“Once upon a time, there lived an extraordinary man who connected all of us in this room,” Ethan Hawke narrated to kick off the Sundance Institute’s annual gala, fittingly a tribute to the festival’s late founder.
“We wouldn’t be here without the love and appreciation for Robert Redford,” Hawke said.
This year’s gala was emotional, not just because it’s the last hurrah in Park City, but also because it was held shortly after Redford died in September at the age of 89. The actor-turned-director, who was one of the most sought-after leading men through much of the ’70s and ’80s through such films as “Butch
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