Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | |
| Director(s) | George Roy Hill |
| Producer(s) | John Foreman, Paul Monash (executive), Paul Newman (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Western |
| Top Topics | Outlaws, Wild West |
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) was a Adventure - Western Film directed by George Roy Hill and produced by John Foreman, Paul Newman and Paul Monash.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2003.
Academy Awards 1969 --- Ceremony Number 42 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Cinematography | Conrad Hall | Won |
| Best Director | George Roy Hill | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Burt Bacharach | Won |
| Best Picture | John Foreman, Producer | Nominated |
| Best Writing | William Goldman | Won |
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
By Beatrice on Mar 21, 2020 From Flickers in TimeButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Directed by George Roy Hill Written by William Goldman 1969/US IMDb link Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Launching “Flickers in Time: The Lockdown Edition” with this beloved classic. ?It’s a blen... Read full article
Bridging Old Hollywood and New: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
By The Lady Eve on Oct 17, 2019 From Lady Eve's Reel LifeThis post is my entry for the Classic Movie Blog Association's Fall 2019 Blogathon. This year we're honoring the CMBA's 10th anniversary with "The Anniversary Blogathon" and participating member bloggers are celebrating all manner of classic film and classic film-related anniversaries. Click here fo... Read full article
Review: Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 3, 2017 From 4 Star FilmsDespite my general reluctance to say that the Western in its classical form was on the way out, it’s hard not to make such an assertion looking at the landscape of the late 1960s. The Wild Bunch is a common marker of the seismic shift leading to the complete obliteration of the classic western... Read full article
Review: Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 3, 2017 From 4 Star FilmsDespite my general reluctance to say that the Western in its classical form was on the way out, it’s hard not to make such an assertion looking at the landscape of the late 1960s. The Wild Bunch is a common marker of the seismic shift leading to the complete obliteration of the classic western... Read full article
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, George Roy Hill)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 27, 2016 From The Stop ButtonButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid opens with a sepia-toned silent film newsreel. It’s exposition, but also contrast. The silent images of a daring train robbery distract from reading the film’s accompanying opening titles. When the film itself starts, it’s just as sepia-toned. Onl... Read full article
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Quotes from
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Butch Cassidy: [to Sundance] Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals.
Percy Garris: I'm not crazy; I'm just colorful.
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The climactic gun battle at the end of the movie was historically inaccurate. There were only a few uniformed police officers/officials present during the shootout (the rural town of San Vicente in southern Bolivia, where Cassidy and Sundance were supposedly killed, was a very small place back in November 1908, and didn't have many police officers). Plus, there were only three Bolivian soldiers who actually took part in the fight alongside the local police, not the hundreds shown in the film. In addition, the casualty count among the Bolivian policemen was nowhere near as enormous as shown (only one soldier and one police official were actually killed, plus another soldier and an unknown number of policemen and some local posse members were wounded), and most of the gun battle took place in the evening and at night, not in broad daylight as shown in the movie. These were the main reasons why the Bolivian government at first banned the film from being shown in that country.
With nine wins it currently holds the record for the British Academy Awards (BAFTAs). It won for picture, actor (Robert Redford), actress (Katharine Ross, direction (George Roy Hill, screenplay, cinematography, film editing, sound and score.
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