Ethan Hawke made fond memories with Robert Redford before the Oscar winner died earlier this week. "He picked Before Sunrise to open the [Sundance Film] Festival, and he introduced it," Hawke, 54, exclusively told Us Weekly at the Wednesday, September 17, premiere of The Lowdown at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. "It was a big moment in [director] Richard Linklater and I's life just to have Robert Redford take us under his wing and say, 'I believe in you guys,' and to open the festival with [our] movie." He added, "We were getting bad reviews and stuff at the time.