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starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jonesdirected by: George Roy Hill
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0024543001270
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: May 16, 2000
Running Time: 156 minutes
Sales Rank: 17057
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: October 24, 1969
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
This 1969 film has never lost its popularity or its unusual appeal as a star-driven Western that tinkers with the genre's conventions and comes up with something both terrifically entertaining and--typical of its period--a tad paranoid. Paul Newman plays the legendary outlaw Butch Cassidy as an eternal optimist and self-styled visionary, conjuring dreams of banks just ripe for the picking all over the world. Robert Redford is his more levelheaded partner, the sharpshooting Sundance Kid. The film, written by William Goldman (The Princess Bride) and directed by George Roy Hill (The Sting), basically begins as a freewheeling story about robbing trains but soon becomes a chase as a relentless posse--always seen at a great distance like some remote authority--forces Butch and Sundance into the hills and, finally, Bolivia. Weakened a little by feel-good inclinations (a scene involving bicycle tricks and the song 'Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head' is sort of Hollywood flower power), the movie maintains an interesting tautness, and the chemistry between Redford and Newman is rare. (A factoid: Newman first offered the Sundance part to Jack Lemmon.) --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Poor image definition
What a disappointment!!! I was waiting for the release of this title for more than two months and bought it as soon as I could. However, and despite the quality of the movie, THIS IS NOT A HIGH DEFINITION PRODUCT, as the blu-ray category implicitly suggests. In fact, its image is not better than what is found in ordinary DVDs, and this made me not only quite disappointed, but also worried about my future purchases, as I noticed the same problem in other BD products (concerts, specifically). Anyway, ... Read More
Rating:  - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
This is a old movie and I really enjoyed it. I've seen it many times and still love it.
Rating:  - Entertaining and delightful - as westerns go
This is a very entertaining and delightful western to watch.
If you are looking for historical value and true-to-life realism in your western, then this might not be your best option. Other than the fact that the two main actors are called Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, and they rob trains, and they end up going to South America and rob banks, there isn't a whole lot of hardcore truth and factual events that you could point to in this movie and say with conviction that these were ... Read More
Rating:  - Great movie - terrible restoration!
This disc ranks right up there with one of the worst Blu-ray transfers I own (along with the first Stargate release). It is a shame, as this is a really great and fun movie. It is one of the first westerns I recall that really interspersed humor with drama in an effective way. I thought it tried to be a bit too much or to have something for everyone (the bicycle scene went on a little long for my taste, for example). Audio is fine but the failure to produce a really outstanding video transfer (as ... Read More
Rating:  - One of Hollywood's Greatest All-Time Movies
An absolute classic, timeless and brilliant... witty and dramatic, funny and engaging, starring two of Hollywood's greatest leading men in an unforgettable and magnificently told tale of two of the Old West's most legendary figures. This is more than simply a must-see movie, it is a can't miss, see it time and time again classic!
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