The Left Handed Gun - DVD
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His name was William Bonney and he gained fame under the nickname Billy the Kid. Never before had the West known a gunslinger like this troubled left-handed Brooklyn man who made his name in history with blood. Equally remarkable is the performance of Paul Newman, who brilliantly captured the complex nature and moodiness of the teenage killer. Here, director Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde, Little Big Man) explores for the first time a theme he has returned to again and again in his later work: the social misfit versus a hostile and prejudiced public. Newman and Penn's joint project was embarrassingly received in 1958 as alarming and provocative. Today, it is lauded as an important and unique Western in the history of cinema...