Robert Redford the financial proceeds of his acting success, starting with his salaries from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "Downhill Racer", Redford bought an entire ski area on the east side of Mount Timpanogos northeast of Provo, Utah, called "Timp Haven", which was renamed "Sundance". Redford's wife Lola was from Utah and they had built a home in the area in 1963. Portions of the movie "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972), a film which is both one of Redford's favorites and one that has heavily influenced him, were shot near the ski area. The Sundance Film Festival caters to independent filmmakers in
Charles Durning Best Picture-winner, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, Durning won distinction as the crooked cop, Lt. Wm. Snyder, who polices and hustles professional con artists. He doggedly pursues the young grifter, Johnny Hooker (Redford), only to become the griftee in the end. Other film credits include "Dog Day Afternoon" with Al Pacino; "When A Stranger Calls"; "The Final Countdown"; "The Hindenburg"; "Twilight's Last Gleaming" with Burt Lancaster; "True Confessions" with Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall. Some television credits include "The Connection"; "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom", the made-for-television musical in which he played the mailman who reaches out to