Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western film that
tells the story of bank robbers Butch Cassidy (played by Paul Newman)
and his partner Harry Longabaugh, the "Sundance Kid" (played by Robert
Redford), based loosely on historical fact.The film was directed by
George Roy Hill and produced at 20th Century Fox by John Foreman from a
screenplay by William Goldman. The music score was by Burt Bacharach
with song lyrics by Hal David. Along with Newman and Redford, the film
stars Katharine Ross as Etta Place, and features Strother Martin, Henry
Jones, Jeff Corey, Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Ted Cassidy, Kenneth
Mars and Donnelly Rhodes.
With a box office of over US$100 million (equivalent to over $500
million in 2009 dollars[3]), it was the top grossing film of the
year.[2] At the 42nd Academy Awards in 1970 the film won Oscars in four
of the seven categories within which it had been nominated, including
awards for its screenplay and cinematography. At the 24th British
Academy Film Awards, the film received nine awards including Best Film.
Years later, the film has been recognized on a half dozen of the
American Film Institute's AFI 100 Years... series lists, including both
editions which it made #50 on The Greatest Movies of All Time of the
"100 Years... 100 Movies" lists; it has been part of the United States
National Film Registry since 2003.
The film was originally rated M by the Motion Picture Association of
America. It was re-rated PG when 20th Century Fox re-released the film
in 1974.
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