Convicts From:Robert Duvall , Lukas Haas , James Earl Jones , Starletta DuPois , Carlin Glynn , TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT , Peter Masterson , MGM (Video & DVD) ,
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0027616921840
Format: Closed-captioned
Format: Color
Format: DVD-Video
Format: Full Screen
Format: Subtitled
Format: Widescreen
Format: NTSC
Weight: 100 hundredths-pounds
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 58 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 710 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 18 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 542 hundredths-inches
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-04-12
Running Time: 93 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
Product Description:
OscarÂ(r) winner* Robert Duvall "is terrific" (The New York Times) in this "vividly realized" (Variety) drama co-starring Lucas Haas (Witness) and James Earl Jones (Field of Dreams). "Gracefully adapted to the screen" (Los Angeles Times) by Horton Foote (Of Mice and Men) and ably directed by Peter Masterson (Blood Red), this riveting tale of an unlikely bond is "a tasty feast" (LA Weekly)! In rural Texas 1902, 13-year-old Horace (Haas) toils on a run-down plantation to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll (Duvall), the crusty old Confederate who owns the plantation, has yet to pay the boy a pennyof the money he owes him. But on Christmas Eve, as Soll becomes obsessed with his own mortality, hemakes a grand promise forcing Horace to confront his fear of death and the harsh truths of a decadent society. *1983: Actor, Tender Mercies
Customer Reviews:
 It's Horton Foote Quality, Which Some Viewers "Miss", 2008-09-08
I'm giving it four stars only because it's not as good as some of his masterpieces like TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, or his adaptations of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and OF MICE & MEN. But it's still a great film.
When you read the reviews, take into account the reviewers. The ones who dismiss it as boring will be bored by anything Horton Foote writes. His work is too subtle to be popular, so if you want a shoot-em-up Western like THE LONG RIDERS or Hollywood fare like SILVERADO, you won't get that here. This is a play, adapted beautifully for screen, filled with nuances and surprises that are for viewers who notice, or care to notice, such moments in life. Foote attracts great actors for his plays because he gives them the chance to do this kind of work that will hold up for generations and won't be tied to trends or formulas.
CONVICTS is in the same category as TOMORROW, 1918, ON VALENTINE'S DAY, COURTSHIP, LILY DALE, TENDER MERCIES, HABITATION OF DRAGONS, OLD MAN... wonderful screenplays that rely on an attentive and sensitive audience. I've seen every movie he's written, over and over, love them all, and wish the world could enjoy them like I do... but most people fall asleep.
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