Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Pros: Story, Direction, Cinematography, Acting

Cons: Peckinpah is not making any more westerns

The Bottom Line: Bloody Sam Peckinpah's final take on the western genre, the new Special Edition DVD just might make you a believer. Well worth your time.

Review: 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

The Bottom Line: A phenomenal piece of art; while perhaps not perfectly developed, I have to give this one the highest marks nonetheless.  I enjoy this film emmensely.

Review: 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: Solid acting; Dylan cameo; Peckinpah's direction

Cons: Very cynical tone of the film may not suit all tastes

The Bottom Line: One of Peckinpah's greatest achievements; it is sad to think that his career was as short as it was

Review: 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

Review: 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.

Review: 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 ...

Pros: Peckinpah's Direction, Script, Look, Dylan's Score, Themes, & Cast.

Cons: Sluggish Pacing in a Few Scenes.

The Bottom Line: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid is an Eerie Yet Powerful Western from Sam Peckinpah led by the Fantastic Performances of James Coburn & Kris Kristofferson. (4.5 out of 5)

Review: ***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 ...