Butch und Sundance – Die frühen Jahre (1979)

Butch und Sundance – Die frühen Jahre: Directed by Richard Lester. With William Katt, Tom Berenger, Jeff Corey, John Schuck. A prequel of sorts to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) which chronicles the two outlaws’ lives in the years before the events portrayed in the 1969 movie.

“This unnecessary prequel to a seminal western is still fairly enjoyable on its own and the two leads (Tom Berenger and William Katt), then virtually unknown, mimic Paul Newman and Robert Redford, respectively, surprisingly well; Jeff Corey is even on hand to reprise his role from the earlier film! Good-looking if forgettable entertainment – and curiously straightforward, given the stylization of the original and the involvement of Richard Lester (A HARD DAYu0026#39;S NIGHT [1964], PETULIA [1968]) who, earlier in the decade, had also directed two rousing adventures, THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1973) and its sequel, THE FOUR MUSKETEERS (1974)!”