Robert Redford’s Fort Worth-filmed movie is back in theaters this month
One of Robert Redford’s final movies will be back in North Texas theaters this month.
Redford died in his sleep at 89 in mid-September. The legendary actor is known for founding the Sundance Film Festival, as well as his roles in “All the President’s Men,” “The Natural,” “Sneakers,” “The Sting” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”
The Academy Award winner’s last major starring role in a film came in the 2018 movie “The Old Man & the Gun,” which primarily filmed in Fort Worth.
In celebration of his life, Dallas’ Texas Theatre is screening the film at 7:15 p.m. on Oct. 22. Not only will the movie be back on the big screen, but the film’s director David Lowery will be in attendance for a Q&A.
‘The Old Man & the Gun’ filming in Fort Worth
The biographical heist film tells the true story of Forrest Tucker, who escaped San Quentin State Prison in 1979 at the age of 70 and went on to rob a series of banks over the next few years.
In 2000, Tucker was apprehended and sentenced to 13 years in prison at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth. He died just a few years later in 2004 and is buried in Mansfield.
Lowery, who is based in Dallas, said he chose to film in Fort Worth, given Tucker’s ties to the area and the look of the city.
“[Fort Worth] also feels older than nearby Dallas, and has that sense of the West, so aesthetically it was just right. We didn’t even consider anywhere else,” Lowery told Variety in 2018.
According to the Fort Worth Film Commission, “The Old Man & the Gun” filmed at the following locations in the Fort Worth area:
- Double F River Ranch
- T&P Station
- Underneath downtown in the former Leonard’s subway tunnel
- Tarrant County College
- Tarrant County jail
- Three local banks
The film also set up a production office at Near South Studios and filmed on the surrounding streets, according to the FWFC.
