Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

George Roy Hill

Writer:

William Goldman (written by)

Release Date:

24 October 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Crime | Drama | Western

Tagline:

Just for the fun of it!

Plot:

Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.

Plot Keywords:

Bolivia | Posse | Train | Prostitute | Explosion

Awards:

Won 4 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Paul Newman	...	Butch Cassidy
Robert Redford	...	The Sundance Kid
Katharine Ross	...	Etta Place
Strother Martin	...	Percy Garris
Henry Jones	...	Bike Salesman
Jeff Corey	...	Sheriff Bledsoe
George Furth	...	Woodcock
Cloris Leachman	...	Agnes
Ted Cassidy	...	Harvey Logan
Kenneth Mars	...	Marshal
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Macon
Jody Gilbert	...	Large Woman Train Passenger
Timothy Scott	...	News Carver
Don Keefer	...	Fireman
Charles Dierkop	...	Flat Nose Curry

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color | Black and White (Sepiatone)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Iceland:L | Norway:12 (video rating) (1983) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2000) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2000) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:16 (1969) | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG (1974 re-release) | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Campanile Productions

Trivia:

The actual name of Butch and Sundance's gang was The Wild Bunch. However, when the Sam Peckinpah film, The Wild Bunch (1969), was released a few months earlier, the name of the gang was changed to the Hole in the Wall Gang to avoid confusion with Peckinpah's film.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Strother Martin's character is shot, he is seen lying with a branch across his face. In the next scene, the branch is gone.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Butch Cassidy: What happened to the old bank? It was beautiful.
Guard: People kept robbing it.
Butch Cassidy: Small price to pay for beauty.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Clerks II (2006)

Soundtrack:

RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD

I can't believe people are slating this movie!

OK, for those of you who aren't sure whether "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid" is a good, or even great movie, just do the following:

Scroll up to "memorable quotes". Go on, do it and then read what follows. I'll be right here when you get back.

Finished? Did you read those lines? THAT, my friends, that and the fact they are spoken by some great actors is what makes this film so wonderful. They are perfectly balanced between being funny, endearing and also revealing about the characters. There's genuine emotion and warmth in a lot of that.

Conrad Hall, George Roy Hill, Burt Bacharach et al all contributed marvelously but I love the cast; such quality and for some of them, in small, but memorable roles: George Furth, Ted Cassidy, Kenneth Mars, Strother Martin, Katherine Ross and the stars at the top; Newman and Redford who did perfect justice to Goldman's script.