Les Joyeux Débuts de Butch Cassidy et le Kid

Original title: Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

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Tom Berenger and William Katt in Les Joyeux Débuts de Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1979)

A prequel of sorts to Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1969) which chronicles the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the 1969 movie.A prequel of sorts to Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1969) which chronicles the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the 1969 movie.A prequel of sorts to Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1969) which chronicles the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the 1969 movie.

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5.7/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
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5/10

An enjoyable time waster

I have never been a fan of the original Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Though enjoyable, the film has been wildly overpraised for its overly cute script. Are these supposed to feared outlaws or a western Laurel and Hardy. Butch and Sundance the Early Days is pretty much of the same thing. It is fairly entertaining but it is also held captive by an overly cute storyline. This movie pretty much goes through the same territory as the same movie. The actors playing Butch and Sundance, Tom Berenger and William Katt, are very good. There are some enjoyable scenes but they go on forever, like the scenes in the snow that vary from slapstick comedy to an attempt at drama. Basically, if you are not a discriminating viewer and you don't have anything better to do, this is OK.

jpintar
Mar 2, 2005
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Trivia
Most of the script was written by Allan Burns. Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1969) screenwriter William Goldman wrote some bits and scenes, which he had wanted to include in the first film, but had not been able to.

Goofs
When Butch and Sundance rob the brothel/gambling house, a 1970's Schlitz beer sign can be seen in the room. Although Schlitz was made in 1849, the beer sign is a 1979 (modern) design.