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DVD : Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Two-Disc Special Edition)In association with Amazon.comstarring: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado directed by: Sam Peckinpah  List Price: $19.98 Amazon.com's Price: $14.99 You Save: $4.99 (25%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780790746005 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 079074600X Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 10, 2006 Running Time: 237 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1973 Sales Rank: 9086 MPN: D65165D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid may be the most beautiful and ambitious film that Sam Peckinpah ever made. The time is 1881. Powerful interests want New Mexico tamed for their brand of progress, and Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) is commissioned to rid the territory of his old gunfighting comrades. He serves fair notice to William Bonney--Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson)--and his Fort Sumter cronies, but it's not in their nature, or his, to go quietly. Peckinpah's theme, more than ever, is the closing of the frontier and the nature of the loss that that entails. But this time his vision takes him beyond genre convention, beyond history and legend, to the bleeding heart of myth--and surely of himself. This is one strange and original movie. In 1973 most American reviewers responded by panning it and deriding its director, whom they saw as having betrayed the promise of Ride the High Country, been swept up in his own cult of violence, and become incoherent as a storyteller. Coherence wasn't helped by MGM's cutting at least a quarter-of-an-hour out of the finished film and removing a bitter, retrospective prelude. Subsequent releases have restored a lot of material, and now there's more widespread appreciation of the depth and power of Peckinpah's achievement. The cast, teeming with fine character actors, is extraordinary, making the gallery of frontier denizens vivid and resonant. Coburn's Garrett, a man who comes to loathe himself for his mission yet cannot abandon it, is the high-water mark of the actor's career. L.Q. Jones, Luke Askew, Harry Dean Stanton, Jack Elam, and Richard Bright create indelible moments, and Slim Pickens becomes the center of an unforgettably moving scene. The presence of Kristofferson (just starting out as an actor) and Bob Dylan (whose enigmatic role is nearly wordless) nudges us toward recognizing Old West outlawry as an early form of rock stardom--flesh-and-blood gods for a primitive society to feed on. --Richard T. Jameson Average Rating:
 Rating:  - An Authentic,Unique WesternThe only difference in the two different film versions or the two disc in this special edition are,the original turner version is seven minutes longer and the directors cut is cut maybe one scene or two which comes down to the conclusion of who really cares anyway,in which the real answer is just issue this classic western on one remastered disc. Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid,1973,is a Peckinpah classic to be seen, starring James Coburn, who is outstanding as sheriff Pat Garrett and Kristofferson ... Read More Rating: - Perfect Pat GarrettThis is a classic western which of course takes liberties with the actual history. Kris Kristoffersson ia a good, but old, Billy but the the star is the laconic James Coburn as I would envisage Pat Garrett. Rating:  - No masterpiece but an interesting film for Peckinpah buffsPeckinpah continues his deconstruction of the Western myth via the story of Pat Garrett's pursuit of Billy the Kid. Peckinpah's West is not a place you would really want to be - particularly if you are a women. Peckinpah's women are passive, abused by the male characters, or just readily available for sexual dalliances. Bob Dylan's music is a major plus but his presence in the movie is gratuitous as his acting abilities are non-existent. The film also suffers because its themes are no longer ... Read More Rating:  - AN UNDERAPPRECIATED MASTERPIECE... BUT AN EDITING BLUNDER!As a film teacher and Peckinpah scholar, I had put together my own cut of this film in the early 90's compiled from several video versions (and the TV version), and showed it in a special class devoted to the film. As someone who is probably somewhat an expert on this film, I'd like to make a few important points about the two versions included here in this set. First, the Turner cut (mislabeled "director's cut") seemed to be merely a workprint Peckinpah had assembled at one point but ... Read More Rating: - Sound ProblemI am giving this movie 5 stars, because the 1988 Turner version is one of the greatest movies ever made. This is disc 2. The new re-recut version has some new merits, but overall isn't as good as the Turner version. The problem with this disc, which is huge, is that there is a flaw on the transfer. During the last few minutes, the sound is totally whacked. The Dylan song used just before, and during the end credits is all askew and warped. I bought this disc and noticed it. Then I rented it and ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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