CA-35
Senior Member
Burton Leon Reynolds has passed away today from a heart attack. I enjoyed many of his movies. Rest in peace my brother..................
For some great later period Burt, check out Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 film Boogie Nights. Burt plays a porn mogul who makes a star out of the main character, played by Mark Wahlberg in the role that let him ditch his "Marky Mark" persona, but who is then forced to adapt to changing tastes as the '70s give way to the '80s. It's a pretty dark film, and Burt is excellent in it.
-Dave-
I enjoyed Burt's movies well enough, but as far as those roles, I don't think he would have done them as well as the actors who landed them. I just can't see it.Reynolds' career also is marked by the movies he didn't make. Harrison Ford, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Willis surely were grateful after he turned down the roles of Han Solo, retired astronaut Garrett Breedlove and cop John McClane in Star Wars, Terms of Endearment and Die Hard, respectively.
RIP , no more pain to battle . He was already in very bad health . I'm surprised he lived this long .