BLACKTHORN

Year: 2011
USA: Magnolia Pictures
UK: Chelsea Films
Cast: Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea, Magaly Solier, Dominique McElligott, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Padraic Delaney
Director: Mateo Gil
Countries: USA / Spain / Bolivia / France
USA: 98 mins
UK: 102 mins
USA Rated: R for violence and language
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong violence and language
USA Release Date: 7 October 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 13 April 2012 (Limited Release)


Synopsis

It’s been said (but unsubstantiated) that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a standoff with the Bolivian military in 1908. In BLACKTHORN, Cassidy (Sam Shepard) survived, and is quietly living out his years under the name James Blackthorn in a secluded Bolivian village.

Tired of his long exile from the US and hoping to see his family again before he dies, Cassidy sets out on the long journey home. But when an unexpected encounter with an ambitious young criminal, Eduardo Apocada (Eduardo Noriega) derails his plans, he is thrust into one last adventure, the likes of which he hasn’t experienced since his glory days with the Sundance Kid.