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Apur Sansar
Why this pick
Like A Perfect World, it finds profound tenderness in an unlikely bond, using an intimate road-bound emotional journey to reveal a damaged man's capacity for care.
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MOVIE1993 2h 18m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1963 Texas, convicts Robert "Butch" Haynes and Terry Pugh escape from the Huntsville Unit. Fleeing, Pugh stumbles into a house where eight-year-old Phillip Perry lives with his devout Jehovah's Witness mother and two sisters. Butch follows, and hits Pugh to make him stop molesting the mother. Needing a hostage to aid their escape, Butch grabs the boy, who meekly accompanies them. The trio's journey soon hits an unpleasant note as Butch kills Terry, following the latter's attempt to harm the child. With his partner out of the way, the convict and his young victim take to the Texas highway in a bid to flee from the pursuing police.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Clint Eastwood
Chief Red Garnett
Kevin Costner
Robert 'Butch' Haynes
Laura Dern
Sally Gerber
Bradley Whitford
Bobby Lee
Ray McKinnon
Bradley
Bruce McGill
Paul Saunders
Darryl Cox
Mr. Hughes
T.J. Lowther
Phillip 'Buzz' Perry