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Butch Cassidy and Thelma and Louise: Compare and Contrast Similarities and the Differences

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman as Butch and Robert Redford as the Sundance Kid was released in movie theaters in 1969, 40 years ago. At the time, it was regarded as an adventure-cum-comedy film, a western with some romance and a lot of humor mixed in. Thelma and Louise, starring Geena Davis as Thelma and Susan Sarandon as Louise, was released in 1991. Although the two movies have often been likened to one another, with one reviewer stating of Thelma and Louise, "This is an unimaginative feminist adaptation of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.' The characters are virtually literal transcriptions of Paul Newman and Robert Redford," ("Thelma & Louise") and another asserting, "Thelma and Louise are Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in drag" ("Thelma and Louise in the Wilderness"), in fact, there are more differences than similarities between the two films. This paper will examine both films and compare and contrast them, explicating both the similarities and the differences and discussing the divergent purposes of the two films.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are professional robbers. Butch Cassidy is the brains of the operation, while the Kid is a consummate marksman, able to shoot the gunbelt off a man without harming him in the slightest. As a team, they have been robbing banks for years and have never really known any other profession. Their friendship is enriched with a constant flow of quips and humor, and even in dangerous situations, they trust and depend upon each other, sure that they will win out. A key point in this film is that Butch and Sundance are the same both at the beginning and at the end of the movie. Although they try going straight in between, it does not work out for them, and they realize that they are not suited for anything else except the life of robbers. At the end of the movie, they seem unaware that they are surrounded by the Bolivian army as they ...

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Butch Cassidy and Thelma and Louise: Compare and Contrast Similarities and the Differences. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 19:06, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/2001170.html