An ex-crony of Billy the Kid is forced to attempt the arrest of the infamous outlaw. His challenge results in a deadly confrontation.
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.
Film acting debut for singer/composer Bob Dylan.
Director Sam Peckinpah contributed substantial revisions in the screenplay, but received no credit. He also played a small role: Will, the coffin maker.
The character played by Jason Robards, Governor Lew Wallace, was also the writer of the novel "Ben-Hur."
Copyright 1972 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
DVD Features:
Region (unknown)
Keep Case
Widescreen 2.40
2 Disc Special Edition
Audio:
Mono 1.0 French
Mono 1.0 English
Director of Photography
John Coquillon:
Writer
Rudy Wurlitzer: Screenwriter/Director
Production Designer
Ted Haworth: Production Designer
Review 1:
"...Wonderful, a deeply felt elegy to the passing of the Old West surely made in response to the confusion and bitterness of the Vietnam era....The film is rich in visual textures..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C22 11/25/1999
Review 2:
"Peckinpah's most poetic work, providing a languid rhythm for Billy's insouciant fatalism."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.54 01/20/2006
Review 3:
4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]mportant....It's certainly a brutal piece, and not the most comfortable of movies."
Source: Ultimate DVD
p.112 07/01/2006
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