Alamo Drafthouse Vintage Park presents Dynamic Duos: BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID.
THIS JUNE, WE SALUTE DYNAMIC DUOS! A month-long salute to the pals, the sidekicks and the partners. You can’t always go it alone. Sometimes you need a buddy at your side to pick you up when you fall and keep you grounded when you get too full of yourself. A pal, a sidekick, a partner. A Robin to your Batman.
This month, 22 JUMP STREET reunites partners Jenko and Schmidt on the big screen. That inspired the Alamo Drafthouse and BIRTH. MOVIES. DEATH.,the magazine centered on the monthly programming theme
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Alamo Drafthouse Vintage Park presents Dynamic Duos: BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID.
THIS JUNE, WE SALUTE DYNAMIC DUOS! A month-long salute to the pals, the sidekicks and the partners. You can’t always go it alone. Sometimes you need a buddy at your side to pick you up when you fall and keep you grounded when you get too full of yourself. A pal, a sidekick, a partner. A Robin to your Batman.
This month, 22 JUMP STREET reunites partners Jenko and Schmidt on the big screen. That inspired the Alamo Drafthouse and BIRTH. MOVIES. DEATH.,the magazine centered on the monthly programming theme at Alamo Drafthouse theaters, to examine some of our favorite on-screen dynamic duos. Well, except for THE Dynamic Duo. That was maybe a bit too on the nose for us.
Alamo Drafthouse has planned a month-long salute to dynamic duos with screenings of BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, MY LITTLE CHICKADEE, TOMMY BOY and more!
In BIRTH. MOVIES. DEATH., you can read about the special love shared by Butch and Sundance. You can join an argument about whether or not E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL is actually a buddy movie. You can look back at the unique pairing of Mae West and W.C. Fields in MY LITTLE CHICKADEE. Or perhaps you want to go in-depth into the father/son dynamics of INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE. You might also visit the Circle K, because we’re spending some time analyzing the friendship of Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted “Theodore” Logan.
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID – Despite only co-starring in two films together, it's pretty easy to think of Paul Newman and Robert Redford as a deeply entrenched pair. The two established in a short time the type of chemistry some franchise co-stars spend sequels trying to cultivate.
As a pair of outlaws, dedicated to each other as they were their desire for riches, Newman and Redford perfectly compliment each other. Amiable nice guys who just happen to wield guns, the two are the nicest criminals you could ever hope to find yourself in a standoff with.
1969's BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID was originally offered to Jack Lemmon, who turned down the film due to a dislike for riding horses. Instead, the script landed in the hands of Paul Newman, whose film COOL HAND LUKE had been produced by Jack Lemmon's production company a few years earlier, and Steve McQueen, who dropped out due to a disagreement on top billing.
With McQueen out of the picture, the search for a co-star for Steve McQueen began. While Paul Newman was a star by this point, his eventual co-star Robert Redford was slightly less known. Slow-spoken to the brash Newman, the actors brought much of their own personality the the characters, as portrayed in writer William Goldman's script.
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID is an insanely likeable, breezy film with sharp, clever dialogue that brings a contemporary style to the Old West. This really is as close to the late '60s equivalent of 21 JUMP STREET as you're likely to get – don't miss the funny, unforgettable American classic this month at the Alamo Drafthouse.
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