Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: George Roy Hill
Actors: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 520
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 110
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: FOXD2234458D
UPC: 024543244578
EAN: 0024543244578
ASIN: B000EXDS5M
Theatrical Release Date: October 24, 1969
Release Date: June 6, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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
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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 05/13/2008 Run time: 110 minutes Rating: Pg
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 NEEDS REMASTERING. FILM: Wonderful. Transfer: Not so much... December 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The transfer of this film appears to be the same MPEG transfer as the one used for the DVD version. It DOES NOT appear to be a new 1080p 4k re-mastering of the film. This is not to say that it doesn't look much better in Blu-Ray than it does on DVD. But it is not, evidently, a brand new 1080p 4k transfer made expressly for Blu-Ray release. This can cause some problems, depending on your display system and settings. You may have to select a different input palette or profile on your display, or adjust your settings.
If your system is setup to show Blu-Ray films using the "Cinema" and "Movie" profile of your display, which assumes a low contrast, subdued display of a wide range source that takes full advantage of the display's capabilities, then this film may look washed out, have milky blacks and generally be displeasing. You may have to select a "Standard" profile, with a narrower contrast band, higher gamma and so forth, to bring the film back into the range for which it was originally transferred. Doing so with this film yields remarkable results, it suddenly "snaps to" and produces the sort of effect you were after with a Blu-Ray disc.
As happened in past generations of video standards, VHS to LaserDisc, LaserDisc to DVD, standard definition 480i to "high def" 1080i, and now 480p progressive scan DVD to 1080p Blu-Ray, the studios are cutting corners and, with some titles, re-issuing transfers that were "pretty good" for the prior standard on newer media without re-mastering them for the full potential of the newer media.
Many, if not most, of the Blu-Ray discs I have seen have been remastered at the highest levels with all the capability of Blu-Ray in mind. If you have a 1080p display, and have properly adjusted and configured it, then you are probably in video and film heaven.
Sadly, some major film titles are being "shoved out there" with just their old 1080 MPEG transfers, re-issued on the new Blu-Ray format. This appears to be one of them. If you adjust your display properly, for what's on the disc, you will get very good results. But don't expect it to look great with the settings you would use for a properly made, new 4k transfer for Blu-Ray.
 Great Blue-ray redo November 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was impressed with the remake of this blu-ray movie. I enjoyed, so much, the original, and the remake is vivid and yet not overdone. Great job, and blu-ray is awesome. Delightful movie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Blu-ray dvd October 17, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great movie that your whole family will enjoy watching. It is, of course, the first on-screen pairing of the late, great Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The film looks sharp in Blu-ray's 1080p resolution, even in the sepia tones shot for some of the scenes.
This Blu-ray disc (as does the two-disc collectors edition on standard Dvd) also has several worthwhile extras to add to the viewers' enjoyment, including featurettes on the real Butch and Sundance, as well as the Director's commentary.
All in all, a fun film, well worth getting on Blu-ray.
Butch and Sundance ride into the Sunset October 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is a true silver screen classic. Robert Redford and the late Paul Newman were an electrifying duo. Butch Cassidy laments his age (Newman was 44 at the time) Redford is the debonair bandit. They pull off spectacular heists on locomotives, romance the schoolteacher Etta Place (Katherine Ross) and enjoy the fruits of their robberies. Butch and Sundance are portrayed as charming thieves. William Goldman's superb,smart script is as much a highlight as the desert vistas.
Since it was the '60s, Butch and Sundance were romanticized,anti-establishment outlaws. When Butch romances Etta, Burt Bacharach's "Raindrops keep fallin' on my head" plays. There is bubbly a cappella singing as the trio pulls off heists in Bolivia. However,there is a certain ambiguity. Butch and Sundance can be viewed as antiheroes,or as charming villains who prefer robbing from others than earning for themselves. They live their lives on the run. They assume there won't be consequences. Etta Place foretells a violent end for them both.
In reality,Butch and Sundance's whereabouts remain a mystery. Did they end in a blaze of glory,as in the movie? Some say that Butch hid out in the Pacific Northwest,in Washington state,and that Sundance died of dysentery in a Bolivian jail. Rumor has it that Etta Place lived out her days as a madam in Dallas/Fort Worth. All three remain unknown.
Paul Newman was a great actor,but also a great humanitarian. He made a "Hole-in-the-Wall" camp (named for the thieves' encampment in this movie) for seriously ill children. His legacy was as a great entertainer and a great man. Paul Newman RIP (1925-2008)
A True Classic September 28, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
When I heard Paul Newman passed away the other day I immediately thought of all the wonderful movies he was a part of, and Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid is one of my favorites so I had to watch it again.
So many wonderful scenes and lines that I never get tired of seeing - the jump into the river, Sundance (Redford) asking if he can move when shooting and of course Butch (Newman) trying in his own way to have the train doors open. Newman and Redford were a perfect pair for this and their back and forth throughout the movie is priceless.
Wonderful acting, direction and cinematography and the extras on the DVD are great.
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