Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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Part of our Ride or Die Cinema series!

Schedule*:

7:00pm – Introduction to the film by host Jeffrey Bender

7:15pm – Film screening

9:15pm – Post-film presentation and discussion

10:00pm – Event concludes

*Times are approximate.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are the leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action. The West is becoming civilized, and when the intrepid duo rob one train too many, a special posse begins trailing them. Over rock, through towns, across rivers, the law is always right on their tail. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another bright idea: “Let’s go to Bolivia.” One of cinema’s most memorable “buddy” films, it won four Oscars, including one for the popular theme song, “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” by Burt Bachrach and Hal David.

Jeffrey Bender

Jeffrey Bender has hosted a number of in-person and online Film Talks with the Westdale, most recently ‘The Ol’ Razzle-Dazzle: The Evolution of the Movie Musical’, featuring six landmark musicals that changed the way we see and think about song and dance through the cinematic lens. He joins us this summer to host ‘Ride or Die Cinema’, featuring three dynamic pairs of protagonists who find themselves at the centre of cinema’s wildest tales, and who discover loyalty, humour and solace in each other as they struggle against the world.