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On the DVD: This anamorphic widescreen print of the 2.35:1 Panavision original looks marvellously crisp, highlighting the sepia tinting and washed-out, over-exposed look of the film nicely and making the best of the deep focus cinematography. The mono soundtrack sounds clean and clear in Dolby 2.0. The commentary track is hosted by documentary-maker Robert Crawford with contributions from George Roy Hill, cinematographer Conrad Hall, and lyricist Hal David (who chips in during the "Raindrops" sequence). The 40-minute documentary dates from 1968 and is narrated by director Hill, who talks in detail about the making-of process, comments on his relationship with the three principals (Katharine Ross was the difficult one apparently), and adds little nuggets such as how they sprayed the bull's testicles to make him charge at the end of the bicycle scene. Also included are a series of absorbing 1994 interviews with all the main players: Newman, Redford, Ross, writer William Goldman, and composer Burt Bacharach. Trailers, Production Notes and an Alternate Credit Roll complete an attractive package. --Mark Walker
DVD Description
Audio Commentary by Director George Roy Hill, lyricist Hal David, Associate Producer Robert Crawford and Cinematographer Conrad Hall
Seven Interview Clips, including contributions from Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Burt Bacharach, William Goldman and Katherine Ross
40-minute Documentary--The Making of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
Three Theatrical Trailers
Alternative Credit Roll
Production Notes
Interactive Menus
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Ratio: 2.35:1 widescreen (enhanced for 16:9 TVs)
Sound: 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: English for the Hard of Hearing
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A joyous, funny, beautiful hymn to the outlaw.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid clasps hands with the French New Wave and waltzes it off to the rugged Utah mountains. Centered on the triangular relationship between the ever-charming Butch, monosyllabic, fast-shooting Sundance and the melancholy, haunting Etta Place, one look at this picture tells you more than three years at any film school could about film-making. For beginners, the tough, lyrical screenplay relies on visuals rather than dialogue to tell the tale. Researched from the obscure, true story by the soon-to-be-legendary Bill Goldman, it seduces and delights with economy and humour. And don't forget, for a film of this kind there is almost no shooting, no melodrama and, perhaps bravest of all, two heroes that actually run away. And yet never does the film drag. The fast, zooming cinematography is drenched in the golden haze of the Wasatch mountains, before it shifts via sepia stills to the hostile Bolivian hills and the inevitable denouement. Throughout, the action is accompanied by the unusual, unforgettable and now classic Burt Bacharach soundtrack. The work satisfies on every level, but is transformed into something extraordinary by the restrained, charmed performances of Redford, Newman and Ross. It launched a thousand imitators, but no equals. Rarely does Hollywood deliver such gold, so see it and fall in love, like Butch and Sundance, with an era that really never was.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A fantastic film but a lousy conversion,
By A Customer
This review is from: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [DVD] [1969] (DVD)
This is one of my favourite films of all time but I am not happy with this conversion to DVD. Fine, you get lots of great extras but the film itself has been destroyed. Different parts of the film appear to have been taken from different film stock with some parts showing faulty colour saturation and even some film flaws such as badly corrected scratches [I am not referring to the scenes and sections where such things are a part of the film]. The more evocative sections where there are soft focus and hazy lighting effects have been utterly ruined...for example when the apple is picked from he tree during the bicyle scene there is colour blocking that gives the appearance of several heavy colour halos instead of a gradation of hazy colour. Frequently the resolution is poor and grainy. Latter parts of the DVD appear to come from a better print because colour and detail are excellent. Sound is also quite patchy A wonderful fillm has been very badly and lazily converted.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A western with a difference,
By Groggy "The G" (Derbyshire England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [DVD] [1969] (DVD)
Not to be confused with Wayne, Scott, Stewart westerns, as good as they were, this is almost a genre all of its own, a sixties cult that hasn't aged probably due to it being set in days long gone. Redford and Newman bring to life the characters of Butch and Sundance (whether accurately or not it dosent really matter), and you really would forgive them anything. The whole film is done with such style and humour that for a while you enter a new world, something which all great films do. The filming is beautiful and the attractiveness of the stars including Katherine Ross who is stunningly gorgeous just makes the film one which you will remember forever.
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