Robert Redford is narrating an IMAX movie to celebrate the National Parks centennial

[peacebird]

It looks awesome! Cannot wait to go see it!

[saltpoint]

1. This Redford guy.

I like his films. And I like his politics.

[peacebird]

2. Me too. Loved Paul Newman also.

[saltpoint]

3. I liked many of Newman's films, but

loved him more after he made Richard Nixon's enemies list.

When told by a reported that he had made the enemies list, Newman said, "I'll be sending Gordon Liddy to accept the award in my behalf."

[pinboy3niner]

6. I met Newman once

If I ever meet Redford, I'm afraid it will only be in his Twilight Zone role as the Grim Reaper.

[saltpoint]

8. I was looking at his film output over

a long period, and there's just an awful lot to like.

Women and minorities do a lot better in Redford-associated films than in many other Hollywood studio pics.

And Sneakers was terrific fun.

[saltpoint]

4. I wish more people would give this

video clip a look. It is really exceptional.

Redford rarely undertakes a project unless it stands a chance to inspire people to think more, feel more, and find value in what's around them -- whether it is the beauty in a landscape or in each other.

Kick.

[kentauros]

5. I'll have to look for it.

When is it being released? (The video stopped a few seconds before the very end, so if it is posted, I didn't see it.)

[saltpoint]

7. Here's one of the better

coverages from the LA Times:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-robert-redford-to-narrate-film-to-promote-national-parks-20150731-story.html

[kentauros]

9. While the 3D method of viewing films is headache-inducing,

I'll still look for it. I may have to go alone as my friend with whom I go to movies may not want to see it. The 3D process affects him worse than me.

So, sometime in February...

[saltpoint]

10. Yep. I'll have to hunt it down, too.

The country is staggeringly beautiful in our national parks. I kind of liked this post by peacebird because it's put up for us while those dunderheads occupy a bird sanctuary in Oregon.

The beauty in parks that belongs to everybody isn't for those dunderheads to occupy.

[kentauros]

11. Those dunderheads don't even want to keep these beautiful lands.

They want to sell them off, presumably to watch in insane glee as the lands are destroyed for short-term profits.

[saltpoint]

12. Agree. There doesn't seem to be anyone

among their number with the sensibility of Redford or other pro-environment thinkers.

The occupiers evidently feel that they're the primary profile in that sanctuary, that they're the biggest thing there.

Someone who comes in reverence to that beauty though would feel that he or she was very small versus the vastness of the wilderness.

The difference between those two attitudes is pretty huge.

[kentauros]

14. I also don't get the impression that any of their number

have any appreciation for the vast beauties of the planet. They would probably not be impressed with Victoria Falls, but would be beside themselves to stand in one of the buckets of the world's largest strip-mining machine.

Anyway, I'm also glad this thread was created. I'm going to write down the name of it and put that post-it on my monitor

[saltpoint]

15. I like that idea. Also

I think you're right on Victoria Falls.

[kentauros]

16. If I ever get to see Victoria Falls

I suspect I'll be in perpetual trout-look mode ( )

Here's the film's site and a blurb about it:

[font size="3"]National Parks Adventure[/font]

Narrated by Academy Award® winner Robert Redford, National Parks Adventure takes audiences on the ultimate off-trail adventure into the nation’s awe-inspiring great outdoors and untamed wilderness. Immersive IMAX® 3D cinematography takes viewers soaring over red rock canyons, hurtling up craggy mountain peaks and into other-worldly realms found within America’s most legendary outdoor playgrounds, including Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, Yosemite, and Arches. Celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the national parks with world-class mountaineer Conrad Anker, adventure photographer Max Lowe and artist Rachel Pohl as they hike, climb and explore their way across America’s majestic parks in an action-packed expedition that will inspire the adventurer in us all.

[Stellar]

13. Gosh that's beautiful!