I missed the part where Redford romances Claudia Cardinale in a chalet in Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Italian Alps.
Oh wait a minute, wait a minute. #WrongMovie
#DownhillRacer
#ThePinkPanther #TCMParty
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I missed the part where Redford escapes from Blofeld’s secret mountaintop lair in the Swiss alps.
Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute. #WrongMovie
#DownhillRacer #OnHerMajestysSecretService
#TCMParty
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Wow, better than I remember. I thought that was excellent. And I'd have to revisit some of his films, like The Candidate, but I think that could be Redford's best performance, imo. Certainly one of his best. #DownhillRacer #TCMParty
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She’s “decoration” for the film. An accessory to men. #TCMParty #DownhillRacer
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Great ending. I need to watch this again in another fifty years. #DownhillRacer #TCMParty
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“It’s not exactly a team sport, is it?”
#DownhillRacer #TCMParty
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I think Redford is really good in this. #DownhillRacer #TCMParty
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He's single minded. #DownhillRacer #TCMParty
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Can I buy Gene Hackman as a ski coach? Yes, I think I can. Dabney Coleman? Too soon to tell. #DownhillRacer #tcmparty
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I do fondly remember learning to count and tell time and read a clock while watching the alpine skiing on “Wide World of Sports” in the early 1970s. The agony of defeat, or da feet! #DownhillRacer #tcmparty
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It’s a VERY ominous, insidious score for a ski movie. Of all the instruments I might associate with alpine downhill skiing, the harpsichord would be at the bottom, with the tuba and the moonshine jug. Another example of the 1960s harpsichord fixation run amok. #DownhillRacer #tcmparty
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I cannot imagine. 🫣 #DownhillRacer #TCMParty
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I think Jack Lowden could play Redford in a biopic. #DownhillRacer #TCMParty
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I haven't seen this in a long time. #DownhillRacer #TCMParty
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I was a #DownhillRacer in the sixties. Then I discovered drugs, sex, and rock & roll and went downhill. #TCMParty
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Loved the #DownhillRacer pick - haven’t seen that movie in many years and it make me want to watch. For my money it’s a superior to the rather schmaltzy #TheNatural - also 1969
#BobRedford - come on! #TheBigPicture #podcasts #TracyLetts
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Skiing is terrifying. I don't know how anybody does it. How do you not break a limb every single time?
Anyways, #DownhillRacer (1969, Michael Ritchie) is like a horror movie for me. #TCMParty
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Catching up on the Robert Redford marathon. Looking forward to filling some gaps in his filmography (and bawling my eyes out). It still doesn't feel real that he's gone.
#DownhillRacer (1969) is the one I've been most looking forward to seeing for the first-time. #TCMParty
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Robert Redford getting a taste of his own narcissistic bs from Camilla Sparv in #DownhillRacer is so delightful. You get some insight into why his character is such a jerk in the film, but that guy gets no sympathy from me. #TCMParty
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#DownhillRacer is not grabbing my attention *at all* so will come back for #TheCandidate at 10. The only thing I’ve gleaned is that the opening & title sequence must have been an inspiration for the 1980 Lake Placid official film (which is bonkers) that #TCM aired last year as part of…
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Ladies and gentlemen: Gene Hackman. #DownhillRacer #TCMParty
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This has become kind of a forgotten Robert Redford film. And that’s really unfortunate. #DownhillRacer #TCMParty
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I'm always game for a Robert Redford film I haven't seen before. #DownhillRacer #TCMParty
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Frame from the sports drama 'Downhill Racer' (1969). Close-up of a serious looking man (Gene Hackman as Eugene Claire) looking through the small window in a wooden door.
Frame from the sports drama 'Downhill Racer' (1969). View from the start of the downhill race Hahnenkamm-Rennen in Kitzbühel, Austria. American alpine skier (Robert Redford as David Chappellet) with number 23 bib and a dark blue ski outfit at the start surrounded by a crowd of onlookers, coaches and officials.
Frame from the sports drama 'Downhill Racer' (1969). Close-up of a fair haired man (Robert Redford as David Chappellet) on the right facing a brown haired woman (Camilla Sparv as Carole) on the left in a cable car gondola.
Frame from the sports drama 'Downhill Racer' (1969). View inside a cable car gondola that is full of olympic alpine skiers holding their skis. A fair haired American skier (Robert Redford as David Chappellet) in the middle of the frame looking thoughtful.
⛷️ And even though #DownhillRacer has a lot of sports movie hallmarks (hotshot rookie going head-to-head with both the coach and his teammates) it ultimately feels a lot more arthousey than sports films usually tend to be. 📽️🎞️
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Poster for the sports drama 'Downhill Racer' (1969). Based on the novel 'The Downhill Racers' (1963) by Oakley Hall. Directed by Michael Ritchie. Starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Karl Michael Vogler and Jim McMullan. On top of the poster there's a black and white close-up of a man (Robert Redford as David Chappellet) and a woman (Camilla Sparv as Carole) about to kiss (he's on top). On the bottom half of the poster there's an illustration of a lone downhill skier at the top of a snow covered hill. At the bottom of the poster the film's title (in stylized black block letters) with the tagline "How fast must a man go to get from where he's at?" in brown letters.
Frame from the sports drama 'Downhill Racer' (1969). A man (on the left) and a woman (on the right) walking with their backs to the camera on top of an Alpine mountain. He's carrying both of their skis. Snow covered Alps in the background and cloud cover blocking the view to the valley below.
Frame from the sports drama 'Downhill Racer' (1969). Close-up of two men, on the left a brown haired national team coach (Gene Hackman as Eugene Claire) talking to a two-way radio transceiver and on the the right a fair haired olympic alpine skier (Robert Redford as David Chappellet).
⛷️ I had thought about watching #DownhillRacer already back when Gene Hackman passed. Admittedly there aren't many films about alpine skiing as a sport (that I can think of off the top of my head at least) but that's basically the only thing it has going for itself as far as I'm concerned. 📽️🎞️
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Damn.
Afghanistanbananastand, man—
R.I.P. #RobertRedford (Aug. 18, 1936~Sept. 16, 2025)
#BarefootInThePark #ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid
#JeremiahJohnson #TheGreatWaldoPepper #TheHotRock
#TheSting #AllThePresident’sMen #TheNatural #AllIsLost
#DownhillRacer #Sundance #BestActor #BestDirector
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Last week, #downhillracer came up in a conversation, as I'd been meaning to rewatch this very early #Redford film.
What a great actor, spokesman, and cultural icon.
#rip #robertredford #film #cinema
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