Robert Redford, a Hollywood leading man, passed away in September at the age of 89, leaving behind a prolific body of work that spanned over six decades.
Among his last on-screen roles was The Old Man & the Gun, a 2018 film that will be screened on Wednesday at the Texas Theatre followed by a Q&A with Irving-raised director David Lowery.
Based on a namesake true-crime 2003 article from The New Yorker, the movie features Redford as Forrest Tucker, a white-haired, elderly bank robber who boasted about breaking out of prison 18 times.
Tucker had been serving a 13-year sentence for the robbery crimes depicted in the film at a federal prison in Fort Worth when he died in 2004.
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Some scenes for The Old Man & the Gun were shot in Fort Worth at locations including the Tarrant County jail and Stockyards.
Lowery told Variety in 2018 that the city fit the movie’s aesthetic.
Fort Worth “feels older than nearby Dallas, and has that sense of the West,” he said. “We didn’t even consider anywhere else.”
In a statement obtained by WFAA-TV (Channel 8) after Redford’s death, Lowery called directing him “the privilege of a lifetime.”
“One of my happiest memories is driving around downtown Fort Worth with him, filming as many bank robberies as we could in a single day,” he said.
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7:15 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas. Tickets start at $13.