December 27, 2002

SUMMONED TO TRALFAMADORE:

Director George Roy Hill dies at 81 (Associated Press, 12/27/2002)
George Roy Hill, the independent-minded former Marine pilot who directed Paul Newman and Robert Redford in both "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Sting," died at his home Friday. He was 81.

Hill died of complications from Parkinson's disease, said Hill's son, George Roy Hill III, and Edwin S. Brown, his business manager for 35 years.


Butch & Sundance is one of the most overrated films ever made--no movie that features Katherine Ross as the love interest and has as its theme "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head" can rise above merely "pretty good". The Sting, on the other hand, is a great flick and his adaptation of Slaughterhouse-Five was surprisingly effective. Posted by Orrin Judd at December 27, 2002 5:04 PM
Comments

You're right about "Sundrops," but if you don't take back your negative remarks about Katherine Ross, you'll lose what little credibility you still have with me! They don't make 'em like that anymore...

Posted by: Charlie Murtaugh at December 27, 2002 4:19 PM

She was typecast in The Stepford Wives.

Posted by: oj at December 27, 2002 6:48 PM

You forgot Slapshot....

Posted by: M Ali Choudhury at December 28, 2002 10:51 PM

Despite being partially filmed at alma mater (they needed a dilapidated looking locker room) it's overrated.

Posted by: oj at December 29, 2002 5:03 AM
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