The “ill-conceived” movie that haunted Robert Redford for decades: “That was a false start”Every actor, filmmaker, and actor-turned-filmmaker has at least one passion project they spend years trying to get made, and Robert Redford was no different. However, the difference was that he’d already brought it to the screen twice before the third time finally marked the charm. Five years later, the erstwhile Sundance Kid executive produced The Dark Wind, but things didn’t go as planned. It did at least give rise to two sequels, A Thief of Time and Coyote Waits, but Redford still wasn’t satisfied. A full 39 years after he’d acquired the rights to Hillerman’s work, he played a role in the different version he’d executive-produced, and the one that’s won the most acclaim.