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The upcoming Sundance film festival will feature multiple tributes to its late co-founder Robert Redford including a screening of his first independent movie, organizers said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Hollywood legend Redford, who starred in hits like “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” before becoming an Oscar-winning director, died last month at the age of 89.<\/p>\n
Redford’s passing caused an outpouring of grief from the US filmmaking community — many of whose leading lights got their start at the indie movie festival he created, including Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh.<\/p>\n
“Robert Redford’s dedication to the power of storytelling shaped independent cinema,” said a festival statement.<\/p>\n
“In honor of his memory, a commemorative screening of Downhill Racer (released in 1969) will be presented, his first independent film and a passion project that was his catalyst for the creation of Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival,” it said.<\/p>\n
Starring Redford as an obsessive skier competing in the Winter Olympics, “Downhill Racer” was described by critic Roger Ebert as “the best movie ever made about sports — without really being about sports at all.”<\/p>\n
In his first significant venture behind the camera, Redford pitched and developed the film, though he did not receive a formal producer credit.<\/p>\n
Multiple other celebratory events for Redford will be held throughout the festival, which starts January 22.<\/p>\n
It will be the final Sundance held in Utah, before the festival — having outgrown its base in the ski resort of Park City — moves to Boulder in neighboring Colorado.<\/p>\n
A screening series of “legacy films” that first premiered at the festival, including the Oscar-winning “Little Miss Sunshine” and horror sensation “Saw,” will be attended by their directors and cast.<\/p>\n
The festival’s lineup of new feature film and documentary premieres will be announced in the coming weeks, with tickets on sale from Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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