"Butch Cassidy" did win four Academy Awards: William Goldman won for his original screenplay, Burt Bacharach won Best Score and for "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" and Conrad Hall won for cinematography. Katharine Ross, who played love interest Etta Place, was also snubbed by Oscar voters. They were both nominated for BAFTA Awards, and Newman beat out Redford. Remarkably, neither Newman nor Redford were nominated by Academy voters. The film earned $102.3 million at the box office, the equivalent of $700 million in 2019 terms. After a long crime spree in the American West, they eventually fled to South America.Ĭomposer Burt Bacharach won Oscars for his score and for best song. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) tells the real life story of notorious outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker (Newman) and Harry Longabaugh (Redford).
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