![]() ![]() ![]() It was actually a remake of the 1974 film in which Burt starred. The Longest Yard was one of Burt’s more recent films, released in 2005. It went on to inspire a 1980 sequel, Smokey And The Bandit II and a 1983 threequel, Smokey And The Bandit Part 3. The trucker comedy was centred around a 28-hour drive illegally delivering beer from Texas to Georgia. MORE : Burt Reynolds’ ‘love of his life’ ex Sally Field says he will ‘always be in her heart’ in poignant tribute Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mark Wahlberg all credited Burt with being a ‘friend’ and a great ‘inspiration’.Īrguably his most iconic movie, the 1977 action comedy Smokey And The Bandit also starred Sally Field, who he went on to date for five years. Sally was among a wave of acclaimed movie stars to pay tribute on Thursday. “You don’t get it it,” I said, “Talent is sexy. He had told the Today show: ‘I wanted her really bad for Smokey. Sally had said in an interview: ‘I thought even if the film didn’t work, if he thinks I’m attractive in it, other people will think so, too.’īurt himself has previously revealed how he pushed to get Field in Smokey, despite casting directors advising him against it as she lacked sex appeal. One of the main factors for this was because Burt thought she was sexy, which had boosted Field’s confidence levels in the industry. In March, Sally confirmed that they no longer spoke after their split in 1982 but credited the actor with being ‘the most important influence’ to come into her life during the Seventies. ![]() So, this is the sequel to E.T., where I come home and every day, because of everybody up here, I was surrounded by love and support.Jonathan Majors’ lawyer insists Marvel star is ‘completely innocent’ He then corrected himself: “Well, the second movie about coming home. The cast and crew took the journey home with me to help me make my first movie about coming home.” “I tell people all the time that filmmaking is a collaborative party, and that’s never been more true than it has been with this film. “But I knew that if I was going to make this movie, I’d have to work very hard just to keep it as honest as possible, and without the talent and commitment of this film family, I can never have put my real family on film,” he said. Spielberg was accompanied by his producer Kristie Macosko Krieger and Fabelmans castmembers Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle, Judd Hirsch, Julia Butters, Sam Rechner and Keeley Karsten.īefore turning his attention to the experience of making the film and his own family, Spielberg thanked Field for the kind words and said her work in Lincoln (for which she received an Oscar nom) is “one of the best performances of your long, Oscar-winning career.” He added: “Sally has been part of my family, part of our lives, and she went to our wedding 31 years ago, and she’s been everywhere with us and we with her.”Ībout The Fabelmans, Spielberg said it wasn’t easy telling a story that he’d actually lived by returning to those memories, some of them painful, and then having to put it all on film. His art is so deeply in our blood that it’s easy to take him for granted.” ![]() She continued: “For almost six decades, he has terrified, touched and enthralled the entire planet. “We smile when we hear someone say, ‘We’re gonna need a bigger boat.’ Or, ‘Phone home.’ Or, ‘Snakes … why did it have to be snakes?’” His vision, his sense of humor and fun, of terror and entertainment, his humanity and heart has been woven into the whole world’s consciousness,” she said, before calling out dialogue from his films like Jaws, E.T. “I honestly can’t imagine my life without him at this point, but I can’t imagine our country, much less the industry, had Steven Spielberg never held a camera in his hands. He has been my biggest supporter and a constantly welcoming place.”įield then went on to praise Spielberg for the singular mark he has made on culture through his wide-ranging filmography. For almost 50 years - is it really? - we have gone through this life that’s been filled with good and bad, the laughter and the angst. “And though we never actually went on a date together, my beloved Steven Spielberg has never left my life. “My newly acquired business manager wanted me to meet one of his clients and wanted me to go to Universal for a supposed ‘meeting’ because he thought the two of us would really hit it off,” continued Field, who is also in town for the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s opening night festivities, which include a screening of her new film 80 for Brady. The reason for their initial meeting? A potential date. ![]()
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