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Summary: Tremendous !!!!!!!
Review: What a great movie this is. You wouldn't regret buying it. It is about two robbers,Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid who always rob trains. You'll think that it is a bad choice to buy this show by just knowing that they are robbers.But you are wrong. On the contrary,you'll find it hilarious. I'll go on with the story. Butch is all brains whereas Kid is skilful with guns.They are the topmost wanted men. And once they were nearly hunted down. They were lucky to escape. Many things happen before this... I love this show and I bet you'll love it too.
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Summary: Newman & Redford's First Film Together
Review: Paul Newman and Robert Redford are two of the biggest movie stars of all time. They are also the best of friends and that friendship shines through on their first film together, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid. The film is set in the old west, but it has a definite 60's feel to it. Butch and Sundance are anti-heroes who defy the "establishment" by robbing trains. Finally the train company gets fed up and sends an elite team of bounty hunters to track them down. This inspires the film's classic catchphrase, "who are those guys" as Butch & Sundance can't shake their pursuers. The film has a light comical side to it as Mr. Newman is at his charming best as Butch and Mr. Redford elicits laughs as the uptight Sundance. Katherine Ross provides a pretty diversion as Sundance's beautiful schoolteacher girlfriend, Etta Place. Mr. Newman & Mr. Redford are instantly likable in the lead roles and you can feel their real affinity for one another come through in the film. The movie was a major box office hit and won and William Goldman won an Oscar for his crisp and witty script and But Bacarach and Hal David won an Oscar for the film's theme song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" which B.J. Thomas took to number one in late 1969.
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Summary: A good film Given a wonderful print!
Review: No it's not as great as the Wild Bunch or Once Upon a time in the West, 2 other westerns from 1969, but fans of this film will be pleased with all the extras and presentaion of this hugely entertaining film....
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Summary: A hillarious movie for everyone
Review: As a 21 year old girl, I'm one of the last people you'd expect to love this movie. After all it's a western, right? Well, that said, Butch is one of my all time favorites. I grew up watching this movie with my dad, and when I saw it for sale it was a must have! I force all my friends to watch it with an open mind and they are all surprised to find that they love it too! Paul Newman and Robert Redford, what girl could resist? A great movie that can suit anyone's taste, weather you want action, comedy, western or even a bit of drama, this is perfect. It's a classic
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Summary: A classic!
Review: Sometime when you get tired of the trite fare which Hollywood seems to dish up now, pull out this old favorite and treat yourself to a great evening. Robert Redford and Paul Newman have the perfect chemistry and on-screen repartee which keeps this movie rolling, from beginning to end. They may be the bad guys, but they are so loveable that you can't help but root for them. There is not much of a plot here, simply a movie-long chase of the good guys chasing the bad guys, but it's done in such a charming and compelling way that you'll be glad that you joined the chase.
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Summary: A wonderful feel-good finale to the 1960s
Review: Realising that a super-posse will stop them robbing banks and railroads in the mid-West, Butch Cassidy and Sundance evacuate the US entirely, along with Sundance's shoolteacher girlfriend, and try to reprise their activities in Bolivia, where they eventually meet a violent but unseen end. Apart from the unfortunate Woodcock, the crimes of the Hole-in-the-Wall gang seem to have no victims in the world of this movie. Butch and Sundance are pursued relentlessly by the super-posse, but which side of the law each group belongs to seems irrelevant. All that matters is that the super-posse is the more invincible force, and that we are on Butch's side because his gang is the more likeable.
Even without the DVD extras, I would have rated this movie *****, as it's one of my all-time favourites. Filming was completed not long before Man first landed on the Moon, but this movie isn't about the rejection of new technology. (Butch quickly learns how to ride the just-invented bicycle, and the three escapees enjoy the luxuries of New York before displaying a united instant dislike for the backwardness of the Bolivian railway station.) For me the message of the movie is that no matter how good a team you are, ultimately there will be another group that's even better; it's about how strong bonds can make all the difference in the worst of circumstances. In today's world where military invasion and colonisation is rare, a microeconomic analogy works better: some firms really do dedicate themselves to suffocating or driving out other firms.
Before I saw the DVD extras, I thought I knew why I liked the movie so much -- for the upbeat relationship between the two protagonists, for Bacharach's music and for the action sequences, particularly at the end. But having heard Connie Hall's commentary, I now appreciate the quality of the camera work and cinematography much more. In widescreen this film is visually stunning, both for its landscapes and its close-ups.
Actually the commentary can be annoying at times -- Hall and Crawford go off into lengthy anecdotes which, by the time they're complete, are irrelevant to the scene you're now watching. When you were hoping for an explanation of how a scene was created, it's frustrating that the commentators are still discussing some off-screen swordfight with Redford!
But the interviews and 1968 'Making Of ...' documentary more than make up for this. Katharine Ross is even more beautiful in her 1994 interview than she was in 1968. Goldman and Newman are particularly insightful about the film's construction. Newman tells how Goldman spent six or seven evenings with him, getting Newman's input on early versions of the script. Several months later Steve McQueen and Newman are invited to bid $350,000 for the final script! Despite bidding $400,000, they still don't win it. Rather like consultancy, scriptwriting can seem like charging someone for borrowing their watch in order to tell them the time.
This is not a film about the old Wild West. Director George Roy Hill says that the dialogue and music was deliberately chosen to be anachronistic, in a 1960s idiom. For me, Bacharach is the most important composer of popular music of the last 40 years. (The man appears in an Austin Powers movie as a tribute to his immense talent. 'The Look of Love' is one of the most perfect pop tunes ever penned.) The really bizarre decision in this movie is Hal David's lyric for 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head', given that not a single rain shower appears.
It was fascinating to hear that the sepia-tinted New York still montage was originally planned to be a live action piece, but was forbidden by company boss Zanuck because the street scenery was built for 'Hello Dolly', which hadn't yet been released.
Animals suffered more in the making of this movie than would be allowed today. Hill admits that the wiring of a mule's front legs would not have been allowed in the US even in 1968. Horses are clearly shocked by explosions they are much too close to.
The final uplifting aspect of this movie is its popular triumph over bad initial reviews. The people loved it while the critics missed the point. But it did well at the 1969 Oscars, just missing the ultimate prize, best film, to 'Midnight Cowboy'.
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Summary: What happened to George Roy Hill on the commentary track?
Review: This is a beautifully designed DVD of one of the best movies of all time, with many interesting bonus materials, most of all the contemporary documentary. The 1994 interviews are enlightening, but the film would have been worth of an updated, retrospective documentary. The title's biggest fraud though is "commentary by George Roy Hill". He can be heard about three or for times on the audio track, and all statements are taken from the documentary. Robert Crawford does a nice job, but when he has to explain to us, what he thinks, Hill was thinking during a particular scene, one wonders. Conrad Hall goes from interesting to the usual trappings of documenting your work: "Isn't this nice lighting?". All in all, a good buy of a great movie, with some wasted opportunities. But there's always the 35th anniversary edition, let's hope all the key players will still be around.
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Summary: The Last Great Western?
Review: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a brilliant western with laughs, thrills, laughs, and laughs. It begins by following Butch, Sundance and the rest of the Hole in the Wall gang as they rob a few steam trains. The dialogue and pace are remarkable, making you feel like the characters, the actors, the director, even the caterers were having the most enjoyable time ever filming this move. Which results in pure enjoyment for the viewer as well. After a few high jinks, though, the movie really kicks in as Butch and Sundance begin to be chases by a "super posse". A band of lawmen put together by the owner of the train they keep robbing with the sole purpose of capturing and killing our two anti-heroes. The result is pure fun as Butch and Sundance do everything they can to shake this posse, all the while snapping at each other as only the best of friends can do. This movie is important for other reasons then pure enjoyment, however. It is a look at two men, out of place in a changing world. We see evidence of the new American dawn that is coming as things like bicycles and bifocals and well-guarded banks begin to pop up in the Butch and Sundance's path. These are two outlaws from the old west who are slowly noticing that the old west doesn't seem to exist anymore. As they go to greater and greater lengths to ditch the posse on their tail, including leaving America for Bolivia, right up until the unforgettable ending scene, we come to know these two heroes as strong men who find themselves without a true place in the world they are living in.
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Summary: great movie and great DVD
Review: BC&SK passes the test of time: cinematography is beautiful, editing is absolutely modern, Bacharach's music is always fascinating, Newman and Redford need no introduction. this DVD edition is worth buying because the video looks excellent and the audio track - while mono - is good. The special features are exceptional: audio commentary and documentary are perfect.
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Summary: totally overrated
Review: despite the fact that i love paul newman, this movie is pretty awful. some decent cinematography and good moments with newman can't make up for the fact that redford can't act and the script is hollow. not much happens and we go on a journey to nowhere. not recommended. highly overpraised
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