The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

Effective documentary which sharply follows the key scenes in the movie and which is made all the more fascinating because it is narrated by George Roy Hill, the film's director who is full of fascinating insights all of which is spoken with absolute candour about both scenes and stars.

A few days ago I watched the making-of documentary about the Flight of the Phoenix remake and was surprised at how much profanity it contained. There were several times when Director John Moore would literally scream at the top of his lungs, unleashing streams of profanity at his cast and crew (mostly his crew, I think) about why there weren't doing this or why this happened or what went wrong with that scene or what the hell has that guy been doing while the plane has been flying overhead all this time??

The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970) **** (out of 4)I've bought BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID on VHS, then on DVD a couple times, then on Blu-ray and I even recently went to see it on the big screen. What's shocking is that throughout all of that time I had no idea that this documentary existed and that's a real shame because this here is quite remarkable on many levels.

Now most likely to be seen as featured material in the DVD release, this is an excellent documentary. George Roy Hill himself narrates and is refreshingly free from the usual Hollywood hype and bullsh*t, as he honestly and entertainingly describes the hassles (and fun) of making this movie.

Unlike most "Making of" documentaries this one doesn't focus on praising the actors. Director Hill swears a lot and explains how the special effects were done.