Best of Robert Redford

Actor Robert Redford answers questions during a news conference Saturday, Jan. 20, 1996, at his Sundance Institute outside Provo, Utah. Redford's Sundance Film Festival, which features independent films, runs through next Saturday. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

Introduction Robert Redford stars alongside Nick Nolte and Emma Thompson this weekend in the new hiking comedy “A Walk in the Woods,” based on the book of the same name by Bill Bryson. Listen below for a review of “A Walk in the Woods,” then click through the gallery for a countdown of Redford’s best films, both as an actor and a director. Whether it was teaching us to “follow the money” or inspiring the namesake of the Sundance Film Festival, Redford’s illustrious career spanned a multitude of genres, from political thrillers to western comedies, from tear-jerking romances to baseball fantasies. (ASSOCIATED PRESS/DOUGLAS C. PIZAC)

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