Robert Redford exercises one of his eight saddle horses on his ranch in Utah, 1970.
Robert Redford exercises one of his eight saddle horses on his ranch in Utah, 1970.
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Robert Redford with one of the eight horses he kept in a stable near his remote retreat. "He was a real man, and a strong person," Dominis, now 90, recently recalled. "I liked him. And he was nice to me, even though he didn't know me."
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Robert Redford takes a call in his bathrobe. Dominis' unobtrusive, fly-on-the-wall approach to shooting Redford suited the star just fine, especially considering Redford had little time to waste. In New York, he was swamped with details connected to the release of his next movie, Downhill Racer. And even in Utah, supposedly a place to get away from it all, Redford "engages in endless long-distance discussions with agents, partners and other unfree spirits," LIFE reported.
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Robert Redford and his daughter in New York. 1969.
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Robert Redford kicks back in his agent's office in New York, 1969.
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Robert Redford and his son, David, in Utah in 1970.
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"The Great Gatsby", Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, 1974
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River Phoenix, Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd and Sidney Poitier play hackers paid to test companies' electronic security in the film "Sneakers", left; a Minuteman III missile inside a silo
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Robert Redford, left, and Paul Newman in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", 1969.
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Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in All the President's Men, 1976.
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Not originally published in LIFE. Robert Redford, Utah, 1969.
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Not originally published in LIFE. Robert Redford and his family (his first wife, Lola van Wagenen; son, Jamie; and daughter, Shauna), Utah, 1969.
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Not originally published in LIFE. Robert Redford, Utah, 1969.
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Not originally published in LIFE. Robert Redford, Utah, 1969.
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Not originally published in LIFE. Robert Redford and daughter Shauna, Utah, 1969.
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Not originally published in LIFE. Robert Redford hard at work, Utah, 1969.
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Not originally published in LIFE. Robert Redford looks over promotional material for his film, Downhill Racer , New York City, 1969.
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Not originally published in LIFE. Robert Redford with his son, Jamie, in New York City, 1969.
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Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Robert Redford.
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Not originally published in LIFE. Robert Redford with his son, Jamie, in New York City, 1969.
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