Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Pros: Story, Direction, Cinematography, Acting
Cons: Peckinpah is not making any more westerns

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) “Legends in their time, but time was running out.” from the film trailer Just released on DVD (Jan 2006) is the two-disc Special Edition of Sam Peckinpah’s Pat Garrett and Billy the ...

Pros: Music, performances, writing, mood, many memorable scenes...
Cons: A few problems with pacing and with the story's development

Having more or less revolutionized the western, and indeed action films in general, with 1969's The Wild Bunch, director Sam Peckinpah would tackle the genre several more times.  While his work was frequently marked by controversy, ...

Pros: Peckinpah's Direction, Script, Look, Dylan's Score, Themes, & Cast.
Cons: Sluggish Pacing in a Few Scenes.

***Note: The Following is a Review of the 2005 Special Edition Version of Sam Peckinpah's Director's Cut of Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid*** Following the success of 1969's nihilistic yet chaotic western The Wild Bunch, Sam ...

Pros: Solid acting; Dylan cameo; Peckinpah's direction
Cons: Very cynical tone of the film may not suit all tastes

The legend of Pat Garrett and his notorious outlaw friend-turned-enemy Billy The Kid was a story that "Bloody" Sam Peckinpah had wanted to film a long time. In fact, in his TV writing days in 1957, he had written a screenplay adaptation of Charles...

Pros: Placing the body on the dead horse
Cons: lack of Widescreen version, DVD and Dts

Based on Pat Garrett's book, this movie is about the similarity between the director Sam Peckinpah, and the infamous young outlaw known as "Billy the Kid."

Again we have a transitional time in the west and in Sam's life. Unlike the...

Pros: Acting, Actors, Music, Cinematography, Everything else
Cons: I hear the non-directors (studio) cut is not as good.

I loved this movie. The characters were not overly believable, the pace and plot were not particularly moving, but I love this movie. I only recently caught this flick and after only a few minutes I was drawn in. The score was perfect and the dream-like quality added a dimension somewhat like Paint Your Wagon, but better. I found the characters to be more symbols of the Old West than the sheriff and the outlaw. I thought I got Knockin on Heaven's Door, but i was wrong until I saw it played with Slim Pickens in the background. I'm no movie expert so I can't particularly say why I liked it so much, but I know that I can still see some of the scenes vividly in my mind and hear the soundtrack months after seeing the movie. This movie made me want to make movies.