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Oscar-winner James Coburn portrays legendary outlaw Billy the Kid's childhood friend, Pat Garrett. Now a law-abiding sheriff, he arrests Billy for murder. Sentenced to hang, Billy escapes in a hail of gunfire forcing Pat to hunt him down. Directed by acclaimed action director Sam Peckinpah ("The Wild Bunch," "Straw Dogs"). Starring Coburn ("The Great Escape," "The Magnificent Seven"), Kris Kristofferson ("A Star is Born"), Oscar-winner Jason Robards ("Philadelphia," "All the President's Men"), Oscar-nominee Katy Jurado ("High Noon") and Oscar-winner Chill Wills ("The Alamo," "Meet Me in St. Louis"). With Harry Dean Stanton ("Alien," "Kelly's Heroes"), Slim Pickens ("Dr. Strangelove") and folk-legend Bob Dylan. Featuring Dylan's smash hit, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
82%- Reviews Counted: 17
- Fresh: 14
- Rotten: 3
- Average Rating: 7.2/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: The mushy pretensions of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid suggest either that [Peckinpah] has begun to take talk about his genius too seriously (it can happen to the best) or that he has fallen in with bad company.
Fresh: A richer, more rewarding experience.
Fresh: It's one of the great tragic true stories of the old wild West, the story of two outlaw friends ending up enemies as one turns over and becomes a lawman - expressly for the purpose of hunting down his friend.
Customer Reviews
Mr
This is it folks. The grand-daddy of all modern Westerns. Want to see what "Young Guns" could look like all grown up? Relax, sit back, and give this one a chance to sneak up on you with its quirks, poetry, and elemental dialogue.
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
This is NOT the directors cut of this film. You could get that version on iTunes until very recently. This is a version cut by Paul Seydor in 2005, over 20 years after Peckinpah’s death. The heart and soul of that masterwork has been cut out. This is a true travesty. The director had no say in this version at all and would kill this guy for doing this……..this was a five star film.
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- $17.99
- Genre: Drama
- Released: 1973
- © 1973 A Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved