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In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.
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Nostalgic, grave, earnest and effortless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
- classical in formformally daring
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- John Chardon TMDB · Apr 20148.5/10
Ain't no grave hold my body down. Blackthorn is directed by Mateo Gil and written by Miguel Barros. It stars Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea, Magaly Solier, Nikolaj Costsr-Waldau, Padraic Delaney and Dominique McElligott. Music is by Lucio Godoy and cinematography by Juan Ruiz Anchia. It was believed that Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid both perished at the hands of the Bolivian army in 1908. Not so, for here is Butch Cassidy 20 years after the supposed event, alive and well and living in a secluded Bolivian village under the name James Blackthorn… What a lovely idea, that of one of history's most famous outlaws actually living longer than history led us to believe. OK, it's a scratchy premise but it allows for a quite elegiac film as we follow an older and grizzled Cassidy on another adventure. That adventure sees him team up with mischievous Spaniard Eduardo Apodaca, the latter of which tries to rob Blackthorn/Cassidy and then offers to repay the old outlaw with the proceeds from some hidden loot stashed away from a robbery. They set off and sure enough there is a posse on their tail, meaning the pair have to stay one step ahead of their pursuers, something which put
Read the whole review on TMDB - Andres Gomezon TMDB · Jan 20165/10
Sam Shepard performs well, the idea of the story is interesting and the photography and staging in Bolivia are breathtaking. But the performance of the story into a movie is boring and it hurts to see such a good actor as Noriega playing such a bad role. Clearly, the direction failed to make a good set of individual promises into a better mix.
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Cast
- Sam ShepardJames Blackthorn
- Eduardo NoriegaEduardo Apodaca
- Stephen ReaMackinley
- Magaly SolierYana
- Nikolaj Coster-WaldauButch Cassidy
- Pádraic DelaneySundance Kid
- Dominique McElligottEtta
- Luis BredowDoctor
- Cristian MercadoGeneral of the Bolivian Army
- Daniel AguirreIvan
Crew
- Mateo GilDirector
- Miguel BarrosWriter
- Juan Ruiz AnchíaDirector of Photography
- Lucio GodoyOriginal Music Composer
- David GallartEditor
- Ibon CormenzanaProducer
- Andrés SantanaProducer
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