With a career spanning over 60 years, Robert Redford remains the ideal American actor: always effortlessly charming, but also thoughtful, curious, and grounded.
January's films each focus on a different facet of Redford's persona -- the Romantic Lead, the Social Conscience, the Homegrown Hero, and the Ringleader.
February wraps up this series with two of the most beloved buddy films ever made: his collaborations with the equally iconic Paul Newman, with the pair playing outlaws and con men, while remaining deeply, disarmingly likeable.
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January 27: Sneakers
Computer hacker Martin (Robert Redford) is the ringleader of a misfit group of specialists (including Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, and Mary McDonnell) who test the security of various San Francisco companies. Martin is approached by two National Security Agency officers who ask him to steal a newly invented decoder. Martin and his team discover that the black box can crack any encryption code, posing a world-changing threat if it lands in the wrong hands -- but is there any such thing as "the right hands"?
Information is power in this breezy caper film, which sees Redford older and slyer; relaxed, witty, and still magnetic.
"Part of the pleasure afforded by such a sequence comes from the careful exposition of intricate teamwork, combined with an adroit attention to the personalities involved." —Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Directed by Phil Alden Robinson
Starring Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, David Straithairn
United States | English | 1992 | Comedy, Caper | 126 minutes | PG-13
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