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- 1973
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 2 h 2 m
- 1973
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 2 h 2 m
Summary Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Directed By: Sam Peckinpah
Written By: Rudy Wurlitzer
- 1973
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 2 h 2 m
- 1973
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 2 h 2 m
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
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Summary Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Directed By: Sam Peckinpah
Written By: Rudy Wurlitzer
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Metascore
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Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
53
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Like Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, it both records and condemns the passage of time and the advent of progress; and there is a sombre, mournful quality which places the film very high up in the league of great Westerns.
The film is visually stunning, and Peckinpah makes great use of his Durango, Mexico, locations.
A dry, dour film where the moments of poetic Americana barely cohere.
Probably nobody involved was very happy about the results; Dylan doesn't come off at all.
Coburn offers more of his smiles as testimony to the wizardry of Old West dentistry, while Kristofferson ambles through his role with solid charm. Neither conveys the psychological tension felt between the two men whose lives diverge after years of camaraderie.
Pat Garrett and Billy the kid suggest either that he (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.
The movie fails to work up much excitement, and the title song by Bob Dylan is quite simply awful.
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Awards
BAFTA Awards
• 2 Nominations
Grammy Awards
• 1 Nomination
Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination
