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A 1973 revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan. The film depicts the final confrontation between the legendary outlaw and his former friend, the lawman Pat Garrett, in New Mexico.
Pat Garrett was an American lawman, bartender and customs agent who killed Billy the Kid in 1881. He was the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, and wrote a book about his adventures.
A 1973 western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson as the legendary outlaws. The film explores their friendship, betrayal and final showdown, with a score by Bob Dylan.
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- Biography, Drama, Western
- Sam Peckinpah
- 1973-05-23
Aug 9, 2024 · Pat Garrett was a Western U.S. lawman known as the man who killed Billy the Kid. Born in Alabama and reared in Louisiana, Garrett left home at about the age of 17 and headed for Texas and the life of a cowboy and buffalo hunter.
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- A Wild Life in The West
- Pat Garrett Meets Billy The Kid
- The Hunt For Billy The Kid
- ‘I Sometimes Wish That I Had Missed Fire’
- The Death of Pat Garrett
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Born on June 5, 1850 in Chambers County, Alabama, Patrick Floyd Garrett spent his formative years in the South. He and his family moved to Louisiana when Garrett was still young, where his father had purchased a cotton plantation in Claiborne Parish. Garrett worked in the plantation’s store. But the Civil War would change everything for Garrett and...
By the time Pat Garrett arrived in Fort Sumner, Billy the Kid — who went by the alias William H. Bonney — had made a name for himself. Born Henry McCarty around 1859, he’d begun to develop a reputation after he escaped from jail in 1875 following his arrest for the robbery of a Chinese laundry operator. In 1877, he killed his first man after they c...
In December 1880, Pat Garrett began to pursue Billy the Kid and his crew in earnest. On Dec. 19, he and his men killed gang member Tom O’Folliard during an ambush in Fort Sumner. And on Dec. 23, Garrett and his men managed to arrest Billy the Kid and his gang in Stinking Springs after a standoff that killed gang member Charlie Bowdre. But the story...
In the aftermath of Billy the Kid’s death, Pat Garrett became known as the man who’d killed the famous outlaw. But reactions toward him were mixed. Though one local newspaper dubbed Garrett the “hero of the hour,” according to Legends of America, others resented him for killing Billy the Kid. Some criticized Garrett for killing the outlaw in the da...
To ease his financial difficulties, Pat Garrett eventually leased part of his land to a man named Wayne Brazel so Brazel could graze cattle. To his chagrin, Brazel grazed goats instead. On Feb. 29, 1908, tensions between them escalated — and Garrett ended up dead just outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Brazel claimed he had killed Garrett in self d...
Learn about the wild life and legendary showdown of Pat Garrett, the Old West lawman who shot and killed the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid in 1881. Discover how they met, hunted, and wrote about each other in this article.
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Jul 7, 2024 · A review of the latest edition of Peckinpah's controversial western, featuring three different cuts of the film and exploring its troubled production and legacy. The article also delves into Peckinpah's personal struggles, artistic vision, and themes of masculinity and violence.
A 1973 western by Sam Peckinpah, starring James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson as the legendary rivals. The film explores the themes of friendship, freedom, and history in three different versions, with a soundtrack by Bob Dylan.
