Oldies Review - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Director: George Roy Hill
Genre: Western/ Crime
Runtime: 106 minutes
Year: 1969
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katherine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones, Jeff Corey, Cloris Leachman

I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2021 MOVIE CHALLENGE.
WEEK 4: A MOVIE FROM THE 1960S

Description: Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) and The Sundance Kid (Robert Redford) are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution: escape to Bolivia.

Review: Four years before “The Sting”, director George Roy Hill brought together Paul Newman and Robert Redford for the first time and formed the fantastic duo of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Hill puts in a legendary performance as a director, with Conrad L. Hall at his side as cinematographer. Who brings something brand new to the market, especially for the time, with the switching between sepia shots and the regular color shots is fantastic. In between, a montage of photographs is used to cover the time of the journey, which fits the film perfectly. All this is once again supported by the lively and cheerful music of Burt Bacharach.
“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” is a fun and enjoyable film. Paul Newman and Robert Redford manage to alternate the blood-curdling chase with plenty of humor. This gives the film a fresh touch and keeps it from being so heavy. I am not the world’s biggest fan of westerns, but there is no denying that “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” is a fun and exciting western.

Rating: 4/ 5