Movie: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
“Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, across rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, “Let’s go to Bolivia”. Based on the exploits of the historical characters. Written by John Vogel {jlvogel@comcast.net}”
- Director: George Roy Hill
- Release Date: 24 October 1969 (USA)
- Run Time: 110 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Adventure , Crime , Drama , Western
Tagline: Just for the fun of it!
Trivia: During the 27-minute super posse chase, Butch and Sundance dismount and separate from their lone horse, start scaling rocky terrain to evade their pursuers. Butch asks, “What if they don’t follow the horse?”. Sundance: “Don’t worry, Butch, you’ll think of something.” Originally Butch retorts, “That’s a load off my mind.” That line was kept in the movie right through the mid-’70s until it was broadcast on network TV (1976). For some reason it was omitted and has remained absent through every TV, cable, video, laserdisc and previous DVD release. It was reinstated back into the 2006 “Ultimate Collector’s Edition” DVD and viewers are treated to it for the first time in 30 years.
Goofs: Factual errors: At the climactic shootout, the shoulder insignia of the Bolivian army officers are wrong: instead of stripes, the shoulder boards should have six-pointed stars.