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Show News SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS 11 WEDNESDAY JUNE 4, 2003 Butoh Cassidy story on KUED Channel 7 What really happened to anything that has been Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? KUED producer John Howe journeys from Utah and Wyoming to Argentina and Bolivia to uncover the real story of the Wests most famous outlaw. Butch Cassidy and The Outlaw Trail, premiering on 7 Wednesday, June 18 at 9 p.m., reveals important new information about the- life of Butch and Sundance on, their Argentina ranch and in South America. The documentary film sheds new light on one of the greatest mysteries of the American West made famous in the Redford Paul Newman-RobeButch and The movie, Cassidy Sundance Kid. Narrated by motion picture actor Hal Holbrook, this documentary film follows the outlaws life from his youth KUED-Chann- el - rt one-ho- ur previ- says Howe. ously produced, The film features locations, letters and some of the rarest photographs of the outlaws in the world that have seldom, if ever, been seen on television. Butch Cassidy was bom to a Utah Mormon family in 1866. According to his sister, Lula, he grew up in a happy home lined by poplar trees in Circleville, Utah. Butch had the reputation of never hurting anyone. He would sometimes go straight after robberies. Some speculate he could have been lying low to plan his next robbery. Loyal to fellow outlaws, he appears to have been a likeable man and accomplished cowboy. Although legend assumes that Butch rode with The Wild Bunch, no one knows for sure in Circleville, Utah to the who was at each of the robberies shootout in a remote Bolivian for which they became famous. village that still has some wondering: Did he die in South America, or did he return to the United States? The film draws on the expertise of the nations foremost scholars and writers, as well as relatives of these historical figures. Butch Cassidy and The Outlaw Trail captures the sprawling, breathtaking landscape of the West and South America. Howe visits outlaw hideouts in Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, South Dakota, New Mexico, Argentina and Bolivia to bring viewers to key locations. Hopefully, this film advances the story significantly beyond The adventures of The Wild Bunch would become some of the most celebrated in American history. The gang developed a trademark escape pattern by switching to fresh relay horses in Pony Express fashion to make their getaways. Their train robberies became dramatic and dangerous with the use of dynamite. Butch posed with Sundance and three other outlaws for the famous Fort Worth Five photograph during a visit to the Texas district called Acre. Half The mysteriHells ous and elusive Etta Place entered the outlaws lives at this time, and would become the Sundance Kids love interest. As lawmen heated up their pursuit of the gang, Butch, Sundance and Etta escaped to South America, where they operated a ranch that still stands in the foothills of the Andes red-lig- ht Mountains. After Butch and Sundance were wrongfully accused of robbing a bank, they left their Argentina ranch for Chile and then Bolivia. Etta Place disappeared into history with a trace. The Butch Cassidy story ends in mystery, but what happened to Etta Place is as great a mystery, says Howe. A payroll robbery in Bolivia led to a series ofevents that may have precipitated a deadly shootout. The outcome of that shootout has been disputed by Viewers can ride the virtual Outlaw Trail on the companion Web site, www.kued.orgbutch. The site launches this J une, prior to the broadcast. Viewers are also invited to meet the filmmaker, John Howe, at the June KUED Program Book Club. The free event will be held Thursday, June 12, at 7:00 p.m. at Sam Wellers Zion Bookstore. A film screening will be followed by a book discussion of William Pattersons Butch Cassidy, A Biography. For more details on the Book Club, visit some historians, writers and family descendants. Did Butch www.kued.orgprogramclub. Butch Cassidy and The Outand Sundance die in a windBolivTrail is made possible by law the in swept village high ian Andes? Or, did Butch sur- Utah Travel Council and The vive and return to the United George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation. States? . The tale of Butch Cassidy remains one of the greatest mysteries of the American West, says Howe. Its a story that refuses to die. 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