Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Criterion Collection 4K Review

I share thoughts on the recent release by Criterion of Sam Peckinpah's 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, and Bob Dylan on 4K UHD. Let me know what you think of this film in the comment section. Enjoy!

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[AnInternetUser]

This film introduced me to 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door.'

Mama take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark, too dark to see
I feel I'm knockin' on Heaven's door

[codyinthecinema]

Outside of maybe "The Man From Laramie, " this one was just so convincing with its New Mexico built world.

[tomelew]

Phenomenal movie. Thanks for taking the time to give us your take on this new release from Criterion.

[jeffcarlin]

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.... Wow. I watched EVERY cut. I really, really liked this movie. The movie is flawed, but I loved every scene, every line of dialogue, every character, every out-of-place song, every shot, and every turn of the narrative. The main characters were miscast -- especially Kris Kristofferson -- but I didn't care. I was sucked into the Nineteenth-Century world and enjoyed every frame. This is a masterpiece.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, my friend. Keep up the good work!

[KRhetor]

This was my birthday present to myself this year; it was money well spent! RIP Kris Kristoffersen and thank you.

[jefferysteen]

I just got my copy 2 days ago..finally!I got the copy of this great movie that I've been looking for!It's the preview cut!Love it!

[chroma]

I saw it for the first time last week but the film clicked for me right away and held my attention throughout. The River scene is just superb...nothing is said but both men understood. A Peckinpah fan told me to start with the preview cut so I have watched it twice now. I kinda dig its rough unfinished appearance you know, it's just like you would expect for something smuggled out of the studio...wow! I hope that maybe The Wild Bunch can get the 4k treatment next

[rlh]

I don’t have much money to keep going, but I’m planning one more trip to get Black God, White Devil, and I may also be tempted to get Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.

[bobbauldock]

The soundtrack was made before the film went into production, look at the backdrop (scene), everything is perfect notice the wall, the floors, and the tables, I have never seen hot pepper and garlic on the walls, and the wardrobe, you can tell these guys have been out there a long time, top hats, Derbys and one of the ladies was a popular singer and slim Pickens wife, was the lady that was one of the stars in High Noon. This story could fit into any time, each and every actor played his best role, how did Peckinpah know to choose these actors? And I could go on and on, the more you watch it the more that you see, remember the 1st shoot out, when the Kid came out wit his hands up, these guys were joking, listen to the music, In the movie they were friends, more than that, Garrett was like a father to the Kid, (the bar scene) any way you have a task, this move was underrated and really didn't get much play, may-be you can revive it. I am sure that if you watch it with your friends each of you will see something different. To tell you the truth, it reminds me of days gone by when I was young, and always looking over my shoulder.

[bobbauldock]

Man you did this film an injustice, this is one of the two greatest movies that I have ever seen, streets of fire is the other.

[blakenorman]

I love the jailhouse scene, when he says yeah hes unalived me too, so good

[hunterrobinson]

I haven’t seen this in years but I remember being a fan of it. I’ll definitely pick it up during the next sale. I highly recommend Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia if you haven’t seen it yet. It’s up there with Straw Dogs for me as one of my favorite Peckinpah flicks.

My favorite Bob Dylan song is Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again. Epic title and a great song. Girl From North Country featuring Johnny Cash is also a solid song.

[orus]

This is going to be my blind buy. It seems like to good film to pair with my last fall sale blind buy of McCabe and Miss Miller which is excellent. A third film pairing would be Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid from the same time period.

[draces]

This is possibly THE great American Western (though I guess Once Upon a Time in the West will always get that accolade). It marks both the end of the 'wild' west and also the end of the optimism of the 1960s and it's told as a tragedy of two friends on opposing sides of history. A masterpiece. Peckinpah fell out with the studio and they butchered his vision of the film which is why the 3rd cut exists on this boxset. Watch that one even though it's 2K instead of 4K.

[daveanderson]

Have not seen this, but love Wild Bunch and was impressed by Straw Dogs (definitely a rough watch) so quite interested in this edition. Your review and recommendation may help close the deal.

[colourlessbluethings]

One of my all time top ten films and I've been searching for a blu ray for years. I'm so disappointed that they've made this US only.

[ManBolo]

It’s so embarrassingly awful
So incongruous almost deliberately stupid with the asinine grinning and wannabe Sergio Leone cuts
Terrible
I’m a huge western fan and I adore KK
I lived in New Mexico and am a student of Billy history
It is a trash production with a million wannabe insiders calling it brilliant. The hilarious blood and bad violence made sense. Seeing Scorcese call it a masterpiece confirmed my opinion of his illegitimate status as film royalty
Slim Pickens Harry Dean Stanton would make most productions above average but this is embarrassing

[bachtuna]

Excited to pick up this release along with Risky Business when that drops in about a week