My Favorite Westerns

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Bob Dylan Soundtrack

3 Versions / 3 Title Pages

Posters / Media

Preview Trailers

Original Trailer 1973

Clip: Slim Pickens Knocks on Heaven’s Door

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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Then there were three:
The butchering and saving of a masterpiece …

There are several accounts of the vicious infighting between Pekinpah and the studio over the movie.
Wikipedia has an excellent report: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Garrett_and_Billy_the_Kid.

Three different versions of the movie now exist:
The Original Film release (1973); The Director’s Cut (1988); and a Warner Brothers Special Edition (2005).
Below is review of all three:

Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid: Three Films, One Man’s Opinion…

Comparing The Three Different Cuts
Written by grandpa_chum on Mon, 03/20/2006 – 11:17
http://listology.com/list/pat-garrett-and-billy-kid-three-films-one-mans-opinion-comparing-three-different-cutsnow-screen

Kris Kristofferson: “One of the best descriptions I ever read of Sam, some guy said that ‘he looked like a man that was stalking an amimal much larger than himself’.
That’s the way Sam appeared to me. And I think that animal was violence.”