Robert Redford may very well be the last of the classic movie stars. Possessing rugged good looks in the tradition of Clark Gable and Cary Grant, he has been a major leading man since he rocketed to fame in the role of the Sundance Kid in 1969's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, playing opposite another screen legend, Paul Newman. Throughout his 30-year career, which began on Broadway in 1959 in Tall Story and continued with his 1962 film debut in War Hunt, he has demonstrated an ability to portray American icons so memorably as to recreate them in his own image. Yet, in most ways, Redford is rather an atypical movie star. Though not necessarily anti-Hollywood, he goes his own way both on the screen and off and is extremely selective about his film roles. Although his blonde, blue-eyed charisma made him the most popular...