jimbo53
I live for the CABE
Tried to find info on the bike used in the movie, but not much on the internet. What I did find was a uncorroborated statement that it is a Rambler. Any confirmation pro or con on this? Also that Paul Newman did all the stunt riding except the crash into the fence scene. A stunt double performed that.
Also tried to find out where the iconic bike is now and any history as to what happened to it after the movie. Found out it was auctioned by Southey's of LA in 1971. This was excerpted from the New York Times:
"One of the keenest competitions was for the bicycle that Paul Newman rode in “Butch Cassidy and the Sun dance Kid” in a scene that also featured Mr. Bacharach's song, “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” for which he won an Academy Award.
Mr. Bacharach, with his wife, Angie Dickinson, bid from a gallery, out of sight of most of the audience. Bids quickly got above $1,000 as Miss Dickinson several times prodded her husband to bid. But Mr. Bacharach decided to stop at $3,000 and lost to the television producing team of David Winters and Bert Rose, who said they bought the bicycle as a gift for Mr. Newman's wife, Joanne Wood ward. They paid $3,100."
Anybody able to add anything to this?
Also tried to find out where the iconic bike is now and any history as to what happened to it after the movie. Found out it was auctioned by Southey's of LA in 1971. This was excerpted from the New York Times:
"One of the keenest competitions was for the bicycle that Paul Newman rode in “Butch Cassidy and the Sun dance Kid” in a scene that also featured Mr. Bacharach's song, “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” for which he won an Academy Award.
Mr. Bacharach, with his wife, Angie Dickinson, bid from a gallery, out of sight of most of the audience. Bids quickly got above $1,000 as Miss Dickinson several times prodded her husband to bid. But Mr. Bacharach decided to stop at $3,000 and lost to the television producing team of David Winters and Bert Rose, who said they bought the bicycle as a gift for Mr. Newman's wife, Joanne Wood ward. They paid $3,100."
Anybody able to add anything to this?