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Overview

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Director:
Clint Eastwood
Writer (WGA):
John Lee Hancock (written by)
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Release Date:
24 November 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
ONE OF THE BEST IN 1993 more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kevin Costner ... Robert 'Butch' Haynes

Clint Eastwood ... Chief Red Garnett

Laura Dern ... Sally Gerber

T.J. Lowther ... Phillip 'Buzz' Perry

Keith Szarabajka ... Terry Pugh
Leo Burmester ... Tom Adler

Paul Hewitt ... Dick Suttle

Bradley Whitford ... Bobby Lee

Ray McKinnon ... Bradley
Jennifer Griffin ... Gladys Perry
Leslie Flowers ... Naomi Perry
Belinda Flowers ... Ruth Perry

Darryl Cox ... Mr. Hughes
Jay Whiteaker ... Superman
Taylor Suzanna McBride ... Tinkerbell
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content and language. (on appeal)
Runtime:
138 min | Germany:125 min (TV version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Austin, Texas, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Butch (Kevin Costner) and Philip visit a Friendly Dept. Store, outside of which there is a poster advertising Bull Durham cigarettes. Kevin Costner starred in Bull Durham (1988). more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Butch is blocked by the police car in the alley he puts the car in reverse and rams the squad car without any damage to his own. In fact, throughout the whole ordeal with the two squad cars he manages to keep the car from being damaged at all. more
Quotes:
Robert 'Butch' Haynes: I need me a time machine with a loud radio to take me where I'm going. more
Movie Connections:
References Bull Durham (1988) more
Soundtrack:
The Little White Cloud that Cried more

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45 out of 59 people found the following comment useful:-
ONE OF THE BEST IN 1993, 4 May 2003
9/10
Author: Matija from Ljubljana, Slovenija

And certainly one of the most underrated pictures on IMDB. Why? Beats me, since this is one of the best performances from Costner & Eastwood. Not to mention the others.

Maybe it's the movie a little bit slow at start, but soon we get too see a strong character development, what leads us to the grand finale, where we cheer for the outlaw and his little "partner" (also very good performance by T.J. Lowther). The ending is undoubtedly one of the most touching in the history of cinema.

All in all, Costner did great both as director and actor and he had a winning hand picking up co-actors and screen & music writers. Plus, he made this movie in the nineties era, one of the best, if not the best for Hollywood movies.

That's for it's just pure classic. Just like the Texas landscape where it was taken.

9 out of 10.

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