WR084 – The Death & Rebirth of ‘Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid’ (1973)

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This episode James welcomes one of his oldest friends, John Martin, for a look into the troubled history of Sam Peckinpah’s lyrical and poetic ‘Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid’ (1973).

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Sam Peckinpah & Bob Dylan who composed the score to ‘Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid’.

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A gag picture that Peckinpah ran in the Hollywood Reporter in response to rumors of drunkenness on the set of ‘Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid’.

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Screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer (left) making a cameo in ‘Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid’.

Bob Dylan performing for some children on the set of 'Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid'.

Bob Dylan performing for some children on the set of ‘Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid’.

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