Written by James M. Tate / 1/21/2016 / No comments / george furth , george roy hill , paul newman , robert redford , strother martin , western
RIDING THROUGH 'BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID'
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year: 1969 cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford Director: George Roy Hill |
That's only if you can get past the horrible, dementedly unfitting song that jumps the shark of the century before there was such a thing...
For some unfathomable reason, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head plays during a scene where Paul Newman's fast-talking leader of an inept yet successful gang of bank and train robbers, Butch Cassidy, takes his young, bearded, blond-haired partner's girl, Katharine Ross as Etta, on a bicycle (some kinda new contraption that will one day "replace the horse") riding tour of the surrounding town, the morning after just another night with her lover, Sundance...
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RATING: ***1/2
TRIVIA/RECOMMENDATIONS: In 1973, Director George Roy Hill once again directed Redford & Newman in THE STING, which garnered an Oscar win for Best Picture, although it's less of a team-up and more of a Redford vehicle with Newman filling in, sporadically. And yet, in this reviewer's opinion, Hill's best movie was in 1977, and one of Newman's most genuine performances: their classic collaboration SLAP SHOT that, while a very funny film, has some serious moments, and an underlined agenda about the sport of hockey (and all sports in general): also featuring Strother Martin but in a bigger, more important role. Hill retired after the surprisingly apt comedy FUNNY FARM starring Chevy Chase as a wannabe novelist, and one of his best directorial ventures also includes a comic actor, proving he's a lot more... and it wasn't mentioned in any of the coverage upon the news reports when Robin Williams took his life... So rent THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, you won't be disappointed.
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