The 1975 co-star Burt Reynolds was adamant had been “cheated out of an Academy Award”

Apart from the sole, obvious exception, Burt Reynolds wasn’t an actor who was ever in danger of troubling the Academy Awards, ...
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The day Burt Reynolds and Nashville showed up for 'W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings'

He rolled into town with a Hollywood smirk and a movie career that was just about to hit its apex. On Feb. 4, 1975, Burt Reynolds sauntered into the Loews Crescent Theatre on Church Street for the ...