Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Director:

George Roy Hill

Writer:

William Goldman (written by)

Release Date:

24 October 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Crime | Drama | Western

Tagline:

Just for the fun of it!

Plot:

Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.

Plot Keywords:

Bolivia | Train | Posse | 1890s | Remake

Awards:

Won 4 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Paul Newman	...	Butch Cassidy
Robert Redford	...	The Sundance Kid
Katharine Ross	...	Etta Place
Strother Martin	...	Percy Garris
Henry Jones	...	Bike Salesman
Jeff Corey	...	Sheriff Bledsoe
George Furth	...	Woodcock
Cloris Leachman	...	Agnes
Ted Cassidy	...	Harvey Logan
Kenneth Mars	...	Marshal
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Macon
Jody Gilbert	...	Large Woman Train Passenger
Timothy Scott	...	News Carver
Don Keefer	...	Fireman
Charles Dierkop	...	Flat Nose Curry
Pancho Córdova	...	Bank Manager (as Francisco Cordova)
Nelson Olmsted	...	Photographer (as Nelson Olmstead)
Paul Bryar	...	Card Player #1
Sam Elliott	...	Card Player #2
Charles Akins	...	Bank Teller
Eric Sinclair	...	Tiffany's Salesman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Douglas Bank	...	Citizen (uncredited)
Larry Barton	...	Citizen (uncredited)
Rico Cattani	...	Bank Guard (uncredited)
José Chávez	...	Bolivian police commander (uncredited)
Dave Dunlop	...	Gunman (uncredited)
Jill Hall	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Percy Helton	...	Sweetface (uncredited)
Buck Holland	...	Posse member (uncredited)
Jack Isbell	...	Posseman (uncredited)
Enrique Lucero	...	Guard in the 1st Bolivian bank (uncredited)
Jorge Russek	...	Bolivian army officer (uncredited)
José Torvay	...	Bolivian bandit (uncredited)

Directed by
George Roy Hill

Writing credits
William Goldman		(written by)

Produced by
John Foreman	....	producer
Paul Monash	....	executive producer
Paul Newman	....	co-executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Burt Bacharach

Cinematography by
Conrad L. Hall		(director of photography) (as Conrad Hall)

Film Editing by
John C. Howard
Richard C. Meyer

Art Direction by
Philip M. Jefferies		(as Philip Jefferies)
Jack Martin Smith

Set Decoration by
Chester L. Bayhi
Walter M. Scott

Makeup Department
Edith Lindon	....	hair stylist
Daniel C. Striepeke	....	makeup artist (as Dan Striepeke)
Jay Sebring	....	hair designer: Paul Newman (uncredited)

Production Management
Lloyd Anderson	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steven Bernhardt	....	assistant director
Michael D. Moore	....	second unit director (as Michael Moore)

Sound Department
David Dockendorf	....	sound (as David E. Dockendorf)
William Edmondson	....	sound (as William E. Edmondson)

Special Effects by
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects
Art Cruickshank	....	special photographic effects

Stunts
M. James Arnett	....	stunt double: Paul Newman (uncredited)
M. James Arnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eldon Burke	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Chambers	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Matt Connors	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Couch	....	stunts (uncredited)
Howard Curtis	....	stunt double: Paul Newman (uncredited)
Howard Curtis	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Finnegan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mickey Gilbert	....	stunt double: Robert Redford (uncredited)
Mickey Gilbert	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Lerner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ben Miller	....	stunts (uncredited)
Danny Sands	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dean Smith	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Norm Stephens	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Zendar	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Lawrence Schiller	....	special still photographer
Harold E. Wellman	....	photographer: second unit
Earl L. Clark	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Thomas Del Ruth	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Dave Friedman	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Edward Hutton	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Harry Sundby	....	chief electrician (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Diana Wilson	....	key costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Hugh K. Cummings	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Burt Bacharach	....	conductor
Jack Hayes	....	orchestrator
Leo Shuken	....	orchestrator
Bob Bain	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (uncredited)
Jim Martell	....	transportation coordinator (uncredited)

Other crew
Robert Crawford Jr.	....	dialogue coach
John Neuhart	....	graphic montage
Ron Preissman	....	assistant to producer
Lynn A. Aber	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Stanley Bielecki	....	publicity and marketing (uncredited)
'Chema' Hernandez	....	head wrangler: Mexico (uncredited)
Annabelle King	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Arvo Ojala	....	gun coach (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Campanile Productions (produced by)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1976) (USA) (TV) (pan/scan)
• CBS/Fox (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• CBS/Fox (198?) (Argentina) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Magnetic Video (198?) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• CBS/Fox (199?) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• CBS/Fox Video (199?) (Japan) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (1995) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (special edition)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (2-disc special edition)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• 20th Century Fox (1970) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (VHS)
• Encore Entertainment (19??) (UK) (video) (laserdisc)
• Encore (UK) (laserdisc)
• Fox Video (199?) (USA) (VHS) (laserdisc)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Canada) (DVD) (special edition)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Glenn Advertising  main title
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  this picture made under the jurisdiction of (as I.A.T.S.E.)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Colour:

Colour | Black and White (Sepiatone)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Iceland:L | Norway:12 (video rating) (1983) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2000) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2000) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:16 (1969) | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG (1974 re-release) | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Campanile Productions

Trivia:

The bull's name in the film is "Bill". He was flown in from Los Angeles for the bicycle scene, which was shot in Utah. In order to make Bill charge, the filmmakers sprayed a substance on his testicles. Oddly, he didn't seem to mind and endured it through several takes (from The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970)).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Percy Garris uses the phrase "Bingo" emphasize a point. "Beano" didn't reach North America until 1929. By the time it was renamed Bingo and made its way to South America it would have been well into the 1930s at least.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Butch Cassidy: What happened to the old bank? It was beautiful.
Guard: People kept robbing it.
Butch Cassidy: Small price to pay for beauty.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Watching the Detectives (2007)

Soundtrack:

RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: A post modern Western

George Roy Hill´s funny Western is still modern and hasn't aged bad at all. Paul Newman is charming and charismatic, and Robert Redford is energetic. I don't know why some Western-fans doesn't like it because it is filled with powerful and spectacular gunfights, humor, friendship and beautiful pictures - which is the reasons why you watch Westerns, isn't it? I am fully aware of the fact that 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' was an unusual Western when it came. After this there were made other attempts or experiments like this but I don't think that they succeeded. 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' has also the rare ability to even smell, taste or feel classic when you watch it ... Robert Redford was never better than here.

Rating: 9 of 10.