Knocking on heaven's door.. Bob Dylan original version 1973

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)

James Coburn
Kris Kristofferson
Jason Robards
Bob Dylan e.o.

[donloughrey]

One of the best dying scenes in a movie. The looks on their faces, no words needed .

[happyfingers]

Why is it so darn hard to find this version of the song with bob dylan. Not anyone else but this slow haunting dylan version. It is the best and only version I want to hear.

[lewisteixeira]

The most iconic sene in film. She looking at him with intense sorrow, he looking at her knowing he is going to die at any moment. They looking at each other for the last time.

The camera angle facing up at her was absolutely genius. The perfect song 🎵 playing in the background.

[kathryngamble]

Can't help it, I cry like a baby over Slim Pickens and Katy Jurado. Only a few seconds, relatively speaking, but a master class in acting.

[bgrwuho]

The scene between the wife and Sheriff is absolutely heartbreaking to me. The way she first notices him stumbling towards the river, first throwing down her shotgun and running towards him but slowing down before she catches up to him, following him and circling him as if she doesn't know what to do and is trying to figure out some way she can help. When they finally reach the river and he sits down on the rock, she doesn't run up to embrace him. At this point she knows he is mortally wounded and there is nothing that can be done... she just drops to the ground and lays in a manner that looks like she is about to reach her hand out to him at any moment, but all she can do is look. Her husband looks at her, and we see her face... a quick smile and then a look of sorrow in her eyes as she notices his expression. Confusion, helplessness and fear... as if he is trying to tell her he is scared of what is about to come and there is nothing he can do. He then briefly looks like he is nodding to her in a final goodbye... as if he in that moment has come to acceptance with his death, and then his gaze widens off into the distance as he looks back towards the sunset. He is seemingly gone in this moment. He is not dead yet, but he is no longer in the world in that moment with his wife beside him. He is now looking blankly far away, either to meet God or the void, and his wife seems to acknowledge that and begins to weep in a way that one would after someone has died, no longer acknowledging his presence. 😞

[mmm-bkxg]

Questa è la scena più bella bel cinema, lei con alle spalle un temporale in arrivo, lacrime sul viso e capelli ribelli... un addio più poetico di questo non esiste

[goittoog]

Sam Peckinpaw broke down in tears when Dylan played this for him

[j.dunlop]

Story I read, thirty years ago, Bob was sitting on the plane, flying with Slim Pickings, and Pickings, asked Bob, If he wrote any good cowboy songs, then Bob wrote this! This movie, it's first performance!

[jimrebr]

I bought the movie version of Heaven’s Door off iTunes 11 years ago. I have several other versions, but the cut from the soundtrack to Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid, remains the best version of this song ever.

[rhysdavis]

This scene has some of the greatest, most evocative physical acting of all time from Katy Jurado and Slim Pickens.

[jasondylansargent]

Bob Dylan the greatest songwriter of all time 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😄

[davidcamron]

A James Coburn masterclass with top notch supporting cast

[williamkennedy]

one of the most memorable scenes from any movie I've ever seen. Saw it when it came out in 70's and it brought a few tears.

[WendyFrank-vuts]

"There ain't many of us left"!!!!😔😔😔

[sidv]

Movie magic. I would have loved to have been in that theater to hear Dylan sing this classic for the first time.

[eddiebear]

Moving scene. Slim Pickens with the knowledge that he’s about to cross over.

[johnj]

The look on Slims face says it perfectly "This sht is for real. I just got a ticket to the Spirit World"

[dieyng]

Damn it, Sam Peckinpah was a frigging master.
To make you care so much for two people, you see a few minutes in an hours-long film. Masterfully shot, masterfully acted, really can't praise Slim Pickens and Katy Jurado enough. Just a few looks, a few moments and so much is being said, without a single word.
And the song is absolutely perfect for the scene.
Ever since I first saw Pat Garret and Billy the Kid, this scene has stuck with me as one of the most iconic scenes in the Western Genre and Peckinpah has managed to have several equally important and powerful scenes, in the few films he made.

If you read up on the film, like all of Peckinpah's films, it was a troubled production and Bob Dylan had his own share of problems, both his soundtrack and the film were criminally hampered by studio interference, were received badly, and it took a long time until the film got the recognition it deserves.
It's not Wild Bunch, but I love both films for different reasons.

[DavesGarden]

One of the best songs eer written well done Bob Dylan

[FERNANDOAMENDIVIL]

DAMB!
“This Sam Peckinpah love scene & lyrics is one of the greatest cinematic masterpieces … PERIOD.”
“EVERY time I see it, it’s like seeing it for the first time.”
WOW!