Film locations for butch cassidy and the sundance kid, in. Jun 11, 2019 in addition to some studio interiors and exteriors, butch cassidy and the sundance kid was filmed on location in various parts of colorado, utah, new mexico, and for the bolivia scenes, cuernavaca and taxco, mexico. William katt tom berenger jill eikenberry 1979 young butch cassidy tom berenger and the sundance kid william katt team up for adventure in the old west. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid must have looked like a natural on paper, but, alas, the completed film is slow and disappointing.
Most of the filming was around zion national park in utah, where the little town in which butch and sundance hole up with schoolteacher etta place katharine ross is grafton, a deserted mormon community on the virgin river, six miles west of springdale on state route 9. Filmed around the county with scenes filmed in chama and taos. It is fairly entertaining but it is also held captive by an overly cute storyline. The early days is a 1979 western film and prequel of sorts to the 1969 film butch cassidy and the sundance kid. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid taos unlimited movie. A comic western in a 1960smellow, new york wiseacre style. Back in 1979 prequels were a rarity in fact, some folks say that butch and sundance. This is not a necessary film, and thats really its most crucial. The early days online on videoondemand services netflix, hbo now, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. Sex, scandals, and secrets of the stars of butch cassidy. The early days is a pleasant and handsome western that. Its a film willing to linger in places where the plot isnt being driven forward a risky ploy in moviemaking but one that, in this instance, goes to create a film that is far greater than a mere bankheist western. The early days contributor names richard lester director patrick williams composer.
Look for christopher lloyd and john schuck in brief but humorous character roles, and the menacing brian dennehy who offsets william katt in the films main. Aug 31, 2018 contrary to the 1969 film butch cassidy and the sundance kid in which the outlaws go down in a blaze of glory amid a hail of bullets, it appeared that cassidy had shot his wounded partner. Where was filmed movie butch cassidy and the sundance kid, cast paul newman, robert redford, katharine ross, strother martin. But the 1969 movie made butch and sundance household names. Butch cassidys west 4 days for movie buffs, this scenic tour of the state of utah comes alive with nostalgia for robert redfords iconic film, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, and some of butch cassidys reallife haunts. Movies filmed in utah utah film history visit utah. One famous scene my favorite the jump scene where robert redford and paul newman escape from the posse by leaping off the cliff was mainly shot here at bakers bridge. Jun 26, 2019 on my way back toward moab, i climb high on a road that winds through spruce forests.
Butch cassidy and the sundance kid movie facts mental floss. Several of the classic locations used in films are accessible by passenger car, and make a great day trip for western movie fans. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing butch and sundance. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Starring tom berenger and william katt as butch and sundance. In the 1969 movie butch cassidy and the sundance kid, the two outlaws, played by paul newman and robert redford respectively, appear to go out in. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid is a 1969 american western film directed by george roy hill and written by william goldman. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid, 1979 butch and sundance. The early days i wish they would have done a better job with is the historical accuracy, the chronology of events, and the other gang members. Stories are etched into the walls of the states red canyons, in the journals of its early explorers and in the hearts of the locals and travelers as they road trip and recreate.
In addition to some studio interiors and exteriors, butch cassidy and the sundance kid was filmed on location in various parts of colorado, utah, new mexico, and for the bolivia scenes, cuernavaca and taxco, mexico. Butch cassidy is played by tom berenger and sundance is played by william katt. Jeff corey reprised his role as sheriff ray bledsoe. Butch and sundance the early days is pretty much of the same thing.
Another version of the story was filmed for tv, the legend of butch and sundance 2004. It was directed by richard lester and written by allan burns. Apr 14, 2012 a decade later, richard lester, one of the filmmakers credited for shaping the artistic expression of the 60s with the knack and two beatles films, made his only western, butch and sundance. Did you know that butch cassidy and the sundance kid was the highestgrossing western ever made. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid movie locations of. May 19, 2015 opening with a silent movie of butch cassidys hole in the wall gang, george roy hills comically elegiac western chronicles the mostly true tale of the outlaws last months. This movie pretty much goes through the same territory as the same movie.
On the outlaw trail of butch cassidy and the sundance kid. In this prequel to butch cassidy and the sundance kid, the outlaw duo meet and team up for a life of crime. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid was inspired by a true. Realising that their days of robbing harriman railways are over, butch and sundance along with etta disappear into the anonymity of the big city. It stars william katt and tom berenger, interpreting the original characters as youngsters. He is an antagonist in the video game call of juarez. Its not that butch, sundance and company had been completely forgotten before 1969. Sons of new mexico, 2002 cortez, 2015 cycles south, 1971 descansos, 2009 easy rider, 1969 embrace, 2001 every which way but loose, 1978 finding lee. The early days soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on. It was distributed by 20th century fox and was nominated for 1 oscar at the academy award in 1980. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid wikimili, the best.
The early days is a 1979 american western movie directed by richard lester and stars tom berenger, william katt, jeff corey, peter weller, brian dennehy, christopher lloyd. The early days is streaming, if butch and sundance. In this prequel to butch cassidy and the sundance kid, the outlaw duo meet. Where was butch cassidy and the sundance kid filmed. The holeinthewall filmography includes the original, the prequels, the sequels and the non sequiturs. The wild bunch is a film, directed by sam peckinpah, that is loosely based on butch cassidys exploits.
An exploration of art and spirit, 2002 chicken feed, 2011 colors of courage. Harry longbaugh sic is the main character in the novel sundance, by david fuller, published in 2014. By doing a train robbery, butch cassidy and the sundance kid had ran into the same actor who was in blazing saddles with mel brooks. Having made his elegiac and wistful look at the dying days of one legendary outlaw a few years earlier with robin and marion, richard lester ended the seventies with an amiable look at the beginning of another pair of outlaws career in the engaging and surprisingly entertaining butch and sundance. Sex, scandals, and secrets of the stars of butch cassidy and. Pop culture 101 butch cassidy and the sundance kid. This despite the fact that it contains several good laughs and three sound performances. Was i searching for the legend or the truth about the fate of butch cassidy and the sundance kid. I dont feel there are major inaccuracies, but rather too much latitude and omission. Starringpaul newman, robert redford, katharine ross, jeff corey, henry jones, strother martin, george furth, cloris leachman, ted cassidy, kenneth mars. William katt portrayed the sundance kid and tom berenger played butch in butch and sundance. The actors playing butch and sundance, tom berenger and william katt, are very good. But a decade later, in 1979 someone finally came up with a way to bring back butch cassidy and the sundance kid not in a sequel, put a prequel. As infamous outlaws, butch and sundance had come quite a way from their humble, godfearing origins.
Utahs remarkable scenery has always inspired great storytelling. Its a sweetnatured, looselimbed comedy directed by richard help. Filming locations of butch cassidy and the sundance kid. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid i just love the sunshine in this film.
Butch and sundance, the early days 1979 theatrical trailer. The early days 1979 a prequel of sorts to butch cassidy and the sundance kid, chronicling the two outlaws lives in the years before the events portrayed in the newmanredford movie. They work together, rob trains together, drink together, an. The early days is on netflix, and get news and updates. Horan and others had been publishedeven if screenwriter william goldman said he got his research from magazine articles. With william katt, tom berenger, jeff corey, john schuck. The early days you are looking for humorous, exciting and realistic movies about with gunfight, outlaw, adventure, crimes, heist, old west and gang themes of comedy and western genre shot in usa.
The movie was filmed in 1968 in utah, colorado, and mexico. The early days, 1979 carving the white, 1993 challenger. The film, per its title, traces the formative days of butch and sundances careers as softhearted western outlaws, and their creation of the holeinthewall gang. Hanks, portrays a great antagonist who believes that butch has given him up, thus leading him to hound butch and sundance wherever they go. William katt tom berenger jill eikenberry jeff corey paul plunkett peter weller noble willingham arthur hill john schuck brian dennehy vincent schiavelli. What do you do when you have a smash hit film that becomes an instant classic, that breaks boxoffice records, and that audiences flock to see. Padraic delaney portrayed him in the 2011 film blackthorn. It stars tom berenger as butch cassidy and william katt as the sundance kid. The mysterious deaths of butch cassidy and the sundance kid.
Add a touch of film history to your utah itinerary, or. My dad and his friend jr watson really admire this movie. For obvious reasons, a sequel was out of the question, but a prequel was made by director richard lester, butch and sundance. A prequel of sorts to butch cassidy and the sundance kid 1969 which chronicles the two outlaws lives in the years before the events portrayed in the 1969 movie. Butch and sundance the early days 1979 carolin bassler. Saddle up and ride with the showdowns, shootouts, bad guys and good times in the days before the fame when fun was the name of the game. Based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of wild west outlaws robert leroy parker, known as butch cassidy paul newman, and his partner harry longabaugh, the sundance kid robert redford, who are on the run from a crack us posse after a string of train robberies. Director george roy hill believed that the studio would allow him to film the new york scenes on dollys sets, since the two films daily shooting schedules were totally different. The early days is a pleasant and handsome western that draws us inexorably toward these reflections. This prequel to the newmanredford vehicle butch cassidy and the sundance kid was written by tv sitcom veteran allan burns and stars tom berenger as butch and william katt as sundance. I remember the question celeste posed to me a few days earlier when i arrived in hanksville.
The 1969 movie butch cassidy and the sundance kid filmed throughout the southwest and in the durango area. Jun 25, 2018 my dad and his friend jr watson really admire this movie. Sep 23, 2019 as infamous outlaws, butch and sundance had come quite a way from their humble, godfearing origins. His mother, ann, and father, maximilian, were early settlers in circleville, utah. Aug 22, 2019 in the 1969 movie butch cassidy and the sundance kid, the two outlaws, played by paul newman and robert redford respectively, appear to go out in a blaze of glory during a gun battle in bolivia in. Adjusted for todays numbers, the film would have earned over a half billion dollars. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1979 movies 1979. The film butch cassidy and the sundance kid was the topgrossing film of 1969, and today is considered one of hollywoods greatest westerns the movie was filmed in 1968 in utah, colorado, and mexico. Young butch cassidy tom berenger and the sundance kid william katt team up for adventure in the old west.
The early days is a film that is a prequel to the 1969 paul newman film. Simplyscripts butch cassidy and the sundance kid screenplay. Cassidy was born robert leroy parker on april, 1866the year outlaws jesse and frank james robbed their first bankto a family of devout mormons. The early days 1979, with tom berenger as butch and william katt as sundance. If events of crucial interest had really happened to butch and sundance in the early days, either a they would have been included in the original movie, or b the present film would not have waited so easily for ten years to be made. I absolutely enjoy the movie, and, while i acknowledge that the film is a prequel to butch cassidy and the sundance kid, i feel that it is more important to discuss. Some information andor images in this header may be provided either partially or in full from the movie database. Gwynne, peter weller, brian dennehy, christopher lloyd, jill eikenberry. Although the film premiered as the curtain was dropping on the oater era, it made buckets of money, won a slew of awards, juiced paul newmans career and lit a rocket under robert.
Butch cassidy and the sundance kid was filmed roughly the same time as hello, dolly. Behind the camera butch cassidy and the sundance kid. The early years was the first film to actually use the term prequel. Ridgways western movie heritage, to see maps and learn more about major motion pictures filmed in and around the community of ridgway. Jun 11, 2019 the film butch cassidy and the sundance kid was the topgrossing film of 1969, and today is considered one of hollywoods greatest westerns. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws.
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