Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (feat. Erik Anderson)

Kevin rings in the ’60s by bringing back AwardsWatch founder Erik Anderson to talk about George Roy Hill’s crowd-pleasing western ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,’ the likely runner-up in the 1969 Oscar race that lost to ‘Midnight Cowboy.’

0:00 – 1:24 – Introduction

1:25 – 30:30 – ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ review 

30:31 – 1:01:16 – Why ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ lost Best Picture

1:01:17 – 1:28:38 – Shoulda been a contender

1:28:39 – 1:33:15 – Did ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ deserve to win?

Go to FilmTrophies.com or email at filmtrophies@gmail.com to vote for which film you think deserved to win Best Picture.

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Theme/End Music is “The Virtue” by Jonathan Adamich