Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch

Mainly we see this combination through the lens of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Being obsessed with the film, the boys base themselves on the two characters. Intertextuality is the concept of texts borrowing from each other. In terms of film, this could be the borrowing of a line of dialogue, the

Ricardo Godinez Professor Dew History of Film November 21, 2017 Wild, Wild West Intro Historical Perspective Both films were made for different reasons and made different impacts during their time of release. For Django Unchained, the film showed the horror of slavery before the civil war. Showing slaves being eaten by dogs to slaves fighting to the death, makes an unconventional film for its time and raised a lot of controversy considering the movies historical accuracy. The horror of slavery

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was released in New York on September 24, 1969. The film received mostly negative reviews but became a success throughout the public. Eventually the National Film Preservation Board deemed the film culturally and artistically significant and it’s central themes and heros resonated with the youth movement of the time. The importance of the movie is what it came to represent to the people who saw it. While the director, George Roy Hill used the chase of the main characters

Butch Cassidy and his members of the Wild Bunch left a remarkable chapter in the history of old American West. Interestingly, Butch was no mean robber, but someone full of charm. The story of the group was made more interesting with the addition of Butch’s constant partner-in-crime, Sundance Kid. Originally named Robert LeRoy, Butch changed his name after working with Mike Cassidy, an infamous cattle and horse rustler. The name “Butch” was taken from Robert’s brief stint as a butcher in town. He

Butch Cassidy Butch Cassidy born as Robert Leroy Parker, was born on April 13, 1866 in Beaver Utah. He was the oldest of 13 kids, and left home in his teen years, in search of making a better life for himself, than what his parents were able to provide. Parker worked on several ranches and befriended a rancher named Mike Cassidy. Mike Cassidy had a reputation for stealing cattle and horses, which had inspired Parker, so he changed his name to Butch Cassidy to imitate his friend. Cassidy was

WANTED: Harry Longabaugh AKA The Sundance Kid “And you, your job is to shut up!” - Sundance Kid in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Harry Longabaugh AKA, the Sundance Kid was an old western outlaw. He was born in 1867 in Mont Clare, Pennsylvania. He moved out west when he was 15. Harry was a horse thief. He mainly lived in Pennsylvania. But his first crime was stealing a horse in Sundance, Wyoming. But throughout his “career” he was only arrested once and that was only for 18 months

Butch Cassidy: Wanted Dead or Alive Butch Cassidy was no man with a clean slate. He was an infamous outlaw of the Old West, taking all he could from trains and banks. He worked with many people throughout his lifetime who helped him with his misdeeds. He was born in Beaver, Utah on April 13th, 1866. His given name at birth was Robert Leroy Parker. His parents names were Maximillian Parker and Anne Campbell Gillies. Both of them were immigrants from England. Butch was the oldest of thirteen children