Ryan O'Neal 70th's Birthday
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 5:01PM 
Alex aka BBats here. It’s Ryan O’Neal’s 70th birthday today! He’s always been one of my favorite actors. In a few great movies, he showed incredible range and unbelieveable charisma. After a few years of doing guest roles on television, O’Neal became a bankable star after Peyton Place's popular run. The Big Bounce (1969) was his first starring role in a film, but he’ll be remembered as bursting through to superstardom for Love Story (1970).
Everyone’s seen Paper Moon (1973) and everyone should watch it again. (Its streaming on Instant Netflix, so no excuses!) His collaborations with Peter Bogdonavich coincide with the peak of his career. Look at his filmography in the 1970’s. It is an amazing assembly of films!
I must confess that I still haven’t seen Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975). I have a firm belief that one day some repertoire movie theater will screen it in 70mm (a man can dream, can’t he?).
Go watch The Big Bounce, The Driver, What’s up Doc?, Nickelodeon, Wild Rovers, or any of his films.
Barry Lyndon, Birthday, Paper Moon, Peter Bogdanovich, Ryan O'Neal
Reader Comments (7)
Happy Birthday to Bones's father!
It's incredible that he's seventy.
I probably can't watch Barry Lyndon again, and my TA has a very crass joke about it, but it's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen that's also beautiful. The Schubert scene is everything in cinema.
well, I've never seen West Side Story, so I've beat you to it. :)
Isn't there a Ryan and Tatum O'Neal show on the Oprah Channel right now?
BARRY LYNDON is my favorite Kubrick's movie...yes! I love it more than 2001, DR STRANGELOVE, KILLING, PATHS OF GLORY, FULL METAL JACKET and ORANGE
I'm so crazy for this film that in my opinion Marisa Berenson hasn't never received her due for a such particular performance
Brady -- it sounds like something that would play there, yes :)
also... i have not seen BARRY LYNDON either (he says with shame)
Barry Lyndon Film Experience Nite. Cross Country watching parties. Callin it.