Movie butch and sundance the early years

Aug 22, 2019 in the 1969 movie butch cassidy and the sundance kid, the two outlaws, played by paul newman and robert redford respectively, appear to go out in a blaze of glory during a gun battle in bolivia in. After traveling to bolivia, at the end of the film they are trapped in a room by some police officers. Sundance cassidy and butch the kid 1976 rotten tomatoes. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid is arguably the first modern western. Although butch cassidy wasnt the first movie to pair up a couple of wisecracking best friends in an actionadventure setting, this film became the model of how well that approach could work when done right.

The early days is a movie that intends to fill in the gaps of events prior to butch cassidy and the sundance kid that were. The film follows the duo during their first meeting and their initial heists. Witty pals butch paul newman and sundance robert redford join the gang in successfully robbing yet. Tom berenger and william katt star in the roles made famous by paul newman and robert redford in the original.

William goldman, the writer of the original film, was an executive producer. The early days, a prequel, was released starring tom berenger as butch cassidy and william katt as the sundance kid. Butch and sundance early years william katt 8x10 original. The early years is an excellent movie any way you look at iti just cant get enough. Jan 01, 2015 why i think this is a classic 60s movie. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid populiteracy medium. The early days 1979 a prequel of sorts to butch cassidy and the sundance kid 1969 which chronicles the two outlaws lives in the years before the events portrayed in the 1969 movie. Little do they know that a bolivian army detachment has arrived outside and is ready to riddle them with bullets. Classic westerns such as the searchers, stagecoach, high noon, the man who shot liberty valance, and shane are about the romantic early west where the delineation between good guys and bad guys is very clean cut. The early days is a pleasant and handsome western that draws us inexorably toward these reflections.

The friendship flick butch cassidy and the sundance kid. Early in the movie, butch and sundance are pursued by a posse led by the lawman joe lefors. Original movie poster for butch and sundance the early years 1979 272 20th century fox original onesheet poster 27x41 folded very fine condition offered by kirby mcdaniel movieart of austin, texas. If events of crucial interest had really happened to butch and sundance in the early days, either a they would have been included in the original movie, or b the present film would not have waited so easily for ten years to be made. Oct 18, 2019 for us in 2019, of course, 50 years after butch cassidy and the sundance kid premiered, theres a third level of evocative retrospection as we ponder 69 as a more innocent time in hollywood. Outlaw butch cassidy, also known as robert leroy parker, partnered with the sundance kid to rob banks and trains in the early 1900s. The film is also known as sundance cassidy and butch. Prequel to the 1969 western butch cassidy and the sundance kid in which a gang of bank robbers arrive in. Based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of wild west outlaws robert leroy parker, known as butch cassidy paul newman, and his partner harry longabaugh, the sundance kid robert redford, who are on the run from a crack us posse after a string of train robberies.

This prequel to the newmanredford vehicle butch cassidy and the sundance kid was written by tv sitcom veteran allan burns and stars tom berenger as butch and william katt as sundance. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid taos unlimited movie. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid is a perfect movie the movie debuted in the fall of 1969 and staked out a middle ground among the three major westerns that year. The early years, williams wrote an eclectic score playful, beautiful, filled with adventure and bravado, tenderness, and gorgeous melodic themes. Witty pals butch paul newman and sundance robert redford join the gang in successfully robbing yet another train with their trademark nonlethal style. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid is a 1969 american western film directed by george roy hill and written by william goldman.

The cast also included peter weller, brian dennehy and jeff corey, who reprises his role. I had a very hard time wrapping my head around why the good guy was best friends with the bad guy. The film, per its title, traces the formative days of butch and sundances careers as softhearted western outlaws, and their creation of the holeinthewall gang. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid movie facts mental floss. The early days online on videoondemand services netflix, hbo now, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. Its easy to see a little of butch and sundance in nearly every action duo to reach the screens during the last 30 years. The early years 1979 in 1979, tom berenger near right and william katt reprised paul newmans butch cassidy and robert redfords sundance kid in butch and sundance. Nov 04, 2019 outlaw butch cassidy, also known as robert leroy parker, partnered with the sundance kid to rob banks and trains in the early 1900s. The film butch cassidy and the sundance kid was the topgrossing film of 1969, and today is considered one of hollywoods greatest westerns the movie was filmed in 1968 in utah, colorado, and mexico. Fifty years has passed since george roy hills the world according to garp multiaward winning butch cassidy and the sundance kid. About kidding, so things dont become too serious too quickly. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing butch and sundance. Original butch and sundance the early years 1979 movie. With paul newman, robert redford, katharine ross, strother martin.

For us in 2019, of course, 50 years after butch cassidy and the sundance kid premiered, theres a third level of evocative retrospection as we ponder 69 as a more innocent time in hollywood. A prequel of sorts to butch cassidy and the sundance kid, chronicling the two outlaws lives in the years before the events portrayed in the newmanredford movie. A 1969 western directed by george roy hill, written by william goldman, and starring paul newman as butch and robert redford as sundance. Its about harmless adventures and new horizons to discover, and about falling over in the snow while youre learning to ski. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. See more ideas about sundance kid, sundance, paul newman. Oct 19, 2019 butch cassidy and the sundance kid is a perfect movie the movie debuted in the fall of 1969 and staked out a middle ground among the three major westerns that year. If there had been a developing story to hang these. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid was filmed roughly the same time as hello, dolly.

A pair of brothers do all they can to get their hands on a nice fat inheritance. A scene that was cut had cassidy, the kid, and etta in a bolivian cinema and seeing a screen reenactment of their gang, depicting butch and sundance as ruthless killers gunned down by the law. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. The early days movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Redfords sundance kid absolutely terrified my child self when first saw this movie oh. Opening with a silent movie of butch cassidys hole in the wall gang, george roy hills comically elegiac western chronicles the mostly true tale of the outlaws last months. To this day the character is still jampacked with a sinister quality that you really just dont see much of anymore, and its amazing. The story, such as it is, tells us how the two titular outlaws first met and then goes on to. Butch cassidy tom berenger, platoon and cohort the sundance. It works perfectly in the film, complementing the visuals, the comedy, and the drama, a real oldfashioned honesttogoodness film score by a master composer. The early days is a movie that intends to fill in the gaps of events prior to butch cassidy and the sundance kid that were not disclosed in the later movie. Director george roy hill believed that the studio would allow him to film the new york scenes on dollys sets, since the two films daily shooting schedules were totally different. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid 1969 50 years later. In the 1969 movie butch cassidy and the sundance kid, the two outlaws, played by paul newman and robert redford respectively, appear to go out in.

In this prequel to butch cassidy and the sundance kid, the outlaw duo meet and team up for a life of crime. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1979 movies 1979. All critics 3 fresh 2 rotten 1 the main appeal of the movie is the long final scene of the train robbery, where the visual gags are entertaining, appropriate, and well placed. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid movie locations of. This movie is more or less a collections of vignettes, sometimes with little to no connection with each other. Young butch cassidy tom berenger and the sundance kid william katt. The early days is the 1979 western prequel to the 1969 classic butch cassidy and the sundance kid. The film is also known as sundance cassidy and butch the kid. The early days 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Lightning jack 1994, the overthehill gang 1969, the good guys and the bad guys 1969, catlow 1971, 4 for texas 1963. The ultimate telling of the story of butch cassidy, the sundance kid, and. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid trivia tv tropes.

My goal is to provide help to potential buyers, not get into any arguments. This one sees the notorious duo just starting out, with william katt of carrie fame a lot of fun as sundance and tom berenger slightly wooden and uncomfortable as butch. It stars tom berenger as butch cassidy and william katt as the sundance kid. Original movie poster for butch and sundance the early years 1979 272 20th century fox original onesheet poster 27x41 folded very fine condition offered by kirby mcdaniel movieart of. October 24, 1969 butch cassidy and the sundance kid is available at as a wide screen special edition dvd, a 2disc collectors edition dvd, on bluray, and on vhs.

The early days is a 1979 western film and prequel of sorts to the 1969 film butch cassidy and the sundance kid. With william katt, tom berenger, jeff corey, john schuck. Sex, scandals, and secrets of the stars of butch cassidy. As the two men watch incredulously, shouting at the screen that it didnt happen that way, etta walks off to the station to catch the. Loosely based on the real life story of two outlaws who fled to bolivia in an attempt to outrun their pursuers, the movie follows the holeinthewall gang led by butch cassidy, making their living robbing banks and trains. The movie is a retelling of the lives of actual figures from history, a pair of outlaws robert leroy parker butch cassidy and his partner harry longabaugh sundance kid. Butch and sundance the early years soundtrack cd details and availability.