Remember my raving about Sr. Pat Burrell several blogs ago? Well, he is a great guy on the field. But Paul Newman is the craziest of all the besties. Not only on the silver screen, but also his charity and philanthropy. He was the founder of the Hole in the Wall Ranch where a camp was run for children with disabilities. Oh yea, and he owned Newman's Own, the company that supplies McDonald's with their salad dressings. He always looked old. Have you ever seen Cool Hand Luke or The Sting or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? If you saw 33.3% of that list or more, you also understand that the guy is good.
It had been a while since I saw it, but Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ranks pretty high on my list. I tend to like those movies that start off with "inspired by true events". If you have not seen the movie, and I apologize that you've been deprived for so long, please rent a tape and pop that sucker into your VCR. Synopsis: two bank robbers realise their residence in the States is too risky, and set off for Bolivia. While there, they do some heists, get some money, and eventually get hunted down and brutally gunned down. It's like a modern 3:10 to Yuma type job. Robert Redford and Paul Newman are the stars. And believe me so, it is quite the match. It's the 1974 version of Chan & Tucker, Ferrell & Reilly, Bennifer, or Brangelina. And I get it. The movie is basically about two bank robber at the turn of the century, who are life-criminals. It is their profession, their passion, their source of joy. And it turns out that they know no other way besides it. They had lived that life for so long that they couldn't change their ways. Sundance Kid, played by Redford, is a quiet, cold, and mysterious Class A gunmen, while Newman plays Butch Cassidy- an intelligent mastermind and the emotional counterpart of the team. It is a story of friendship and living past your times. I'd reccommend it highly, and in a clear state of mind. They die in the end. Sorry to ruin it.
