On the surface, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid looked like a square western film. With similar films failing at the box office, it was somewhat of a surprise that there was a bidding war for this script. In fact, the winning studio paid twice as much for the project as had been approved. What made this film special was that unlike traditional westerns, we were meant to root for the bad guys. This simple twist made the film popular with both the counterculture and traditional filmgoers.
