CW doc ‘I Am Burt Reynolds’ lays bare the life and loves of the late actor
directed by Adrian Buitenhuis, traces Reynolds’ storied Hollywood career — he was, in the 1970s, the world’s biggest movie star and sex symbol — from his early television roles to his breakout movies (“Deliverance,” “The Longest Yard,” “Smokey and the Bandit”) to his romances, including his marriage to Loni Anderson and their headlining divorce.Reynolds, who also won an Emmy for the CBS sitcom “Evening Shade,” died in 2018 at the age of 82.“I Am Burt Reynolds” premieres Dec. 30 (8 p.m.) on The CW as the first installment of its “I Am Films” series.“Burt’s story is the thread of someone who had been around since old Hollywood and how [the industry] evolved through him,” Buitenhuis told The Post.