Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
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| Directed by | Richard Lester |
| Produced by | Steven Bach Jack B. Bernstein William Goldman Gabriel Katzka |
| Written by | Allan Burns |
| Starring | Tom Berenger William Katt Michael C. Gwynne Peter Weller Brian Dennehy Christopher Lloyd |
| Music by | Patrick Williams |
| Cinematography | László Kovács |
| Editing by | George Trirogoff |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | June 15, 1979 |
| Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $5,136,913 |
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days is a 1979 Western film and prequel to the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It starred Tom Berenger as Butch Cassidy and William Katt as the Sundance Kid.
It was directed by Richard Lester and written by Allan Burns. It generally received bad reviews but was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.[1]
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[edit] Plot
A young Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid are wannabe outlaws who find that breaking the law is not as easy as it seems.
[edit] Cast
- Tom Berenger as Butch Cassidy / Robert Leroy Parker
- William Katt as The Sundance Kid / Harry Alonzo Longabaugh
- Jeff Corey as Sheriff Ray Bledsoe
- John Schuck as Kid Curry / Harvey Logan
- Michael C. Gwynne as Mike Cassidy
- Peter Weller as Joe Le Fors
- Brian Dennehy as O.C. Hanks
- Christopher Lloyd as Bill Tod Carver
- Jill Eikenberry as Mary Parker
- Joel Fluellen as Jack
- Regina Baff as Ruby
- Peter Brocco as Old Robber
- Vincent Schiavelli as Guard
- Hugh Gillin as Cyrus Antoon
- Sherril Lynn Rettino as Annie
[edit] Release
[edit] Home media
A DVD of the film was released by Anchor Bay Entertainment in February 2005. However, Anchor Bay has since lost distribution rights to the film and the DVD was forced to go out of print.
Shout! Factory has recently acquired the rights to the film and released it on DVD as a double billing with Death Hunt on February 1, 2011.
[edit] References
- ^ "Box Office Mojo". http://boxofficemojo.com/oscar/movies/?id=butchandsundancetheearlydays.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
[edit] External links
- Butch and Sundance: The Early Days at the Internet Movie Database
- Butch and Sundance: The Early Days at AllRovi
- Butch and Sundance: The Early Days at Rotten Tomatoes
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