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Show Butch Cassidy Documentary To Premier On KUED June 18 Wallace Ott of Tropic, now in his 90's, is one man who will be .sure to be watching when ;"Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw ; Trail" airs for the first time on Wednesday, June 18 on KUED -Channel 7 asking what really happened to Butch Cassidy and Ithe Sundance Kid? Ott says he iremembers talking to Butch iCassidy in Henrieville years ; after he was alleged to have died in Bolivia. His is not the only report that the famous outlaw returned to the U.S. after his alleged death in a Bolivia 'shootout. KUED producer John !Howe journeys from Utah and ;.Wyoming to Argentina and Bolivia to uncover the real story of the West's most famous outlaw. out-law. "Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail" 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 Paul Newman-Robert Redford movie, "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid". Narrated by motion picture actor Hal Holbrook, this one-hour one-hour documentary film follows the outlaw's life from his youth in Circleville, Utah to the shootout in a remote Bolivian village that still has some wondering: won-dering: Did he die in South America, or did he return to the United States? "Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail" captures the sprawling, breathtaking landscape land-scape of the region and outlaw hideouts including Brown's Park, Robbers Roost, and Hole in the Wall. KUED rides the Outlaw Trail through Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, South Dakota, and New Mexico to bring viewers to key locations. loca-tions. "Hopefully, this film advances the story significantly beyond anything that has been previously produced," says John (See CASSIDY on page 5A) Cassidy From Page 2A Howe, producer of the documentary. docu-mentary. "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." |