40 Years Later, 3 Westerns Remain Among the Best Ever Made

Looking back 40 years, 1969 produced a number of unforgettable moments. Music, books, TV and of course motion pictures. Three incredible westerns were released that year, each of them withstanding the test time 40 years on. The Wild Bunch, Once Upon a Time in the West and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. 

 

Sam Peckinpah directed The Wild Bunch, a no-nonsense, gritty portrayal of aging men in a new world.

 

Once Upon A Time In The West is believed by many to be Sergio Leone’s finest western. Leone’s first film following the Clint Eastwood Spaghetti trilogy, the film featured a leading lady as opposed to a leading man. Claudia Cardinale looked absolutely stunning, and Leone’s sweeping vision of the old west  is unforgettable.

 

What can be said about Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid that hasn’t been said already? Newman and Redford were the stars and George Roy Hill directed the masterpiece,  believed by many to be the first ‘buddy film’.  Butch & The Kid made millions of dollars and launched  Robert Redford into superstardom.

 If you have HD Net, you can watch The Wild Bunch and Once Upon A Time In The West in HD, and folks, they look pretty good… Go check them out.