Butch and Sundance: The Early Days is a 1979 American western movie directed by Richard Lester and stars Tom Berenger, William Katt, Jeff Corey, Peter Weller, Brian Dennehy, Christopher Lloyd. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and was nominated for 1 Oscar at the Academy Award in 1980. This is the prequel to the 1969 movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".