Life in the country isn’t what Andy (chevy Chase) and Elizabeth Farmer (Madolyn Smith Osborne) thought it was going to be. They are moving out of New York and settling into a small town, Redbud, so that Andy can work on his first novel. Unfortunately, life has other plans, and nothing goes right, from phone…
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Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969) – George Roy Hill
The next stop in the recommendations from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following my screening of The Wild Bunch, is yet another one of my all time favourite westerns, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. From it’s opening shots, made to look like an early silent film, this movie took me…
Trailer Tracks: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
This is one of my all-time favorite westerns, and I love the pairing of Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Directed by George Roy Hill, who would later reunite with the duo to make the equally enjoyable The Sting. The trailer is too long for my tastes, and definitely shows too much of the story,…
Slaughterhouse Five (1972) – George Roy Hill
Kurt Vonnegut’s unfilmmable novel is brought to the screen by George Roy Hill, who directed two of my favorite films, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid and The Sting. This entry on the 101 Sci-Fi Movies list was a new one, and I’ve never read the original novel either, so am unable to compare and…
