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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid overview

Opening with a silent "movie" of Butch Cassidy's Hole in the Wall Gang, George Roy Hill's comically elegiac Western chronicles the mostly true tale of the outlaws' last months. Witty pals Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance (Robert Redford) join the Gang in successfully robbing yet another train with their trademark non-lethal style. After the pair rests at the home of Sundance's schoolmarm girlfriend, Etta (Katharine Ross), the Gang robs the same train, but this time, the railroad boss has hired the best trackers in the business to foil the crime. After being tailed over rocks and a river gorge by guys that they can barely identify save for a white hat, Butch and Sundance decide that maybe it's time to try their luck in Bolivia. Taking Etta with them, they live high on ill-gotten Bolivian gains, but Etta leaves after their white-hatted nemesis portentously arrives. Their luck running out, Butch and Sundance are soon holed up in a barn surrounded by scores of Bolivian soldiers who are waiting for the pair to make one last run for it. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid News & Reviews

"Calling Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid a great Western is like calling Dom Perignon a really great bottle of grape juice. "
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"The Sundance Kid (Redford) is the frontier's fastest gun. "
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"The movie is jovial without being silly; it retains the sense of adventure that characterizes the Western, but replaces the often somber mood with one that is airy and, at times, almost comedic."
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"Butch Cassidy's winking awareness of its own cinematic nature (from the opening "silent movie" train robbery to the famous closing freeze frame) and witty banter give the story a degree of charm and exuberance."
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"Action dwells upon the misadventures of the pair as they pursue the outlaw trail, but more importantly, packs the type of fast movement the title indicates."
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid comments

Tugstein
" Perhaps the greatest movie of all time?Ah. :]"
by Tugstein, 10 September 2008
zapp645
" Would be a 5-star film if not for the TERRIBLE music."
by zapp645, 21 May 2008
Trent Johnson
" Nearly flawless. If I knew how Goldman was able to mix comedy, adventure, and drama and make it appear so easy, I would be a very rich man. And a mind reader, apparently."
by Trent Johnson, 07 June 2007