Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid is a movie that I had heard many horrible things about for years. That the casting was horrendous and that the only thing worthwhile in it was Knockin' on Heaven's Door. Which is an awesome song, and is used beautifully. I saw the reedited version, apparently done last year by Roger Spottiswoode, which still had some awkward castings, but it's not like Bob Dylan ever could act. This longer version has more character development, although I imagine a large portion of the nudity was also added. Because if you take out all the character development, all you have left is nudity and violence. Probably wouldn't sell. And appropriately the first version didn't sell. This version was much better. Peckinpah can make a western like no one else. Even when he wasn't making a western by location, he made a western by plot.