The behind-the-scenes production of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Pre-production

After the film script was completed, it became the object of competition in the film industry, and was finally purchased by FOX at the time for US$400,000. The film director George Roy Hill was not FOX's official top candidate at first, but he eventually became the director.

Casting

Screenwriter William Goldman's original idea was to cast Paul Newman as the Sundance Kid and star Jack Lemmon as Butch. Later actor Steve McQueen was expected to star, but ended up withdrawing from the crew due to issues with who was cast ahead of Paul Newman, and the names of Marlon Brando and Warren Beatty also appeared in the crew. , but the director had another suitable candidate in mind: Robert Redford. Although almost everyone, including FOX executives, had doubts about Robert Redford's ability to take on the role in the film because of his original image of a handsome young boy. But the director and Paul Newman stood up and he got the role.

The filming process

When filming the explosion scene, the crew installed wooden boards in front of the camera for protection. When filming the scene where the Pegasus leaps out of the carriage, the crew laid a runway at the other end of the carriage and used a multi-camera shooting method.

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