Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

1979

Action / Comedy / Western

29
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten40%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled50%
IMDb Rating5.6101522

19th centurygunfightoutlawprequelwyoming, usa

Plot summary


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Top cast

Christopher Lloyd Photo
Christopher Lloyd as Bill Tod Carver
Tom Berenger Photo
Tom Berenger as Butch Cassidy / Robert Leroy Parker
Peter Weller Photo
Peter Weller as Joe Le Fors
Brian Dennehy Photo
Brian Dennehy as O.C. Hanks
1080p.BLU
1.65 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 55 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Bunuel19766 / 10

BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS (Richard Lester, 1979) **1/2

This unnecessary prequel to a seminal western is still fairly enjoyable on its own and the two leads (Tom Berenger and William Katt),then virtually unknown, mimic Paul Newman and Robert Redford, respectively, surprisingly well; Jeff Corey is even on hand to reprise his role from the earlier film! Good-looking if forgettable entertainment - and curiously straightforward, given the stylization of the original and the involvement of Richard Lester (A HARD DAY'S NIGHT [1964], PETULIA [1968]) who, earlier in the decade, had also directed two rousing adventures, THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1973) and its sequel, THE FOUR MUSKETEERS (1974)!

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca6 / 10

Not great, but the cast keeps this watchable

BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY YEARS is a western prequel to BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID; they couldn't make a straight sequel to that movie for obvious reasons. This one sees the notorious duo just starting out, with William Katt (of CARRIE fame) a lot of fun as Sundance and Tom Berenger slightly wooden and uncomfortable as Butch. The film is directed by Richard Lester, of THE THREE MUSKETEERS fame, and much in the spirit of those movies, i.e. very silly, over-directed, and barging its way through genre tropes with high energy and low wit. What does keep this watchable are the minor roles for future greats, with Christopher Lloyd playing a typically goofy role (he gets one of the film's funniest lines),future ROBOCOP Peter Weller a lawman, Vincent Schiavelli a bad guy, and the great Brian Dennehy a typically larger-than-life presence.

Reviewed by keith miron7 / 10

Fun western

I Was surprised by Butch and Sundanese: the early days, since I'm not a big fan of westerns, but this movie was fun. I haven't seen the original Butch Cassey and the Sundanese kid yet, but I'm sure this movie is just as good. MY favorite parts were the snow, taking out a billet out of someone, a skunk spraying his oder at someone, the mountains, the scenery. The movie stars Tom Berenger as Butch Cassidy and William Katt as the Sundance Kid this time around and they did a pretty good job replacing Paul Newman and Robert Redford. John Schuck from McMillan and Wive has a bit part. He is fun to watch- I GIVE BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY YEARS *** OUT OF **** STARS.

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