone who studies American and East Asian history and literature in the United States!
I want to publish the articles I've been writing for Hive as a book in the United States!
If I were to study English Literature in the US, I'm confident I could write better English sentences than @joeyarnoldvn!😜
Charles Robert Redford Jr. (August 18, 1936 – September 16, 2025) was an American actor, producer, and director. He received numerous accolades such as an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and five Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1994, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1996, the Academy Honorary Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2005, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and the Honorary César in 2019. He was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2014.
I thought Robert Redford symbolized American citizenship! Gary Cooper and John Wayne are symbols of American heroism. So, I assumed they were portrayed in the film with fiction and exaggeration!
The private lives of Gary Cooper and John Wayne were not particularly well-respected! John Wayne, in particular, avoided military service in World War II, leading the public to dismiss his status as an American hero as unfair.
However, Robert Redford played an ordinary American civilian like Steve in the movie!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWLvtZUBrOc
The film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman, captivated men in Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong!
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western buddy film directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman. Based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known as Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman), and his partner Harry Longabaugh, the "Sundance Kid" (Robert Redford), who are on the run from a crack US posse after a string of train robberies. The pair and Sundance's lover, Etta Place (Katharine Ross), flee to Bolivia to escape the posse.
A masterpiece based on the legendary American duo Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, especially Raindrops keep falling on my head by B.J. Thomas!
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were train robbers specializing in America, but they didn't kill anyone.
From my perspective, they were originally kind-hearted! They made a living by stealing small amounts of money from trains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VyA2f6hGW4
Especially the scene where Paul Newman and Catherine Rose ride a bicycle together was a masterpiece!
The scene where he was riding a bike with his friend's lover was almost tempting!😄
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were originally good guys, so I couldn't understand why they were committing train robberies! Maybe they committed train robberies to become famous!
In the United States, while private property is important, public property, such as trains, is given even stricter protection.
@valued-customer said that since American territory belongs to the US government and American citizens, if Russia, China, Japan, or North Korea invade the Pacific, they will have to cross his body first.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were hunted by the state for robbing a train, which was public property. The sheriff in their area requested a pardon, but was denied. So, they fled to Central and South America.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, along with his lover, traveled to Bolivia. Bolivia was a lawless place, so they freely committed robberies. However, they were surrounded by police and engaged in a shootout. Even in this desperate situation, they maintained composure and laughter to the very end.
Cassidy and Sundance steal a payroll and a burro used to carry it, and arrive in a small town. A boy recognizes the burro's brand and alerts the police, leading to a gunfight with the outlaws. Cassidy has to make a desperate run to the burro to get ammunition, while Sundance provides covering fire. Wounded, the two take cover inside a building. Cassidy suggests their next destination should be Australia. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the two men, the local police have called on the Bolivian Army. The pair charges out of the building, guns blazing, into a hail of bullets from the massed troops, who have occupied all the surrounding vantage points. The film ends with the sound of gunfire on a freeze-frame shot of the two running bandits
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid knew their doomsday was near. However, they ran off, promising to go to Australia next time. The film ends with a barrage of gunfire!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geOqbM03Hf0
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (Final Scene) had a profound influence on Japanese, Korean, and Hong Kong cinema!
I discovered the American spirit when I saw two men running despite the numerous guns pointed at them!
Americans know no fear and no renounce!
I remember the Japanese overlords saying that the civilians @valued-customer of the New World were the most dangerous and feared enemy!
Japanese overlords and Nazi party
Stalin and Mao zudong
civilian @valued-customer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZQdYvVXaug
My favorite movie is Jeremiah Johnson (1972) starring Robert Redford!
The film Jeremiah Johnson (1972) beautifully portrayed America's most serious and sensitive issue: the conflict and confrontation between whites and Native Americans. The peaceful and prosperous, yet ruthless and brutal, American natural environment was so beautifully portrayed!
Robert Redford did a fantastic job portraying the ordinary American civilian, not the typical American hero like Gary Cooper or John Wayne!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr1w92hmJaA
I worry that my friends might be offended by my speaking about America's most sensitive and tragic past!
I thought that while Gary Cooper and John Wayne portrayed the fabricated American dream in their films, Robert Redford portrayed the lives of ordinary Americans!
Through this film, I was able to see the lives of Americans who experience pain, death, sorrow, fear, and hunger in their daily lives!
So, From my perspective, Robert Redford was a symbol of the lives of ordinary American civilians! I mourn the passing of Robert Redford!
He rejected Hollywood's commercialism and pursued realism!
Disclaimer: I hope you understand the awkward and rude English of American elementary school students!😅