Today, the film industry lost not only one of its brightest stars, but also one of its biggest champions: Robert Redford , who was instrumental to two revolutions that transformed Hollywood.

An iconic face in such films as “All the President’s Men” and “The Natural,” Redford was a key figure of the New Hollywood — the late-’60s creative upheaval that brought fresh life to the film industry, at a time when television was siphoning audiences away and the studios were flailing to identify what the younger generation wanted. The answer: They wanted relevant stories and leading men like Redford, who could take the mantle from earlier matinee idols, and do so with a certain knowing twinkle in his eye that showed he was in on the joke.

Released in 1969, the free-spirited and forward-thinking

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