In this episode of the show we are beginning an entire month of conversations about the cinema of George Roy Hill and we are kicking things off with his western classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the ways in which this movie fits into the twilight zone between the withering Old Hollywood and the incoming New Hollywood tidal wave, how much it owes to Bonnie and Clyde and how it upsets the genre template while also paying due homage to its legacy. We also talk about how the bickering between Paul Newman and Robert Redford presages the arrival of a buddy cop movie, how George Roy Hill banks on realism where it matters and how this entire experience is a great hangout for those who vibe with westerns but may be a little bit tired of its old formula.

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