Gimme Three Podcast - A Series For Cinephiles

93 - Robert Redford's Politically-Charged Dramas (feat. Sonja Mereu)

Nicholas Ybarra & Bella Efstratis Episode 93

This week’s episode of the Gimme Three Podcast, Producer Sonja Mereu and co-host Nicholas Ybarra celebrate the life and career of the late, great, and seminal figure in American cinema, Robert Redford. 


In particular, we discuss three of Redford’s most politically-charged films. 


  • We start with the classic, pulse-pounding journalistic thriller All The President’s Men. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman portray Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in this unforgettable masterpiece.
  • Second, Michael Ritchie directs the hyper-realistic satire The Candidate, in which Redford plays a gorgeous, idealistic figure thrust into the political machine. 
  • Third, Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford play lovers on two different sides of the political spectrum in this powerful and heart-wrenching love story, The Way We Were.


Let us know what you think of these films and what your favorite Robert Redford film is. 

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Shout out to contributor and producer Sonja Mereu. A special thanks to Anselm Kennedy for creating Gimme Three's theme music. And another special thanks to Zoe Baumann for creating our exceptional cover art.

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