A great script, a great soundtrack, and two good actors

It has been 53 years since "Two Men and a Fate" was screened for the first time in an (American) cinema, one of the best westerns in history, with a starring couple (Paul Newman and Robert Redford, together for first time) as two of the most memorable outlaws in cinema: Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.

It won four Oscars (best original screenplay, best cinematography, best original song - the unforgettable "Raindrops keep fallin 'on my head" - and best soundtrack, both statuettes for Burt Bacharach) and was nominated for another three (best film, best director and better sound). However, George Roy Hill's film is still present as it has become an indisputable classic with its song of rebellion and freedom.

George Roy Hill relied lightly on the comings and goings of bandits Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longabaugh to create one of the great banners within the buddy movie genre, those peer films that contain large doses of humor and irony. "Two men and one destiny" revolves around two petty thieves - one more thoughtful, the other more action-loving - who, after robbing several trains and banks and having a patrol on their heels, set out on a flight to Bolivia with help from Etta, the mistress of one of them (who was played by Katharine Ross).

Years will pass and the viewer will always be able to return to this duo, explosive as well as endearing, and recreate their lines of dialogue as immortal as those characters frozen in time, who, about to receive a hail of bullets, find consolation in humor.