Thread by @cryptokubrology

Burt Reynolds: A Crypto-K Post-Mortem

He was born on the 42nd day of 1936, & died an inclusive 999 weeks after EYES WIDE SHUT released, which was 666+666+666 weeks after THE SHINING released.

We can now calculate the exact mid-point of his life, which arrived on May 25, 1977 - the day a little movie called STAR WARS premiered.

Smokey and the Bandit—one of his most iconic roles—released two days later, 5/27/77, directed by HAL Needham.

Reynolds died 42 days after Kubrick's 90th birthday—another way of saying 90 is 10+50+30.

THE SHINING released 1053 + 42 days after STAR WARS released on Reynolds' mid-life day.

There were 1053 weeks + 42 days between the day STAR WARS released on the exact mid-point of Burt Reynolds' life & the day BOOGIE NIGHTS premiered.

Reynolds died exactly 1053 + 42 weeks *after* BOOGIE NIGHTS premiered.

There are multiple references to STAR WARS in BOOGIE NIGHTS, such as when Reed Rothchild tells Eddie that people say he looks like Han Solo.

Buck Swope—whose character is a nod to Downey Sr.'s PUTNEY SWOPE—references the "TK-421" modification for his hi-fi.

Little known fact: BOOGIE NIGHTS and THE SHINING are the same movie—variations on a theme, you might say.

In BN, Burt Reynolds played Jack Horner from Torrance, father-figure to Eddie, who is "a big, bright SHINING star."

In TS, Jack Torrance is father to Danny, who "shines."