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As newly minted lawman Pat Garrett (James Coburn) stalks the outlaw Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson) across the plains, their old friendship is twisted into rivalry, and mythic ideals of freedom come up against an emerging ruling-class order—all to the strains of a haunting soundtrack by Bob Dylan (who also appears as the mercurial Alias).
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The opening sequence shows Pat Garrett and two more men repeatedly shot, bullet wounds and blood are show. This sequence is intercut with scenes set several years prior, with Billy the Kid and his gang shooting at live chickens buried up to their necks in the ground. Several graphic shots show live chickens having their heads shot off.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, whose cast features a cavalcade of Peckinpah mainstays, follows exactly this trend, this time depicting the real life relationship between the two historical title characters and the eventual manhunt for the Kid led by Garrett. Pat’s history with and affection towards Billy can’t prevent him from being loyal ...
Aug 10, 2015 · Cross-cut with a scene of Pat and Billy happily target-shooting chickens in 1881, the movie creates a loop. They’re shooting each other, they’re shooting themselves. It’s all a vicious ...
Opening with the gunning down of Pat Garrett in 1909, we flash back to 1881 where Garrett has been hired to bring his ex-partner in crime Billy the Kid to justice. The story unfolds against a backdrop of a west that is moving forward, driven by businessmen (represented by Chisum) leaving behind the 'old ways'.
Sheriff Colin Baker : Understand you been ridin' for Chisum. I'd rather be on the outside of the law than packing a badge for that town of Lincoln and them that's a-runnin' it. Pat Garrett : It's a job. Comes an age in a man's life when he don't wanna spend time figuring what comes next.
Pat Garrett. / 32.30114389°N 106.78553000°W / 32.30114389; -106.78553000 ( Gravesite of Pat Garrett) Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett (June 5, 1850 – February 29, 1908) was an American Old West lawman, bartender and customs agent known for killing Billy the Kid. He was the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, as well as Doña Ana ...
