Butch Cassidy

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Paul Newman didn't want to play Butch, pleading with George Roy Hill to watch what Newman considered [...]	D
Percy Garris was based on Percy Seibert, a Maryland mining engineer for whom Butch Cassidy and The S [...]	D
Jacqueline Bisset and Natalie Wood were considered for the role of Etta Place.	D
William Goldman decided to make Etta a teacher because he had seen a photo of the real-life woman, a [...]	D
William Goldman said that many young people saw the super posse as a metaphor for the government and [...]	D
William Goldman first came across the story of Butch Cassidy in the late 1950s and researched it on [...]	D
The filmmakers tried to get Bob Dylan to sing Burt Bacharach's famous song for the movie. He decline [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the Top 100 Greatest American Movies. [...]	D
George Furth, the unforgettable character Woodcock who won't let Butch and Sundance rob the train, i [...]	D
Before the real Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid ended up in Bolivia, they spent some time in the [...]	D
Film debut of Sam Elliott but not the frontal shots. He went on to marry his co-star, Katharine Ross [...]	D
Marlon Brando was seriously considered to team with Paul Newman for one of the roles. He turned it d [...]	D
The piano player scene has past and future ties. Frank Sinatra made a cameo as a piano player in "Il [...]	D
During filming, Paul Newman had an affair with journalist Nancy Bacon, which caused him to separate [...]	D
There really was an E.H. Harriman in charge of the Union Pacific Railroad at the time this film is s [...]	D
Director of photography Conrad L. Hall was not pleased with the night shots in the film, such as the [...]	D
The more commonly used name for Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid's gang was The Wild Bunch. However, w [...]	D
After the film Katherine Ross married the film's cinematographer, Conrad Hall.	D
For an article he submitted to National Geographic, Robert Redford rode the western outlaw trails, o [...]	D
The real Lord Baltimore, English noble born George Calvert, was a 17th century figure who served as [...]	D
The Sundance Kid's character portrayal in the film, also incorporates elements of Elzy Lay, another [...]	D
This was the movie that motivated David Fincher to become a director.	D
Robert Redford's Sundance film festival was named after his starring character in this movie.	D
The Salt Lake Herald, which News Carver reads a clipping of at Hole-in-the Wall, was printed from 18 [...]	D
The Coney Island scene was filmed on a redressed set for the television soap opera Peyton Place (196 [...]	D
Joanna Pettet was first offered the role of Etta Place but was forced to turn down the role due to h [...]	D
Body count: thirty.	D
Robert Redford wanted to do all of his own stunts. Paul Newman was especially upset about Redford's [...]	D
The sequence following the stable boy, as he spots and reports the brand on a stolen burro, is an ho [...]	D
The bull's name in the film is "Bill". He was flown in from Los Angeles for the bicycle scene, which [...]	D
The relationship between Etta Place and the Sundance Kid would further be explored in the 1974 TV fi [...]	D
Paul Newman said that this was the most fun he'd ever had making a film. He and Robert Redford drank [...]	D
Cloris Leachman had a small role as a prostitute. On Phyllis (1975), her father-in-law was played by [...]	D
Director John Boorman was a stern critic of this popular movie, claiming that its success had begun [...]	D
The only major conflict between Paul Newman and George Roy Hill occurred over what became known as " [...]	D
Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice behind Tony the Tiger and singer of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", le [...]	D
Dustin Hoffman was considered for the role of Butch Cassidy.	D
Conrad L. Hall said it was George Roy Hill's decision not to show the posse very clearly, and that r [...]	D
Jack Lemmon turned down the role of The Sundance Kid because of a scheduling conflict with La strana [...]	D
According to George Roy Hill's own documentary on the filming of this movie, stuntman Jimmy Arnett f [...]	D
Photographer Lawrence Schiller shot the location publicity stills for the film.	D
All of the Bolivia scenes were filmed in Mexico, where almost the entire cast and crew, and director [...]	D
The true identity of the historical person known as "Etta Place" is unknown. Historians have many di [...]	D
Etta says she's 26. In actuality, Katharine Ross was 29 during filming.	D
When The Sundance Kid asks Butch Cassidy who is the hardest to bribe and toughest lawman, he says th [...]	D
Paul Newman had to fight the studio to get Robert Redford cast, Redford being still a relative unkno [...]	D
George Stevens was approached to direct, but declined.	D
Director Chris Columbus started going to the movies at age ten on Saturday afternoons, and this was [...]	D
The river jump was shot at the studio's Century Ranch near Malibu, California. Paul Newman's and Rob [...]	D
Ranked number seven on the American Film Institute's list of the ten greatest films in the genre "We [...]	D
As a possible nod to a scene in Il tesoro della Sierra Madre (1948), both the mule in that film and [...]	D
Paul Newman said that director George Roy Hill never displayed "any hesitation or indecision. He kne [...]	D
It was George Roy Hill's idea to have Butch and Sundance tenderly bandaging each other's wounds.	D
Katharine Ross was dating the film's cinematographer Conrad L. Hall at the time. Coincidentally, her [...]	D
Favorite film of Jeremy Clarkson.	D
Paul Newman sawed George Roy Hill's desk in half "because he wouldn't pay his bill for liquor which [...]	D
Country music singer and comedian Ray Stevens whose biggest hits include "Everything is Beautiful" a [...]	D
This movie was the inspiration for the hit TV series Due onesti fuorilegge (1971). The actor who pla [...]	D
According to William Goldman, his screenplay originally was titled "The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassi [...]	D
In the first previews, the audiences went wild with loud, extended laughter, which upset director Ge [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the top 100 Most Heart-Pounding American M [...]	D
Screenwriter William Goldman was offered a choice of how to be compensated: a $450,000 flat fee, or [...]	D
Robert Redford did not agree with Paul Newman on the need for rehearsal, feeling that it lessens the [...]	D
William Goldman wrote that he couldn't say what the producers' contributions were to this movie beca [...]	D
Paul Newman, who was reluctant to do a comic role, thought he was scaling his performance "a little [...]	D
A scene written to show The Sundance Kid returning to his boyhood home in the East was replaced with [...]	D
George Roy Hill and the studio were toying with making Simon & Garfunkel's "Feelin Groovy" (the H.R. [...]	D
Other actors under consideration for the role of Sundance were Steve McQueen and Warren Beatty. McQu [...]	D
Lula Parker Betenson, sister of the real Butch Cassidy, often visited the set, and her presence was [...]	D
In order to get the shot of the "super posse" jumping out of the train on their horses, the door on [...]	D
The real Butch Cassidy (whose name was actually Robert Leroy Parker) got his nickname because he onc [...]	D
Watch for what may be an outtake intentionally used in a bank robbery montage for the sequences in B [...]	D
The character Lord Baltimore in this movie was acknowledged by the makers of Le avventure di Brisco [...]	D
Two fictional western characters may have been derived from the real Butch Cassidy (1866-1908): Butc [...]	D
The famous bicycle riding sequence was shot in a spot twenty-five miles (forty kilometers) east of H [...]	D
Selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2003.	D
Paul Newman's charity for children with serious medical conditions is named Hole in the Wall Camp af [...]	D
In an on-set interview, Paul Newman discussed his daily routine with columnist Rona Jaffe, including [...]	D
Katharine Ross enjoyed shooting the silent, bicycle riding sequence best, because it was handled by [...]	D
Though Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid were reported killed in San Vicente, Bolivia, on November [...]	D
Paul Newman's uncredited hairdresser on the film was Jay Sebring, the top hair designer of the day, [...]	D
Harvey Logan (Ted Cassidy), portrayed as a simple-minded thug, was in fact a suave ladies' man and c [...]	D
The song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" was written after the rough cut was completed, and when [...]	D
In 2007 the American Film Institute ranked this as the number seventy-three Greatest Movie of All Ti [...]	D
This movie was filmed roughly the same time as Hello, Dolly! (1969), on the soundstage next door. Di [...]	D
According to the supplemental material on the Blu-ray, Richard D. Zanuck at 20th Century Fox purchas [...]	D
On the first day of shooting, involving the train robbery scenes, Katharine Ross came to the set to [...]	D
The film initially opened to lukewarm reviews, which depressed George Roy Hill and William Goldman, [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of the top 100 America's Greatest Music in th [...]	D
The bull Butch encounters is a Hereford, which originated in England.	D
According to William Goldman, when he first wrote the script and sent it out for consideration, only [...]	D
Steve McQueen, Warren Beatty, Marlon Brando, and Dustin Hoffman were all considered for the parts.	D
The Writers Guild of America ranked the screenplay number eleven on its list of 101 Greatest Screenp [...]	D
A scene that was cut had Cassidy, the Kid, and Etta in a Bolivian cinema and seeing a screen reenact [...]	D
Cinematographer Conrad L. Hall said he overexposed much of the film because he thought the lightness [...]	D
With nine wins, it currently holds the record for the British Academy Awards (BAFTAs). It won for pi [...]	D
Contrary to popular belief, the vocalists on "South American Getaway" were not The Swingles. It was [...]	D
The theme "South American Getaway" is very influenced on a jazzy styled, musical genre known as Onda [...]	D
In his 1973 novel "The Princess Bride," William Goldman wrote, "Fact: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
The real "Hole in the Wall Gang" hid in Brown's Park near the Green River. One of their bank robberi [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2005 list of 250 movies nominated for AFI's 100 Years o [...]	D
Paul Newman did his own bicycle stunts, after his stuntman was unable to stay on the bike. The only [...]	D
Paul Newman often kidded Robert Redford about his tardiness, once suggesting they should rename the [...]	D
With U.S. box-office receipts of over $100 million, it was the top grossing film of the year. Adjust [...]	D
Fans of Ted Cassidy's characters (Star Trek (1966), La famiglia Addams (1964)) might not have recogn [...]	D
Lili Fini Zanuck designated this as her favorite film for an AFI poll.	D

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