Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303393971 Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6303393977 Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: March 22, 1995 Running Time: 110 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: October 24, 1969 Sales Rank: 3691
Amazon.com essential video: This 1969 film has never lost its popularity or its unusual appeal as a star-driven Western that tinkers with the genre's conventions and comes up with something both terrifically entertaining and--typical of its period--a tad paranoid. Paul Newman plays the legendary outlaw Butch Cassidy as an eternal optimist and self-styled visionary, conjuring dreams of banks just ripe for the picking all over the world. Robert Redford is his more levelheaded partner, the sharpshooting Sundance Kid. The film, written by William Goldman (The Princess Bride) and directed by George Roy Hill (The Sting), basically begins as a freewheeling story about robbing trains but soon becomes a chase as a relentless posse--always seen at a great distance like some remote authority--forces Butch and Sundance into the hills and, finally, Bolivia. Weakened a little by feel-good inclinations (a scene involving bicycle tricks and the song "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" is sort of Hollywood flower power), the movie maintains an interesting tautness, and the chemistry between Redford and Newman is rare. (A factoid: Newman first offered the Sundance part to Jack Lemmon.) --Tom Keogh
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Rating: - Great Blue-ray redo
I was impressed with the remake of this blu-ray movie. I enjoyed, so much, the original, and the remake is vivid and yet not overdone. Great job, and blu-ray is awesome. Delightful movie
Rating: - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Blu-ray dvd
This is a great movie that your whole family will enjoy watching. It is, of course, the first on-screen pairing of the late, great Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The film looks sharp in Blu-ray's 1080p ... Read More
Rating: - Butch and Sundance ride into the Sunset
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is a true silver screen classic. Robert Redford and the late Paul Newman were an electrifying duo. Butch Cassidy laments his age (Newman was 44 at the time) Redford is ... Read More
Rating: - A True Classic
When I heard Paul Newman passed away the other day I immediately thought of all the wonderful movies he was a part of, and Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid is one of my favorites so I had to watch it again. ... Read More
Rating: - An all time western classic in a nice 2 dvd collector's set!!! R.I.P. Paul Newman!!!
This is a great 2 dvd set from Fox,much better than the original single disc from a few years back!!! This set features a great transer of the film and some choice extras!!! R.I.P. Paul Newman we will miss you!!! ... Read More
- Great Blue-ray redo