Burt Reynolds there's a split between the executives in town who are under 40 and those who are over 40. The younger executives are more open to Burt because they grew up loving "Deliverance". But the older executives remember how crazy he was, and they are less receptive." Reynolds appeared as an adult film director in the hit film "Boogie Nights" (1997), which was considered a comeback role for him; he received 12 acting awards and 3 nominations for the role, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Nevertheless, Reynolds refused to appear in "Boogie Nights" writer/director Paul
Ned Beatty film "The Incredible Shrinking Woman", directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Lily Tomlin. In 1982, Beatty returned to work with Richard Donner and Richard Pryor in the comedy "The Toy". Beatty worked with Burt Reynolds again in the auto-racing farce "Stroker Ace" (1983). In the middle of the 1980s, Beatty appeared in the comedy film "Restless Natives" (1985), directed by Michael Hoffman. By the end of the 1980s, Beatty appeared in another comedy film, as the academic "Dean Martin" in "Back to School" (1986), starring Rodney Dangerfield. He played a corrupt cop in the 1987 American neo-noir crime film "The