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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

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Prequel to the 1969 western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in which a gang of bank robbers arrive in a small town disguised as preachers. However, their plot is confounded by the presence of a band of Mexican outlaws, and their incompetence at thieving soon shows through.

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Variety Staff Variety 02/23/2012
This prequel doesn't match its progenitor in either casting or style. Go to Full Review
Stephen Farber New West/California 11/03/2021
The entire movie seems slightly bloodless. Go to Full Review
Bernard Drew Gannett News Service 09/20/2019
It's all pretty bland stuff. Go to Full Review
Augusto Martínez Torres El Pais (Spain) 08/06/2019
The main appeal of the movie is the long final scene of the train robbery, where the visual gags are entertaining, appropriate, and well placed. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 05/22/2011
1.5/4
...there's just no storyline holding the whole thing together. Go to Full Review
Shane Burridge rec.arts.movies.reviews 06/28/2003
Many quirky spins on familiar standards Go to Full Review
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05/29/2013 If there absolutely positively had to be another Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, without Paul Newman or Robert Redford then this belated follow-up is actually pretty good. See more 05/29/2013 Not a bad western, it has good sets, costumes and decent cinematography. It's a bit slow at times but overall it was entertaining. Good leads, well made. See more 05/29/2013 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979) My Rating: 6/10 Genre: Western, Comedy Director: Richard Lester MPAA Rating: PG Runtime: 115 minutes Available On: DVD See more 09/02/2012 A prequel to the original film. I thought it was good. See more 03/29/2011 Made 10 years after the classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, this attempts to fill in the history that preceded the events in that movie. It also attempts to capture the hunour and quirkiness of the original. It fails. This movie is fairly boring and lame. It has its moments, but does not deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as the original. In addition, Tom Berenger and William Katt are certainly not in the same league as Paul Newman and Robert Redford. In fact, both actors were relatively unknown when cast in the lead roles. The charm, sensitivity and interesting characters of the original are missing. Don't be fooled, this is not a patch on the original. See more 11/16/2010 The Perfect Combination of a Excellent Western & a Hillarious Comedy William Katt & Tom Berenger are a great Duo See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Prequel to the 1969 western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in which a gang of bank robbers arrive in a small town disguised as preachers. However, their plot is confounded by the presence of a band of Mexican outlaws, and their incompetence at thieving soon shows through.
Director
Richard Lester
Producer
Gabriel Katzka, Steven Bach
Screenwriter
Allan Burns
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Rating
PG
Genre
Western, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 15, 1979, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 19, 2020
Runtime
1h 51m