Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
An aging Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons--his sole purpose being to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Sam Peckinpah
Written By: Rudy Wurlitzer
Starring: Jack Elam, Harry Dean Stanton, Elisha Cook Jr., Kris Kristofferson, James Coburn, Jason Robards, Slim Pickens, Richard Jaeckel, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Katy Jurado, Bob Dylan
Genre: Western
AKA: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Country: USA
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Magb | 90 85th |
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In a way the characters of this movie are complete Western stereotypes -- swagger, machismo and all. In another way they're representative of human nature in general. A lot of this film is about the conventions of the Western film genre and why those conventions are silly at best. Also, Bob Dylan! I'm not sure what the point of his character in the movie was, but hey, Bob Dylan! Also, much of the soundtrack supplied by, hey, Bob Dylan!
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PeaceAnarchy | 89 92nd |
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A wonderful Peckinpah film. It's full of violence yet none of it is overblown, it's very staightforward and matter of fact, as if there's no other possible end for these characters. The really nice cinematography and soundtack set the mood for a meditative look into Peckinpah's view of human nature.
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hehejaja | 80 76th |
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James Coburn (in the role as Pat Garret) hunt down Kris Kristoffersen (as Billy the Kid) in a film that ask for contemplation and careful consideration for it's characters and how they act. Peckinpah depict the shoot-outs in an elegant manner, but show the violence as pitially destruvtive. One of Peckpah's most melancholic and heartfelt films.
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MartinTeller | 54 10th |
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My big problem here is that it's all quite artificial. The dialogue sounds written, the sets look like sets, the costumes look like costumes, Dylan looks stoned out of his gourd, and the blood is bright red. I found it impossible to get immersed, but I wasn't that interested anyway. Pretty typical stuff about the death of the old West, blah blah blah. I liked James Coburn's performance, but Kristofferson was far too smug. The Dylan songs are mostly good, although sometimes inappropriate.
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Ronin167 | 90 96th |
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None of the various cuts of this film are perfect, but I still love this movie. It's a great story of characters who know there is no tomorrow for them.
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| 1 | djfntstque | 86 88th |
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The 2005 cut is on par with the best stuff Peckinpah ever did! Unfortunately he shoots himself in the foot with the 1988 edition, the final version he personally oversaw. Either way it's a film well worth your time and thought.
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JooJoo | 4 55th |
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There's some great stuff here, the main cast [Kristofferson, Dylan, and especially Coburn], a somber tone, and some welcome Dylan tunes but neither version seems put together that well. I'm not sure if the script is the problem or too many ideas were left on the cutting room floor, there are just waaaaaaaaay too many untimely deaths. I'm left with mixed opinions here.
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westknife | 78 59th |
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Ok, I know it's a common movie convention to have the characters drink as much as they want and never get drunk. But this movie is the grossest exaggeration of that I've ever seen. In one scene, Pat Garrett puts back a quart and a half of whiskey in one sitting, and he acts no differently as a result.
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WWallce4prez | 89 94th |
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With the loosest of narratives, Peckinpah's notoriously troubled western is a series of vignettes with some serious faces. The amount of character actors that show up is staggering, each with his own unwritten backstory plastered on his weathered face. As per usual, the director paints a bleak tapestry that is lived in and sad. A wonderful ride.
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Judge Holden | 5 69th |
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You'll find few bigger fans of Peckinpah than me, but this is admittedly not very involving. The film drags and its characters are completely uninteresting and one-dimensional bores. It's essentially a poor man's McCabe & Mrs. Miller, or even The Wild Bunch - a film about the death of the old West and the men who would rather die with it than move on without it. Watch those instead. Also, Bob Dylan sucks. His songs are boring, his poetry is terrible and now we know he can't act worth shit.
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billkerwin | 98 97th |
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A profound meditation on the vanishing free spirits of the American Frontier. An elegy punctuated by gunfire. An eccentric, iconoclastic vision, and one of our best American films.
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| Average Percentile 63.28% from 720 Ratings |  |