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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:13

Rotten:3

Average Rating:7.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins

Genre: Westerns

Synopsis: The story of western legend Pat Garrett, once was an outlaw but now a lawman... and out to capture his old friend and gunslinger, now nemesis, Billy the Kid.

Starring: Kris Kristofferson, James Coburn, Bob Dylan, Katy Jurado

Starring: Kris Kristofferson, James Coburn, Bob Dylan, Katy Jurado, Jason Robards, Richard Jaeckel, Slim Pickens, Chill Wills

Director: Sam Peckinpah

Director: Sam Peckinpah
Producer: Gordon Carroll
Composer: Bob Dylan

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Jan 10, 2006

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One of the most bittersweet films of Peckinpah's career.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
12/03/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

No review available.

comment Comment
06/17/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Some Peckinpah devotees consider the film among his finest work, others regard it as, well, troubled. Fascinating, nonetheless.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
N/R

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Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
09/18/03
Channel 4 Film

It's a movie that exists almost entirely on one note -- a low, melancholy one -- and achieves what I thought would have been impossible for him Peckinpah: he's boring.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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No review available.

comment Comment
10/19/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

...it could've %u2014 should've %u2014 been [Peckinpah's] third or fourth masterpiece (that depends on who's doing the counting), and the movie he'd been building towards his entire career.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
11/19/06
Tom Block
Tom Block
culturevulture.net

No review available.

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09/10/02
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

No review available.

comment Comment
07/01/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Sam Peckinpah's virtually unseen Western turns out to be unseen for a reason.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

A richer, more rewarding experience.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
02/23/06
Douglas Pratt
Douglas Pratt
Hollywood Reporter
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One of the best westerns of the 70s, if not all time.

Full Review Source: Moviehole | comment Comment
04/19/08
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

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.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/09/05
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times

Bitter take take on the mythical Old West.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
04/04/08
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

No review available.

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08/04/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
N/R

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

The film is visually stunning, and Peckinpah makes great use of his Durango, Mexico, locations.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/30/06
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
08/09/08
Andrew L. Urban
Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile
N/R

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
10/18/08
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