![]() ![]() On their way there, the trio come across a man and a boy in a car, but they cannot identify the driver. Red learns of what happened and they head to the store, along with several state policemen. Butch is able to get away from them and he and Philip, still with the Casper costume, take off. However, a pair of passing policemen recognizes the stolen car parked next to the store and call for backup. The store manager recognizes Butch from the news reports, but Butch threatens him when he tries to call the police. Philip sees a leftover Casper the Friendly Ghost Halloween costume, so he shoplifts it. Since Philip wasn’t wearing any pants when he was taken, Butch goes to a department store to get him some pants, as well as some rope and duct tape. Philip is beginning to see Butch as a father, and is enjoying his new-found independence. Since his mother is a Jehovah’s Witness, Philip isn’t allowed any indulgences, nor is he allowed to participate in trivial things like trick or treating. At this time, Red notifies all law enforcement not to shoot Butch for fear of killing the boy by mistake.Īs Butch and Philip travel through the Panhandle towards Oklahoma, they begin to bond over RC Cola and absent fathers, and Butch even starts to call him Buzz. Later, they go to a farm where Butch stole another car, and it’s at that time they find the body of the dead prison guard. But that is called into question when the trio find Terry’s dead body, and they now know that Butch is a killer. However, it was his time at the prison that turned Butch into a criminal, and Red hopes to catch Butch alive to make up for that mistake. But Red knew that Butch’s father was a criminal and was afraid returning him home would turn him into a career criminal, so he told the judge to send him to a juvenile prison to escape that fate. Since it was his first offense, he was only going to let a slap on the wrist. Red was a sheriff when he arrested a young Butch for stealing a car. Red tells Sally that he has a personal interest in Butch Haynes. Red is reluctant to allow a woman to accompany him, but her knowledge of criminal behavior, especially once they learn about the young hostage, places her in Red’s good graces. They are criminologist Sally Gerber (Laura Dern) and FBI agent Bobby Lee (Bradley Whitford). He is given the governor’s airstream trailer to work out of, as well as two helpers. Meanwhile, Texas Ranger Red Garnett (Clint Eastwood) has been put in charge of finding the escapees. Butch and Philip then drive off, still with the guard’s car. This angers Butch, who takes the gun from Philip and kills Terry. While Butch is getting supplies from a general store, Terry tries to molest Philip. Terry is slapping around Philip, so Butch takes his gun away and gives it to Philip. He agrees and the trio drive off as the sun starts to rise. The noise draws the attention of a neighbor carrying a rifle, but Butch tells him not to shoot in fear of hitting the boy. They decide they need a new hostage to help with their escape, so Butch and Terry take her 8-year-old son Philip (T.J. Terry kills the guard and stuffs him in the trunk, so they drive into town looking for a different car or a hideout and end up at the home of a single mother and her three children. Set in Texas on Halloween night 1963, just a few weeks before JFK’s fateful visit, inmates Butch Haynes (Kevin Costner) and Terry Pugh (Keith Szarabajka) escape from the prison in Huntsville, stealing a guard’s car and taking him hostage. Butch dies, and both Red and Sally punch out Bobby Lee. When Butch is handing Philip the postcard, Bobby Lee shoots him, thinking he’s going for a weapon. Philip is reunited with his mother, who promises Butch she will let him out into the world more often and to enjoy what life has to offer. Eastwood's directing career" and calls Costner's performance "absolutely riveting.an overdue reminder of why he is a film star of such magnitude." Directed by Clint Eastwood.Philip shoots Butch with his own gun, but later apologizes for doing so. Variety calls this a "lean, finely chiseled work.a somber, subtly nuanced study" and The New York Times calls this "Majestic, eloquent, profoundly moving. Co-starring Golden Globe-winner Laura Dern ("Jurassic Park") and Linda Hart("Get Shorty," "Tin Cup"). ![]() ![]() But their life on the run is on a collision course with the reality of their situation and the laws of a very imperfect world. Together, the con and boy develop a unique friendship, enabling both of them to experience some of the pleasures missing from their childhoods. Set in 1963 in Texas, Academy Award-winner Kevin Costner ("The Bodyguard," "Dances with Wolves") plays an escaped convict, who, in the course of eluding the Texas Ranger pursuing him, Academy Award-winner Clint Eastwood ("Unforgiven," "Million Dollar Baby"), takes a hostage - a fatherless young boy who has led a strictly constrained and unhappy life. ![]()
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