Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Robert Redford retrospective at the Rex
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In English with German subtitles.
Meeting time allows us 15 minutes before the film starts to find each other - please be on time so we can get seats together.
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From Wikipedia: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western buddy film based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known as Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman), and his partner Harry Longabaugh, the "Sundance Kid" (Robert Redford), who are on the run from a crack US posse after a string of train robberies. The pair and Sundance's lover, Etta Place (Katharine Ross), flee to Bolivia to escape the posse.
Principal photography took place on-location in Utah and Colorado, and in Mexico. Utah filming locations include the ghost town of Grafton, Zion National Park, Snow Canyon State Park, and the city of St. George.
Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote the song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" for the film. Some felt the song had the wrong tone for a Western, but George Roy Hill insisted on its inclusion.
About the actor: Charles Robert Redford Jr. (August 1936 – September 2025) was an American actor, director and producer, celebrated for his magnetic presence as a leading man during the American New Wave. Across a career spanning more than six decades, Redford earned widespread recognition and numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and five Golden Globe Awards, (including a Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1994). He has also received various honors including the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1996, the Academy Honorary Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2005, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 and the Honorary César in 2019.
