Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Genre: Western
Duration: 106 minuten (original theatrical cut) / 122 minuten (1988 restored version) / 115 minuten (special edition)
Alternative title: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Country:
United States
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Stars: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson and Richard Jaeckel
IMDb score:
7,2 (23.586)
Releasedate: 23 May 1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid plot
"Best of enemies. Deadliest of friends."
1881, New Mexico. Billy the Kid escapes hanging by shooting two deputies. Sheriff Pat Garett collects a posse and gives chase to track down Billy.
Actors and actresses
Pat Garrett
Billy the Kid
Sheriff Kip McKinney
Mrs. Baker
Lemuel
Chisum
Governor Wallace
Alias
Ollinger
Eno
Reviews & comments
gotti
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- 14094 messages
- 5972 votes
strong. Brutal violence and moving moments merge seamlessly. Beautiful too, that scene from Coburn with those hookers. How, happy as a child, he plays with the hooker's nipple in the bath, while he seems to sense his possible end.
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starbright boy (moderator films)
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- 22749 messages
- 5356 votes
Fantastic. Really fantastic. Much has already been said here, but what has not yet been mentioned enough is Peckinpah's eye for detail. For example, the attention for the tension that hangs in Lincoln when Billy The Kid is escaping and shooting Ollinger (a beautiful series of scenes anyway) and the film is full of it. What a fantastic total shots too. Peckinpah makes me feel the environment throughout the film, taste the atmosphere, feel the emotion. I didn't know beforehand how I would find Dylan on a western soundtrack, but it seems to work perfectly. Dylan as an actor too, by the way.
I realize I didn't see his lesser-known films. But what I actually thought years ago when I first saw The Wild Bunch is becoming more and more clear. Peckinpah is a director that I really like.
There are other favorites that are up for review, but this is definitely one of my favorite westerns.
4.5*
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Bobbejaantje
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- 2365 messages
- 2119 votes
For 2 hours, the story meanders along occasionally beautiful landscapes. The mellow soundtrack composed and performed by Bob Dylan is also decisive. If the intention was to deliver a work with little tension - despite some action scenes and potentially tense moments - they succeeded very well. Perhaps it seems the intention was mainly to give a melancholic atmosphere - the end of the Old West you know - and no more than that, with that emphatically soft minor music.
James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson are worthy lead roles. It's funny that Billy The Kid was ugly in real life according to certain sources, so anything but the image of a sixties rock star as is the case here. He also comes out better in the film.
The added value of Bob Dylan as Elias is fairly non-existent, although he does contribute to the nicest scene (in which he reads the texts of bean preserves on Coburn's orders). His presence - even if he says little - is mainly a needless distraction.
Revisionism here goes beyond establishing a realistic view of the West. One myth gets busted but another is created with these kinds of movies. Too bad it doesn't make for an interesting film.
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