Turns out, butch may have had the brains to make it to retirement. The film makers went for comedy and action, but it is the drama and the likable characters that make butch cassidy and the sundance kid one of the best films produced in the 1960s. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid otherwise, why see this film at all. Butch cassidy sam shepard, living quietly in a bolivian valley as james blackthorn, dusts off his. In blackthorn, cassidy shepard survived, and is quietly. In bolivia, butch cassidy now calling himself james blackthorn pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike. Vulture spoke with shepard about the film, his love of westerns, and his hidden talent.
In blackthorn, cassidy sam shepard survived, and is quietly living out his years. Throughout the film, butch cassidy is writing a letter to what sounds like the sundance kids. He comes across a spaniard eduardo noriega who is being pursued by a bolivian posse, and reluctantly decides to help him. Its been said but unsubstantiated that butch cassidy and the sundance. Its been said but unsubstantiated that butch cassidy and the sundance kid were killed in a standoff with. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid is a truly awesome film. Ettas home was built for the film but the schoolhouse is the ghost towns abandoned church, which was restored, and the barn is the existing historic ballard barn. Watch butch cassidy and the sundance kid full movie. Runners and spectators of the butch cassidy 10k congregate in historic grafton, one of the filming locations of the famous film butch cassidy and the sundance kid, grafton, utah, date unspecified photo courtesy of jim harlan, zion event photos, st.
His closest companion is the laconic deadshot sundance kid. Blackthorn 2011 full movie download full hd youtube. Film locations for butch cassidy and the sundance kid, in. Yes, it is slowmoving for a western not your typical shootemup, though there is some fighting and killing. Blackthorn playing the aging outlaw butch cassidy, sam shepard is the nominal star of this directorial debut by spanish screenwriter mateo gil open your eyes, the sea inside.
As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally catches up to butch, sundance and their gang. Blackthorn is a 2011 western film directed by mateo gil and starring sam shepard, eduardo noriega, and stephen rea. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid quotes movie fanatic. Were interested in films of any genre with the backdrop of the american west. Written by miguel barros, the film is a fictional account of an aged butch cassidy living under the assumed name james blackthorn in a secluded village in bolivia 20 years after his disappearance in 1908. The movie plods along selfconsciously, and when the big twist. Of course this film is based on real people, but so little is known about them that the film makers were able to take many liberties with the tale. Sam shepard on his butch cassidy movie, blackthorn vulture. Its 1927 when the movie begins, and butch sam shepard, who calls. Blackthorn is a 2011 western film directed by mateo gil and starring sam shepard, eduardo. The multiple oscarwinning butch cassidy and the sundance kid was a groundbreaking. Blackthorn 2011 12 out of 4 this film goes on the assumption that butch cassidy and the sundance kid didnt get killed by the bolivian army in 1908. Twenty years after his disappearance in 1908, an aged butch cassidy sam shepard, living under the assumed name james blackthorn in a.
Butch cassidy and the sundance kid trivia and quizzes. Published on nov, 2011 sam shepard is butch cassidy in this thrilling western about the legendary outlaws return from exile. Blackthorn is a 2011 western directed by mateo gil. Guntoting cowboy butch cassidy is to return to screens after more than 40 years in a sequel, blackthorn. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid 1969 rotten tomatoes. His sidekick, butch cassidy newman, is always dreaming up new ways to get rich fast. Butch always had a great idea for their next big score. Butch cassidy to return without sundance kid telegraph. Its one of the most famous endings in film history. Opening with a silent movie of butch cassidys hole in the wall gang, george roy. If butch cassidy returned to the states after 1909, he may have been drawn to nevada. His version of the elderly butch cassidy, a man of a. Blackthorn internet movie firearms database guns in.
After years of quiet, he embarks on his greatest adventure since his. Our film kicks off twenty years after those said events when butch sam shepard finds himself wanting to get back to his family in the u. The sundance kid redford is the frontiers fastest gun. With thousands of available channels to choose from. I swear, if sweetface told me that i rode out of town 10 minute. Written by miguel barros, the film is a fictional account of an aged butch cassidy living. With sam shepard, eduardo noriega, stephen rea, magaly solier. Blackthorn 2011 leaving bolivia and heading back to the u.
Culture film features butch cassidy and the sundance kid at 50. Back in 1984, the iteam interviewed nevada historians who thought it likely that cassidy would have been there. The discovery of rich ore turned goldfield into a boomtown, which attracted fortune hunters and outlaws, even the earps into the 1920s. The 1968 film butch cassidy and the sundance kid, taking its cue from reports at the time, left us assuming that butch cassidy and the sundance kid were killed in south american in 1908. September 12, 2007 singing dont ever hit your mother with a shovel. In bolivia, butch cassidy now calling himself james blackthorn pines for one last. 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. Longtime screenwriter mateo gil open your eyes, the sea inside returns to the directors chair for his second feature, a continuation of the butch cassidy saga that finds the. Butch cassidy lived out his life anonymously in washington state a lost manuscript reveals new evidence that butch cassidy survived the 1908. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes.
Butch cassidy and the sundance kid movie locations of. A rare books collector says he has obtained a manuscript with new evidence that butch cassidy wasnt killed in a 1908 shootout in bolivia but returned to the u. Watch blackthorn full movie in hd visit movie 68818 in bolivia, butch cassidy now calling himself james blackthorne pines for one. Based very loosely on the true story of butch cassidy, the film tells the story of outlaws robert leroy parker butch, paul newman and harry longabaugh sundance kid, robert. Sam shepard stars in this film which imagines what might have happened if butch cassidy had survived and lived on in bolivia. In the 1969 movie butch cassidy and the sundance kid, the two outlaws, played by paul newman and robert redford respectively, appear to go. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid quotes, movie quotes. Its been said but unsubstantiated that butch cassidy and the sundance kid were killed in a standoff with the bolivian military in 1908. The wild bunch is a film, directed by sam peckinpah, that is loosely based on butch cassidy s exploits. Sam shepard in blackthorn 2011 eduardo noriega in blackthorn 2011.
To blackthorn, which is essentially a smallscale psychological film, he brings a whole body of work and personal experience. Throughout the film, butch cassidy is writing a letter to what sounds like the sundance kids child. Amazingly innovative for its time, and even by todays standards, there is an incredible mix of ideas, both aural and visual, that simply takes this movie way over the top. Parker, who led the hole in the wall gang on which the 1969 butch cassidy film was loosely based. Sam shepard on his butch cassidy movie, blackthorn. Roku provides the simplest way to stream entertainment to your tv. Longtime screenwriter mateo gil open your eyes, the sea inside returns to the directors chair for his second feature, a continuation of the. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid is a film where butch cassidy is played by paul newman and sundance is played by robert redford. In blackthorn, cassidy shepard survived, and is quietly living out his. So, in 1969 butch cassidy and the sundance kid, also starring robert redford, was released, for our great pleasure. Set in bolivia in 1927 20 years after the famous shootout depicted in the 1968 film, the story focuses on an older butch cassidy sam shepard whos now living a quiet life as james blackthorn.