Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Richard Lester

Writers:

William Goldman (characters)
Allan Burns (written by)

Release Date:

12 October 1979 (Denmark)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

A "prequel" of sorts to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," chronicling the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the Newman/Redford movie. |

Plot Keywords:

Sundance Kid | Butch Cassidy | Prequel | Prison | Hold Up

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

William Katt	...	The Sundance Kid / Harry Alonzo Longabaugh
Tom Berenger	...	Butch Cassidy / Robert Leroy Parker
Jeff Corey	...	Sheriff Ray Bledsoe
John Schuck	...	Kid Curry / Harvey Logan
Michael C. Gwynne	...	Mike Cassidy
Peter Weller	...	Joe Le Fors
Brian Dennehy	...	O.C. Hanks
Christopher Lloyd	...	Bill Tod Carver (as Chris Lloyd)
Jill Eikenberry	...	Mary Parker
Joel Fluellen	...	Jack
Regina Baff	...	Ruby
Peter Brocco	...	Old Robber
Vincent Schiavelli	...	Guard
Hugh Gillin	...	Cyrus Antoon
Sherill Lynn Rettino	...	Annie (as Sherril Lynn Katzman)

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Quotes:

Butch Cassidy: Listen, what do I call... what is your name anyway?
The Sundance Kid: Longabaugh. Harry Longabaugh.
Butch Cassidy: That's not an outlaw name. You don't have an outlaw face, either. You better do something about that.
The Sundance Kid: Yeah, like what?
Butch Cassidy: I don't know. Get yourself a nice scar or grow a mustache.
The Sundance Kid: I am growing a mustache!
Butch Cassidy: Where?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Magic Sword (#5.11)" (1992)

worth watching

On a scale of 1-4 I give it a 2 but it is definitely worth watching Tom Berenger has a very strange resemblance to Paul Newman never thought I'd say that. William Katt also has somewhat of a look like Robert Redford. Especially when he grows a mustache the movie definitely looks like it was filmed for television with the violence toned down I though it would be a shoot 'em up western. While it did have some shooting this movie is more about Butch and Sundance meeting up and starting their outlaw careers. After seeing this one for the first time I actually want to watch the original for the umpteenth time to see what was incorporated into it if you are a fan of the first one you will really enjoy this movie.