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Actors: William Katt, Tom Berenger, Jeff Corey, Peter Weller, Brian Dennehy, Christopher Lloyd, Jill Eikenberry
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Butch and Sundance: The Early Days |
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Ten years after the great "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," British director Richard Lester (best known for Beatles and Musketeers movies) and writer Allan Burns (who did mostly TV work along with "A Little Romance") put together this prequel about the duo's early years. For a switch, a good part of the story takes place in the winter. Katt looks a LOT like young Redford, Dennehy plays a menacing rustler out for revenge, and other supporting players help out. There isn't much of a story, though -- just a series of incidents strung together, which makes this 1979 flick not as bad as many sequels, but only pleasantly successful.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Butch and Sundance: The Early Days |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- fighting bad business/family
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- cowboy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Prairie?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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