Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy]

N.p. N.p., Circa 1969. Early Draft script for the classic 1969 Western film, seen here under the working title "The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy." Bound in full blue cloth, with the original wrappers bound in.

A landmark of New Hollywood cinema, and arguably the high spot (as well as the beginning) of an incredible streak of inventive cinematic achievements directed by George Roy Hill in the 1960s and 1970s, including "Slaughterhouse-Five" (1972), "The Sting" (1973), and "Slap Shot" (1977).

Loosely based on fact, about two outlaws on the run from a lethal posse after a string of train robberies. They flee to Bolivia in search of a a better way to be thieves, but ultimately meet their doom. Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay for William Goldman.

Set in Wyoming and Bolivia, and shot on location in New Mexico, California, Utah, Colorado, and Arizona in the US, and in Morelos, Guerrero, and Sonora in Mexico.

Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter William Goldman. 177 leaves, with last page of text numbered 175. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus. Housed in a custom red and blue quarter-leather clamshell box.

National Film Registry. Hardy, The Western. Pitts 586.

[Book #156803]