Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) | Paul Newman, Robert Redford

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) | Paul Newman, Robert Redford | My Favorite Western!

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	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) Paul Newman, Robert Redford 20th Century Fox, 2006 average customer review:based on 74 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Paul Newman and Robert Redford set the standard for the "buddy film" with this box office smash set in the Old West. The Sundance Kid (Redford) is the frontier's fastest gun. His sidekick Butch Cassidy (Newman) is always dreaming up new ways to get rich fast. If only they could blow open a baggage car without also blowing up the money-filled safe inside... Or remember that Sundance can't swim before they escape a posse by leaping off a cliff into rushing rapids... Times are changing in the west and life is getting tougher. So Butch and Sundance pack their guns don new duds and with Sundance's girlfriend (Katharine Ross) head down to Bolivia. Never mind that they don't speak Spanish - they'll manage somehow. A winner of four Academy Awards (including best screenplay and best song) here is a thoroughly enjoyable blend of fact and fancy done with true affection for a bygone era and featuring the two flashiest friendliest funniest outlaws who ever called out "hands up!"System Requirements:Features: Disc 1: Widescreen Feature Commentary #1 by George Roy Hill Lyricist Hal David Associate Producer Robert Crawford and Cinematographer Conrad Hall. Commentary #2 by Screenwriter William Goldman. Disc 2: 2005 documentary ALL OF WHAT FOLLOWS IS TRUE: The Making of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch & Sundance. History through the lens: "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time" 1994 documentary: THE MAKING OF BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUDANCE KID" 1994 Interviews Production Notes Alternate Credit Roll Theatrical Trailer #1 Theatrical Trailer #2 Theatrical Trailer #3 The Films of Paul Newman From the Terrace Hombre The Hustler The Long Hot Summer Quintet The Towering Inferno The Verdict What a Way to Go! Running Time: 330 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. Rating: PG UPC: 024543244578 Manufacturer No: 2234458

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I have loved this movie for many years, and it is even better on Blu-ray. The chase scenes through the valleys and hills are absolutely beautiful. Even the bicycle scene is more enjoyable with a crisp picture.

This movie is in my top 5. The best of the old west. Newman and Redford both give great performances, and their interaction on screne is unmatched. And certainly not to be over-looked, Katherine Ross plays her strong female role beautifully.

I could watch this movie over and over and over...

My Favorite Western!

I still love this movie. I have since I was young. It's fun, funny and utterly charming. The story of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is told as a vehicle for Paul Newman and Robert Redford who were at the height of their popularity at the time. Robert Redford actually became a bigger star and Paul Newman really never lost much popularity. He was always big! This established them as a team which went on the make The Sting. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head is a classic song and a great interlude in the film. It just drifts on to its sad denouement. Highly recommended.

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

This is a old movie and I really enjoyed it. I've seen it many times and still love it.

Entertaining and delightful - as westerns go

This is a very entertaining and delightful western to watch.

If you are looking for historical value and true-to-life realism in your western, then this might not be your best option. Other than the fact that the two main actors are called Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, and they rob trains, and they end up going to South America and rob banks, there isn't a whole lot of hardcore truth and factual events that you could point to in this movie and say with conviction that these were the true final days of BC & SK.

With that being said, let's not forget that this was made in 1969. The movie itself looks about the same as many westerns being put out on television during that period - a bit campy and certainly more concerned with style and how well it looked, rather than telling the hardcore-gritty story of the two bandits. The movie comes off as a very Hollywood-ish story that devotes more focus on making sure that the viewer was going to like BC & SK, (or specifically Newman & Redford) than it did on the subject of the story itself. Watch and see if you don't think that this film is a case of Newman and Redford - playing themselves, as cowboys, then it does as them playing the cowboy characters.

As for entertainment value - this is an awesome movie. It has plenty of cute one-liners and certainly repeatable lines (Who are these guys!?), funny and delightful moments, and plenty of time (film) devoted to making you feel all warm and fuzzy about the last pair of true western outlaws to grace the western hemisphere.

I would certainly not rate this in my top ten list of western movies, but that is because I look for more realism and reality in my movies than I do for artistic relevance and screen-appeal of the actors. I would however rate this as being a movie that most people will really enjoy and get a kick out of seeing. It's the type of movie that you SHOULD see, and will be happy that you did. It will also appeal to those who want a taste of the late 60's early 70's style of making and presenting a movie - the musical score - the wide to zoom shots - the starry shots of presenting a pretty girl (Katherine Ross), etc. All those crafts and that particular style of movie-making is now gone.

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