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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Two-Disc Special Edition) | 
| Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: Rutanya Alda, R.g. Armstrong, Luke Askew, John Beck, Richard Bright
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 5591
Format: Ntsc, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D65165D
ISBN: 079074600X
UPC: 012569516526
EAN: 9780790746005
ASIN: B000BT96DC
Theatrical Release Date: 1973
Release Date: September 4, 2007
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From Amazon.com essential video
iPat Garrett Billy the Kid/i may be the most beautiful and ambitious film that Sam Peckinpah ever made. The time is 1881. Powerful interests want New Mexico tamed for their brand of progress, and Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) is commissioned to rid the territory of his old gunfighting comrades. He serves fair notice to William Bonney--Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson)--and his Fort Sumter cronies, but it's not in their nature, or his, to go quietly. Peckinpah's theme, more than ever, is the closing of the frontier and the nature of the loss that that entails. But this time his vision takes him beyond genre convention, beyond history and legend, to the bleeding heart of myth--and surely of himself.p This is one strange and original movie. In 1973 most American reviewers responded by panning it and deriding its director, whom they saw as having betrayed the promise of iRide the High Country/i, been swept up in his own cult of violence, and become incoherent as a storyteller. Coherence wasn't helped by MGM's cutting at least a quarter-of-an-hour out of the finished film and removing a bitter, retrospective prelude. Subsequent releases have restored a lot of material, and now there's more widespread appreciation of the depth and power of Peckinpah's achievement.p The cast, teeming with fine character actors, is extraordinary, making the gallery of frontier denizens vivid and resonant. Coburn's Garrett, a man who comes to loathe himself for his mission yet cannot abandon it, is the high-water mark of the actor's career. L.Q. Jones, Luke Askew, Harry Dean Stanton, Jack Elam, and Richard Bright create indelible moments, and Slim Pickens becomes the center of an unforgettably moving scene. The presence of Kristofferson (just starting out as an actor) and Bob Dylan (whose enigmatic role is nearly wordless) nudges us toward recognizing Old West outlawry as an early form of rock stardom--flesh-and-blood gods for a primitive society to feed on. i--Richard T. Jameson/i
Amazon.com Essential Video
Billy the Kid is reimagined by director Sam Peckinpah as a kind of Old West rock star, a young man who wants to do his own thing but constantly runs up against the objections of the establishment--in this case, the cattle barons who run this part of the country. Peckinpah indulged in some quirky casting, including Bob Dylan as an outlaw named Alias and most of Kristofferson's band as Billy's gang. He also draws exceptional performances out of a cast of old veterans, including James Coburn as the reluctant Pat Garrett, R.G. Armstrong, Katy Jurado, and Slim Pickens, who has a terrific death scene to Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." Look for this longer version (122 minutes); the shorter version is the one that MGM recut against Peckinpah's wishes, removing all the character development and Peckinpah's elegiac sense of the Old West in favor of action and violence. I--Marshall Fine/I
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| Customer Reviews: Read 36 more reviews...
 How#x27;s God Look To You Now Bob? March 15, 2006
Sean Greenwood (Scarborough, Ontario, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would give this movie a rating of 16 thin dimes -- Awesome. Incredible acting, awesome music and jaw dropping cinematography. Buy it, buy it, buy it!!
this needs to be on DVD! February 28, 2004
This is a wonderful Western. Extremely stylish. Both Colburn and Kristofferson are cooler than cool. You might also want to check out the Last Days of Frank and Jesse James. It lacks Peckinpah's style and is a tv movie, but it's on DVD and Kristofferson is great as Jesse James.
Jack Elam at his best February 15, 2004
John J. BAIN (Staunton, VA United States)
The portrayal of Alamoosa Bill by Jack Elam is a classic. It's a shame The Kid has to shoot him, but it's the exclamation point of Elam's skill as an actor. The soundtrack is superb. Rita Coolige is in her prime. See it!
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid February 11, 2004
user139512@aol.com (BACONTON, GA United States)
One of the best Westerns out there! I just love Rita Coolidge. I've got this movie on Letter Box Laser Disk, but I just can't wait till the DVD arrives! How much longer must we wait??
One of the Great Westerns November 6, 2003
B. R. Jones (San Francisco, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Few directors have understood the Western genre quite as well as Sam Peckingpah, and although "Pat Garrett Billy the Kid" may not be his best Western, it is still an extraordinary achievement. The film is based on the events leading up to the death of the famed outlaw Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson) by his former friend turned lawman, Pat Garrett (James Coburn). Although the outlaw's story has been told and retold in countless other movies, none of them are quite as striking as in Peckinpah's unique version. pOne of the first things that struck me about the film is the realistic way the characters are depicted. In most traditional Westerns, the concepts of good and evil are fairly clear-cut and easily recognizable. There's the handsome Western hero (usually represented as a lawman), fighting for justice and order against the violent forces of evil (usually represented by outlaws or bloodthirsty Indians). But in this film these concepts are not so neatly drawn. Garrett, for example, pursues Billy the Kid, not necessary out of a sense of justice, but simply because it's his job. When asked why he took the job to begin with, Garrett simply states: "A man gets to an age where he don't want to spend time figuring what comes next." And Billy the Kid, despite being an "outlaw" and clearly prone to violence, as when he breaks out of jail and kills two deputies in the process, is contrasted with his good qualities, particular his likeable charm and loyalty to friends. At one point, Cattle Baron John Chisum (memorably played by Barry Sullivan) asks Garrett almost regretfully, "Are you going to get him?" He echoes what many in the film seem to feel, namely that the Kid may be an outlaw, but he's still one of the most interesting people in the territory. pThis is also one of Peckinpah's finest looking films. The cinematography of John Coquillon is excellent. I also love Bob Dylan's beautiful acoustical soundtrack (my only regret is that in this version, we don't actually hear Dylan sing "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" as we did in the orignal theatrical cut). Another joy of the film is the excellent cast made up of veteran Western character actors, such as Chill Wills, Jack Elam, and Slim Pickens. And James Coburn gives one of his best low-key performances as Garrett. Even Bob Dylan is effective as "Alias", who serves as a link between the two principals. Another fascinating aspect of the film is its lyrical quality. I recall one critic saying it had the pacing of a campfire ballad with each vignette like a verse. pThe Director's Cut of "Pat Garrett" is a big improvement over the original theatrical version which had been cut drastically by MGM when it first appeared in 1973. This version is still missing an important scene between Garrett and his wife (which actually appeared in television prints of the film). However, the movie appears close to what Peckinpah originally intented. The laser disc release was letter boxed. Unfortunately, the VHS version is not, nor is the picture quality as crisp or as detailed as the disc. We can only hope that someday MGM will see fit to release this remarkable film on DVD.
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