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CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
Podtalk: Director Adrian Buitenhuis on ‘I Am Burt Reynolds’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 29, 2023 - 5:39pm
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’I Am Burt Reynolds,’ Directed by Adrian Buitenhuis
Photo credit: CW Network
”I Am Burt Reynolds” will be broadcast on the CW Network on December 30th, 2023, at 8pmET/7pmCT. Check TV providers. Featuring interviews with Loni Anderson, Bruce Dern, Jon Voight and Adam Rifkin. Directed by Adrian Buitenhuis. Not Rated.
CLICK HERE for the 10 BEST FILMS of 2023 List by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com.
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CHICAGO – Arguably, the last great movie star was Burt Reynolds. His everyman attraction, his accessibility and of course his box office made Reynolds a compelling force during his peak in the 1970s. The CW Network will show the doc “I Am Burt Reynolds” on December 30th, 2023, directed by Adrian Buitenhuis.
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With a career in Hollywood dating back to the last days of the studio system, 1950s/60s TV westerns, and hanging with the Rat Pack, Burt Reynolds epitomized Hollywood superstardom while never ceasing to be a Florida “good ole boy.” From his beginnings in TV and low budget films, through to his breakout roles in “Deliverance,” and “The Longest Yard, onto the smash hit “Smokey and the Bandit” and box office dominance, “I Am Burt Reynolds” remembers an era and the man who defined it.
’I Am Burt Reynolds,’ Directed by Adrian Buitenhuis
Photo credit: CW Network
As a Burt Reynolds contemporary and admirer … who had the opportunity to interview him (see link below) … I was impressed with the balance and sensitivity to his subject that director Adrian Buitenhuis displayed. Besides the obvious and sometimes legendary film and TV appearances, Burt had a complex connection with his parents, difficulty in relationships and serious money problems. Although reconciling many of his these trials, including the ties with his adopted son, Buitenhuis’s profile goes beyond the essence of BR’s public persona, and reveals a man whose real life was as oversized as his screen image.
Having directed a series of award winning feature-length biography films (“I Am”) on notable movie actors Heath Ledger, Patrick Swayze, Paul Walker and Burt Reynolds, Canada-based producer/director Adrian Buitenhuis is known for engaging with people and conveying their personal stories has created an intimate body of work.
In an Podtalk interview with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, director Adrian Buitenhuis of ‘I Am Burt Reynolds’ outlines the man behind the image …
In a video clip, it’s Adrian on the legacy of Burt …
Trailer, “I Am Burt Reynolds” …
CLICK HERE for an interview with Burt Reynolds by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com.
 | By PATRICK McDONALD |
