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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)

Director: Richard Lester

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From Time Out Film Guide

As a star-less 'prequel' to the Goldman/Hill, Redford/ Newman moneyspinner, this was always a commercial no-hoper, but early signposted ambitions to dig beneath its predecessor's ingratiating lyricism don't really pan out either. Allan Burns' script contents itself with episodic variations on its model, while notions of a myth in-the-making hang a little too heavily on the self-conscious dialogue, and Lester merely pumps up the quirk quotient.

Author: PT 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Richard Lester

Producer: Gabriel Katzka, Steven Bach

Cast: William Katt, Tom Berenger, Jeff Corey, John Schuck, Michael C Gwynne, Peter Weller, Brian Dennehy, Jill Eikenberry full cast

Genre(s): Westerns

Duration: 112 mins


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