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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Directed byGeorge Roy Hill
Written byWilliam Goldman
Produced byJohn Foreman
Starring
CinematographyConrad Hall
Edited by
Music byBurt Bacharach
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • September 23, 1969 (1969-09-23) (Premiere)
  • September 24, 1969 (1969-09-24) (New York City)
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Running time
110 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million[3]
Box office$102.3 million (North America)[4]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American movie from 20th Century Fox. George Roy Hill directed it, and John Foreman produced it. It stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as two robbers in Wyoming who go to Bolivia to escape the law.

The movie was loosely based on the real story of the two title characters (Butch Cassidy and his friend Harry Longabaugh, also called "Sundance"). But it made the legends of the two more popular.

It won four Academy Awards: for Best Cinematography (shooting work on a movie), Best Original Score, Best Song (Burt Bacharach's "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head") and Best Original Screenplay (William Goldman). It was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director (Hill) and Best Sound. Goldman won the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay.

It was one of the largest-grossing movies of the 1960s (with $102.3 million in the United States). It was number fifty on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies list.

At first, Warren Beatty and Steve McQueen (even Marlon Brando) were called upon to play the title roles. When Newman and Redford took their place, the roles were switched, with Newman as Sundance, and Redford as Cassidy. The studio, 20th Century Fox, did not like Redford's role. But the movie's director, Hill, wanted it that way.

As a result, Redford has said that the movie made him a more famous actor.

The Sundance Film Festival is named after Redford's role, as well his Utah ski resort.

References

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  1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. "BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  3. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Box Office Data, DVD and Blu-ray Sales, Movie News, Cast and Crew Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  4. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.

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