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Redford as an iconic figure in American culture
Comparing Redford to artists marginalized and/or underestimated for being attractive, able and blond such as Olivia Newton-John, Doris Day, Farrah Fawcett and Marilyn Monroe
Jeremiah Johnson as favorite Robert Redford movie
The catalogue of Robert Redford movies
Redford’s connection to Oscar Best Picture winner Coda
Interviewing Sydney Pollack about Robert Redford
Interviewing TCM host Robert Osborne about Robert Redford
Robert Redford's political philosophy
Robert Redford and Ayn Rand’s 1957 literary masterpiece Atlas Shrugged
Redford as capturing the essence of an ideal man
Redford’s Chicagoland masterpiece and legacy
Scott Holleran’s reviews of Robert Redford movies
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Robert Redford-oriented Interviews by Scott Holleran
Robert Osborne on Robert Redford
Sydney Pollack on Robert Redford
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