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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Slip Sleeve
They are fast friends and worse foes. One is Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson), a law unto himself. The other is the law: Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn), who once rode with Billy. Set to a bristling score by Bob Dylan (who also plays Billy's sidekick Alias) and with a 'Who's Who' of iconic Western players, Sam Peckinpah's saga of one of the West's great legends is now restored to its intended glory. For the first time since it left the cutting room, the film has the balance of action and character development Peckinpah wanted, a mix of fury and elegy based on the director's notes and the insights of colleagues. The difference is profound, as different as an untouched target and a bull's eye.
Editor's Note
An ex-crony of Billy the Kid is forced to attempt the arrest of the infamous outlaw. His challenge results in a deadly confrontation.
Plot Summary
The story of western legend Pat Garrett, once was an outlaw but now a lawman... and out to capture his old friend and gunslinger, now nemesis, Billy the Kid.
| Features | 1988 Turner Preview Version: Commentary By Nick Redman, Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons And David Weddle | | 2 New Featurettes: One Foot In The Groove: Remembering Peckinpah And Other Things; Deconstructing Pat And Billy | | 2005 Special Edition: Commentary By Special Edition Producer Nick Redman Supervising Editor Paul Seydor And Fellow Peckinpah Biographers/Documentarians Garner Simmons And David Weddle | | Audio: English, French Mono | | One For The Money: Sam's Song | | Peckinpah Trailer Gallery | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 1/10/2006 |
| Original Release Date: 1973 | | Catalog ID: 67970 | | UPC: 00012569679702 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
British Academy Awards (1974) | | | Bob Dylan, Nominee, Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music | | | Kris Kristofferson, Nominee, BAFTA Film Award - Best Newcomer | |
Grammy (1974) | | | Bob Dylan, Nominee, Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture |
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times
"...Wonderful, a deeply felt elegy to the passing of the Old West surely made in response to the confusion and bitterness of the Vietnam era....The film is rich in visual textures..." 11/25/1999 p.C22Entertainment Weekly
"Peckinpah's most poetic work, providing a languid rhythm for Billy's insouciant fatalism." 01/20/2006 p.54 Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]mportant....It's certainly a brutal piece, and not the most comfortable of movies." 07/01/2006 p.112 TV Guide 7 of 10
After director Sam Peckinpah handed in his final cut of PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID, which he considered his finest film, the hierarchy at MGM saw fit to radically reedit it. The approximately 15 minutes cut from the film so drastically altered Peckinpah's structure and pacing that the incensed director tried to get his name removed from the credits. A restored version of Peckinpah's original film was given a very limited rerelease in 1990, but the initial-release version remains the one that most viewers will be able to see and it is a very choppy affair.
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
The movie shows signs of having been badly trimmed after Peckinpah finished. It clocks in at less than two hours, which is unusual for big Peckinpah productions; it's all most studios can do to hold him to 140 minutes. Some of the actors listed in the credits never appear, which is another bad sign. I was particularly looking for a favorite of mine, Dub Taylor, who played C.W. Moss's father in "Bonnie and Clyde." Now Dub is not an easy man to miss in a movie, but I couldn't find him. - Roger Ebert
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