Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

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 | Train | Posse | 1890s | Remake

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

Also Known As:

Butch Cassidy et le Kid (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Zwei Banditen (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Asunimukatteute (Japan) [ja]
Buc Kasidi i Sandens Kid (Serbia) [sr]
Butch Cassidy (Italy) [it]
Butch Cassidy és a Sundance kölyök (Hungary) [hu]
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Argentina) [es]
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Brazil) [pt]
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Denmark) [da]
Butch Cassidy i Sundance Kid (Poland) [pl]
Butch Cassidy och Sundance Kid (Sweden) [sv]
Butch Cassidy und Sundance Kid (West Germany) [de]
Butch ja Kid - auringonlaskun ratsastajat (Finland) [fi]
Dois Homens e Um Destino (Portugal) [pt]
Dos hombres y un destino (Spain) [es]
Kid V'Cassidy (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
Oi dyo listai (Greece) [el]
Sonsuz ölüm (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

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:

Ranked #7 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Western" in June 2008.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The locomotives that pull the trains are completely wrong for the time and place the movie is set. They are class K-28s, which have a very distinct and recognizable appearance. They were not produced until 1923, and were used exclusively by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad on their narrow gauge track in Colorado and New Mexico. (SOURCE: Model Railroader Cyclopedia Volume 1: Steam Locomotives, p. 81.)

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 "The West Wing: The Fall's Gonna Kill You (#2.20)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD

One word.....Excellent

I can remember seeing this movie, at the Colony Theater in Portsmouth Virginia, when it was first released. Since then, I've seen it at least 30 times, most recently last night. In my humble opinion, Paul Newman & Robert Redford made an excellent movie twosome 30 years ago [and expanded on it a few years later, in The Sting]. In reading the reviews submitted about this movie it makes me happy to see that most of the people agree with my opinion. How could you not like these characters, along with Etta, "those guys" following them and eventually Strother [who will always be remembered for his "what we have here is a failure to communicate" in Cool Hand Luke] Martin? Not to mention the scenes where Etta enters the picture, when Butch has to fight Logan, when they have to jump in the water and, of course, the ending sequence of events. I won't say "they don't make them like they used to", but this one is a keeper. And if you agree with my evaluation, and have a DVD player, watch the DVD that has interviews, etc., to give you an even better picture of this excellent movie.