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Legend has it that William Goldman’s script was purchased by 20th Century Fox on the basis that Butch Cassidy would be played by Paul Newman — Yet no one could figure out who to cast as Sundance. Jack Lemmon said no. So did Steve McQueen. It was Newman’s wife, Joanne Woodward, who suggested Redford, who she’d seen on Broadway. And thus one of the screen’s great bromances was born. Watching Newman and Redford pal around as two members of the Hole in the Wall Gang and go on the lam together, it seems inconceivable that anybody else could have played these parts. They were a match made in heaven, destined to jump off that cliff and face down the entire Bolivian army together. The two remained lifelong friends, and though Redford would be paired with several generations’ worth of actors over his career, he never had a better co-star.COME EARLY! Doors 2pm, pre-show 2:30pm
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Hollywood Avondale, 20 St. Georges Road Avondale,Auckland, New Zealand
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