Films are steeped in lore of the little guy raging against injustice, sometimes based on historical figures such as Bonnie and Clyde, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Frank and Jesse James, said Elayne Rapping, a retired professor of American and media studies at the State University of New York in Buffalo.

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Century Lake also served as the location for a famous cliff-jumping scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

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"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) and "The Sting" (1973) teamed Newman with co-star Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill.

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Think of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid meeting Eyewitness News.

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That's where Robert Redford, star of movies such as Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid and All The President's Men and director of films including Ordinary People, comes in.

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Doubtfire, " "Doctor Dolittle, " "Last of the Mohicans, " and "Office Space, " as well as classics like "The Longest Day, " "All About Eve, " "9 to 5, " and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

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"The vibrant arts community in London has informed this decision as much as anything, " continued Redford, whose famous role in the 1969 movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid gives the festival its name.

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