The Legend of Butch & Sundance The Legend of Butch & Sundance The Legend of Butch & Sundance is a 2004 television film directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Butch Cassidy receives a pardon after being incarcerated for a year under the condition that he does not commit any more crimes in Wyoming. He later joins forces with the Sundance Kid and his relative Mike Cassidy's gang as adversaries of the Pinkerton Agency. The gang becomes known as the Wild Bunch after Mike Cassidy dies. A love triangle develops between Butch, Sundance, and photographer Etta Place. Originally, "The Legend of Butch
The Legend of Butch & Sundance had died in Bolivia after the shoot-out [in 1908]. I took that contradiction and thought, 'What a great film that would make.'" Fasano later said that the production team strove for historical accuracy. Actor David Clayton Rogers said he practiced gun handling and horseback riding for the role of Butch Cassidy. "True West Magazine"s Henry Cabot Beck reviewed "The Legend of Butch & Sundance" unfavorably stating "I don't suppose this family-friendly picture would offend anyone who wants to see a return of a Kenny Rogers-type Oater, but true buffs who want an adult and ambitious Western had best look elsewhere."