After crossing the Pentecost River, we followed the base of the Cockburn Range for over an hour. It was just a never ending sequence of bluffs such as this rising from the flood plain of the river. Fantastic.
(Taken through the window of a bouncing bus)
And yes Jane, @cejaanderson at any moment I expected to see Butch Cassidy appear from behind one of these bluffs
@cejaanderson Butch: "Yeah well at least they speak English in Australia"
Sundance "You just keep coming up with ideas Butch. That's what you're good at".
This just happens to be my favourite movie of all time. It is the only movie I went to see and when I walked out at the end, decided I was going back to see it again the next night - and I did. And I have seen it many times since and I still smile at it. Great dialogue.
@cejaanderson ha ha Jane, I just Googled it. Here is the full quote:
Sundance Kid: It's your great ideas that got us into this mess. I never want to hear another one of your great ideas. Ever!
Butch Cassidy: Australia. I thought that secretly you wanted to know so I told you.
Sundance Kid: That's your great idea?
Butch Cassidy: The latest in a long line. We get out of here alive, we go to Australia. Goodbye, Bolivia. Hello to Australia.
Sundance Kid: Australia is no better than here.
Butch Cassidy: That's all you know.
Sundance Kid: Name me one thing.
Butch Cassidy: They speak English in Australia.
Sundance Kid: They do?
Butch Cassidy: That's right, smart guy, so we wouldn't be foreigners. We'd blend in more easily. They got horses in Australia and thousands of miles of countryside that we can hide out in, and good climate. Nice beaches. You can learn to swim.
Sundance Kid: No. Swimming isn't important. What about the banks?
Butch Cassidy: Very easy. Easy, ripe, and luscious.
Sundance Kid: The banks or the women?
Butch Cassidy: Well, once you get one you get the other.
Sundance Kid: But... Australia is quite a long way from here.
Butch Cassidy: Oh, please! Everything with you has got to be perfect!
Sundance Kid: I just don't want to get there and realize that it stinks, that's all.
@cejaanderson Like I said, I thought the dialogue was just brilliant. From memory, this was just about the last piece of dialogue in the movie.
Hhhmmmm Think its time I saw it again.
Before I retired, I taught a movie appreciation class in high school, and some semesters we included this movie. My favorite line is: "Morons! I've got morons on my team." To bring this full circle, parts of the movie were filmed in New Mexico.
March 18th, 2015
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Sundance "You just keep coming up with ideas Butch. That's what you're good at".
This just happens to be my favourite movie of all time. It is the only movie I went to see and when I walked out at the end, decided I was going back to see it again the next night - and I did. And I have seen it many times since and I still smile at it. Great dialogue.
Sundance Kid: It's your great ideas that got us into this mess. I never want to hear another one of your great ideas. Ever!
Butch Cassidy: Australia. I thought that secretly you wanted to know so I told you.
Sundance Kid: That's your great idea?
Butch Cassidy: The latest in a long line. We get out of here alive, we go to Australia. Goodbye, Bolivia. Hello to Australia.
Sundance Kid: Australia is no better than here.
Butch Cassidy: That's all you know.
Sundance Kid: Name me one thing.
Butch Cassidy: They speak English in Australia.
Sundance Kid: They do?
Butch Cassidy: That's right, smart guy, so we wouldn't be foreigners. We'd blend in more easily. They got horses in Australia and thousands of miles of countryside that we can hide out in, and good climate. Nice beaches. You can learn to swim.
Sundance Kid: No. Swimming isn't important. What about the banks?
Butch Cassidy: Very easy. Easy, ripe, and luscious.
Sundance Kid: The banks or the women?
Butch Cassidy: Well, once you get one you get the other.
Sundance Kid: But... Australia is quite a long way from here.
Butch Cassidy: Oh, please! Everything with you has got to be perfect!
Sundance Kid: I just don't want to get there and realize that it stinks, that's all.
Butch Cassidy: At least think about it.
Sundance Kid: All right... I'll think about it.
Hhhmmmm Think its time I saw it again.