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This week has been so incredibly hectic that I did not have time to post my usual "Film Friday" article on schedule. As a result, we are having instead a "Film Sunday," in which I am celebrating Robert Redford's 80th birthday, which was on Thursday, by telling you a little bit about one of the films that he is most widely associated with. Directed by George Roy Hill, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) tells the story of notorious bank robber Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman), the leader of the Hole in the Wall Gang, and his loyal companion, the Sundance Kid (Robert Redford). As they return to they hideout in Hole-in-the-Wall, Wyoming, they discover that the rest of the gang, annoyed at Butch's long absences, have selected Harvey Logan (Ted Cassidy) as their new leader. Butch contests this decision, leading Harvey to challenge him to a fight, which Butch quickly wins by distracting his opponent. Still, Butch embraces Harvey's idea to rob the Union Paci...

To celebrate Robert Redford's 79th birthday, wh ich was on Tuesday, this week on "Film Friday" I bring you the film that made the blue-eyed, blonde-haired "Sundance Kid" a star. Theatrical release poster Directed by Gene Saks, Barefoot in the Park (1967) tells the story of Corie (Jane Fonda) and Paul Bratter (Robert Redford), a recently married couple who move into a fifth floor apartment in Greenwich Village, after spending their entire six-day honeymoon at the Plaza Hotel. A n optimistic and free-spirited young woman , Cor ie i s determined to turn the small, cold and leaky apartment, one that everyone ha s to climb several flights of stairs to get to, into the perfect little home for the two of them. The "stuffed-shirt" Paul, however, is utterly dismayed by the inconvenience and general drabness of the place. One of their many oddball neighbors is Victor Velasco (Charles Boyer), an eccentric, self-admitted libertine who has been livin...