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 | 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 | Gang | Escape | Posse

Awards:

Won 4 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 12 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
Timothy Scott	...	News Carver
Don Keefer	...	Fireman
Charles Dierkop	...	Flat Nose Curry
Pancho Córdova	...	Bank Manager (as Francisco Cordova)
Nelson Olmsted	...	Photographer (as Nelson Olmstead)
Paul Bryar	...	Card Player #1
Sam Elliott	...	Card Player #2
Charles Akins	...	Bank Teller
Eric Sinclair	...	Tiffany's Salesman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Douglas Bank	...	Citizen (uncredited)
Larry Barton	...	Citizen (uncredited)
Rico Cattani	...	Bank Guard (uncredited)
José Chávez	...	Bolivian Police Commander (uncredited)
Dave Dunlop	...	Gunman (uncredited)
Jill Hall	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Percy Helton	...	Sweetface (uncredited)
Buck Holland	...	Posse Member (uncredited)
Jack Isbell	...	Posseman (uncredited)
Enrique Lucero	...	Guard in the 1st Bolivian Bank (uncredited)
Thurl Ravenscroft	...	(singing voice) (uncredited)
Jorge Russek	...	Bolivian Army Officer (uncredited)
José Torvay	...	Bolivian Bandit (uncredited)

Directed by
George Roy Hill

Writing credits
William Goldman		(written by)

Produced by
John Foreman	....	producer
Paul Monash	....	executive producer
Paul Newman	....	co-executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Burt Bacharach

Cinematography by
Conrad L. Hall		(director of photography) (as Conrad Hall)

Film Editing by
John C. Howard
Richard C. Meyer

Art Direction by
Philip M. Jefferies		(as Philip Jefferies)
Jack Martin Smith

Set Decoration by
Chester L. Bayhi
Walter M. Scott

Costume Design by
Edith Head		(uncredited)

Makeup Department
Edith Lindon	....	hairstyling
Daniel C. Striepeke	....	makeup artist (as Dan Striepeke)
Jay Sebring	....	hair designer: Paul Newman (uncredited)

Production Management
Lloyd Anderson	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steven Bernhardt	....	assistant director
Michael D. Moore	....	second unit director (as Michael Moore)

Sound Department
David Dockendorf	....	sound (as David E. Dockendorf)
William Edmondson	....	sound (as William E. Edmondson)

Visual Effects by
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects
Art Cruickshank	....	special photographic effects

Stunts
M. James Arnett	....	stunt double: Paul Newman (uncredited)
M. James Arnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eldon Burke	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Chambers	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Matt Connors	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Couch	....	stunts (uncredited)
Howard Curtis	....	stunt double: Paul Newman (uncredited)
Howard Curtis	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Finnegan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mickey Gilbert	....	stunt double: Robert Redford (uncredited)
Mickey Gilbert	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Lerner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ben Miller	....	stunts (uncredited)
Danny Sands	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dean Smith	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Norm Stephens	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Zendar	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Lawrence Schiller	....	special still photography
Harold E. Wellman	....	photographer: second unit
Arthur Brooker	....	key grip (uncredited)
Earl L. Clark	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Jordan Cronenweth	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Thomas Del Ruth	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Dave Friedman	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Edward Hutton	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Harry Sundby	....	chief electrician (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Diana Wilson	....	key costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Hugh K. Cummings	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Mark Nakamine	....	colorist (digital color correction) (uncredited)

Music Department
Burt Bacharach	....	conductor
Jack Hayes	....	orchestration
Leo Shuken	....	orchestration
Bob Bain	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (uncredited)
Jim Martell	....	transportation coordinator (uncredited)

Other crew
Robert Crawford Jr.	....	dialogue coach
John Neuhart	....	graphic montage
Ron Preissman	....	assistant to producer
Lynn A. Aber	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Stanley Bielecki	....	publicity and marketing (uncredited)
'Chema' Hernandez	....	head wrangler: Mexico (uncredited)
Annabelle King	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Arvo Ojala	....	gun coach (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (presents)
• Campanile Productions (produced by) (as Campanile Productions, Inc.)
• Newman-Foreman Company (as A Newman-Foreman Presentatin)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1969) (USA) (theatrical) (released by) (as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1976) (USA) (TV) (pan/scan)
• CBS/Fox (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• CBS/Fox (198?) (Argentina) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Magnetic Video (????) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• CBS/Fox (199?) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• CBS/Fox Video (199?) (Japan) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (1995) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (special edition)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (2-disc special edition)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• 20th Century Fox (1970) (France) (theatrical)
• Centfox (1969) (West Germany) (theatrical) (special edition)
• Fox Films (1970) (1983) (Finland) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (VHS)
• Encore Entertainment (19??) (UK) (video) (laserdisc)
• Encore (UK) (laserdisc)
• FS Film Oy (????) (Finland) (DVD)
• Fox Video (199?) (USA) (VHS) (laserdisc)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1995) (2001) (Finland) (TV)
• Süddeutsche Zeitung (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• TV3 (1986) (1988) (Finland) (TV)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2006) (Germany) (DVD) (Premium edition)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2008) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Canada) (DVD) (special edition)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1997) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes (uncredited)
• Glenn Advertising  main title (as Glenn Advertising,Inc.)
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  this picture made under the jurisdiction of (as I.A.T.S.E.)

Also Known As:

"Butch Cassidy" - Mexico (imdb display title), Uruguay (imdb display title)
"Butch Cassidy et le Kid" - Canada (French title), France
"Butch Cassidy och Sundance Kid" - Finland (Swedish title), Sweden
"Zwei Banditen" - Austria, West Germany
"Asu ni mukatte ute!" - Japan
"Buc Kasidi i Sandens Kid" - Serbia
"Butch Cassidy" - Brazil (imdb display title)
"Butch Cassidy" - Italy
"Butch Cassidy és a Sundance kölyök" - Hungary
"Butch Cassidy and the Kid" - Denmark (imdb display title)
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" - Argentina
"Butch Cassidy i Sundance Kid" - Poland
"Butch Cassidy si Sundance Kid" - Romania (imdb display title)
"Butch Cassidy und Sundance Kid" - West Germany
"Butch ja Kid - Auringonlaskun ratsastajat" - Finland (imdb display title)
"Dois Homens e Um Destino" - Portugal
"Dos hombres y un destino" - Spain
"Kid V'Cassidy" - Israel (Hebrew title)
"Oi dyo listai" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"Sonsuz ölüm" - Turkey (Turkish title)
"To uvanlige fredløse" - Norway (imdb display title)

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) | Japan:G (2009) | Australia:M (TV rating) | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (tv rating) | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:16 (1969) | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (video rating) (1987) (1998) | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG (1974 re-release) | West Germany:12 (f)

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Joanna Pettet was first offered the role of "Etta Place" but was forced to turn down the role due to her pregnancy.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Percy Garris uses the phrase "Bingo" emphasize a point. "Beano" didn't reach North America until 1929. By the time it was renamed Bingo and made its way to South America it would have been well into the 1930s at least.

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 "Eerie, Indiana: The Loyal Order of Corn (#1.16)" (1992)

Soundtrack:

Rock of Ages

One of the best of the 60s & 70s

This is pretty much the ultimate action western movie I can think of. This movie has everything you could want, and it appeals to almost any type of viewer. Paul Newman, one of if not the best actor of our time is the lead along with Robert Redford, the two go together perfectly, I dare say this is one of the best combinations in Hollywood history.

Anyways the story takes place in the midwest, Newman and Redord run "The Hole in the Wall Gang" named after their hideout. They rob trains and take big scores, later the Pacific railroad gets together the best tracker and lawmen in the entire Western United States to track and kill Butch and Sundance. They must manage to evade their elite counterparts, the movie is 100 percent entertainment, especially during the chases. The movie is based on true events and is spectacular.

This movie won Best Score, Best Song (Raindrops) which was very good untraditional music in a western, it fit good in this movie, Best Cinematography, shot by Conrad L. Hall who also did Road To Perdition, arguably the best cinematography done to this very day, and Adapated Screenplay, all for the right reasons. George Roy Hill, Paul Newman, and Robert Redford all went on to create "The Sting" in 1973, which is possibly one of the best movies ever made. I praise this movie, 10/10