
In Bolivia, two decades after his mysterious disappearance in San Vicente in 1908, life has found Butch Cassidy exiled to a small Bolivian town. Only now the aged outlaw goes under the name James Blackthorn. Cassidy has been keeping to himself; breeding and selling horses in order save money to return to the states. But an attempted ambush by a young Spaniard leaves him with no money as he watches his horse run off with his saddle bags full of cash. With the Spaniard held at ... (Full plot summary below)
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In Bolivia, two decades after his mysterious disappearance in San Vicente in 1908, life has found Butch Cassidy exiled to a small Bolivian town. Only now the aged outlaw goes under the name James Blackthorn. Cassidy has been keeping to himself; breeding and selling horses in order save money to return to the states. But an attempted ambush by a young Spaniard leaves him with no money as he watches his horse run off with his saddle bags full of cash. With the Spaniard held at gunpoint, Cassidy is told there is a hidden stash of money he will receive for helping the young man flee the mining families from which he stole the stash. Now it's up to Cassidy to revive his former self and save the two from meeting their death in the desert sands of Bolivia.
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| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasIt's quite surprising that it takes two foreign filmmakers working in a foreign country to deliver one of the most compelling Westerns we've seen in quite some time. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher Nullstrips Cassidy of the myth, reminding us that even Paul Newman couldn't escape old age. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeNot only one of the year's biggest and best surprises, but it's the most beautifully photographed film I've seen in some considerable time. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenThis is a worthy addition to the legend of Butch Cassidy. |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary Thompson"Blackthorn" takes the buddy movie outlaw mythology and glamour of the Newman-Redford classic and guts it like a fish. |
| Hollywood.comMatt PatchesWhat really transforms Blackthorn into a fresh take on an archetypical story is Shepard's Cassidy, a man burdened by his outlaw past. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe actor (Shepard) delivers a beautifully understated, world-weary turn that largely makes up for the slow-paced film's longueurs, and which in a better film could be described as iconic. |
| The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonBlackthorn could use more depth and less of a sense of weary inevitability, but it never lacks for the arid, vista-prone beauty of a classic Western, or for a sense of lived-in wear and tear that remains convincing even though it's more stylized than realistic. |
| New York PostLou LumenickWith Paul Newman gone, you couldn't ask for a better senior-citizen representation of Butch Cassidy than Shepard. In his best performance since "The Right Stuff'' turned him into a reluctant movie star, Shepard makes Blackthorn worth seeing. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrBlackthorn is less interested in realism than in elegy, and in bringing this American folk hero in line with the Latin American places and people with whom he ended his days. Given a choice between the legend and the facts, Gil and Barros make up a new legend - and then gild it with light. |