Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid "Bonnie and Clyde. ..." we don't believe it, and we walk out of the theater wondering what happened to that great movie we were seeing until an hour ago." The Writers Guild of America ranked the screenplay #11 on its list of 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written. Over time, major American movie reviewers have been widely favorable. Rotten Tomatoes, a film review aggregator, gives 89% "Certified fresh" favorable score based on 46 reviews with an average score of 8.2/10, the site's critical consensus reads With its iconic pairing of Paul Newman and Robert Redford, jaunty screenplay and Burt Bacharach score,
24th British Academy Film Awards "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "Downhill Racer" and "Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here" Katharine Ross in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here" Colin Welland in "Kes" Susannah York in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" George Roy Hill for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" - William Goldman 24th British Academy Film Awards The 24th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1971, honoured the best films of 1970.The awards were held at the Royal Albert Hall, London