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Pat Garrett Restorations Reframe Peckinpah
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Criterion's release revisits Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid through multiple cuts, clarifying Peckinpah's elegiac western and Dylan's central role.
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Featured Article
During early 1970s filming near Durango, Mexico, Rolling Stone chronicles Bob Dylan's acting in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid and related Mexico City soundtrack recordings.
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In this article, Chris Gregory analyzes Bob Dylan's role and soundtrack work for Sam Peckinpah's 1973 Western film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) faced a troubled production on location in Durango, Mexico, with Dylan appearing on screen and on the soundtrack.
Criterion releases Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid in four versions on BluRay and 4K, uniting theatrical, preview, 50th Anniversary, and Turner editions.
Jonathan Lack reviews Criterion's Blu-ray release of Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, comparing three different edits of the film.
The article explores Bob Dylan's acting and musical contributions to Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid in light of Criterion Collection's new 50th Anniversary box set.
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Bob Dylan acted and recorded songs, including Knockin on Heaven's Door, while filming Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid in Durango, Mexico.
On 2022-06-26 Alex Cox reflects on Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, its multiple cuts, Dylan's score, and Criterion's forthcoming disc release.
On 2024-07-02, the Criterion Collection released a 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray edition of Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid featuring multiple restored cuts.
Jonathan Lack reviews Criterion’s three-cut Blu-ray of Sam Peckinpah’s Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, comparing theatrical, Final Preview, and 50th Anniversary edits.
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Sam Peckinpah's 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, with Dylan's score, is analyzed amid its three production versions.
Dylan agreed to write music for and appear in Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid during preproduction at a hacienda outside Durango, Mexico.
Bob Dylan agreed to write music for and appear in Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid during preproduction at a hacienda outside Durango, Mexico.
Bob Dylan met Sam Peckinpah on the set of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid in Durango, Mexico, during production in the early 1970s.
Author describes how Bob Dylan and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid shaped his career in California in the 1990s.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Peckinpah's 1973 Western, faced MGM interference and were reissued in 4K by Criterion on Jul 2, 2024 in the USA.