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A Perfect World
1993
Clint Eastwood, hot off of his Academy Award win for Unforgiven, directed this small character study, appearing in the guise of a cops-and-robbers action picture. The film takes place during the fall of 1963. Eight-year old Phillip Perry (T.J. Lowther), the son of a devout Jehovah's Witness mother, is staying home while all the .. Read more
| Starring | Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Laura Dern, Keith Szarabajka |
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| Director | Clint Eastwood |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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A Perfect World
Clint Eastwood, hot off of his Academy Award win for Unforgiven, directed this small character study, appearing in the guise of a cops-and-robbers action picture. The film takes place during the fall of 1963. Eight-year old Phillip Perry (T.J. Lowther), the son of a devout Jehovah's Witness mother, is staying home while all the other children are out trick-or-treating. But then prison escapee Butch Haynes (Kevin Costner) appears in his kitchen. Needing a hostage to aid him in his escape from jail, he grabs Phillip. Phillip curiously looks up to Butch and willingly accompanies him. Butch gets rid of his fellow escapee after he tries to molest the child, and Butch and Phillip take to the Texas highway, on the run from the cops. The cop in pursuit in this instance is Police Chief Red Garnett (Clint Eastwood), riding in his sleek Populux Airglide trailer -- his mobile command headquarters. On the road with Garnett is Sally Gerber (Laura Dern), a pushy pre-feminist criminologist, along with a creepy federal agent who is an expert sharpshooter. Butch is not particularly anxious to make it to the Texas borderline, and neither is Garnett in any particular hurry to catch Butch. As Butch and Phillip form a father-son attachment, the paths of Butch and Garnett gradually come together, in time for a final confrontation, after which Garnett confesses, I don't know nothing. I don't know a damn thing. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Laura Dern, Keith Szarabajka, Bradley Whitford, T.J. Lowther |
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| Director | Clint Eastwood |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 12 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1993 To Rent: DVD: 27 Jan 2003 |
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While this lacks the class and assured blend of genre traditions and subversion that marks Eastwood's best work, it is... read more on Time Out
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Taut but predictable
A good thriller, perhaps 20 minutes too long, but the outcome is pretty telescoped early on. Kevin Costner gives an understated but quietly menacing ... read more »
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There's so much good in the worst of us...........
An entertaining and thought provoking film that leaves you(oddly) sympathising with the villain whilst at the same time condemning him.
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Excellent
Fantastic story and performances. Stand out performance was from the lead babe. Can't remember her name
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A must see film
A must see film.
Costner is very understated but effective.
Eastwood's direction is superb.
The way the relationship ... read more » - 1056162
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Mr Brooks
- 10 Oct 2007
Is Kevin Costner a good guy? If the script is strong enough (in Bull Durham for instance) he's a credible hero. But he can be even more effective letting that question hang in the air - as he did in Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World. Now that the shine has gone off his looks, there's something about his flat, monotonous voice… he's seems so ordinary it's almost creepy. At any rate, the role of Mr Brooks is tailor-made to explore these contradictions. The movie begins with a dinner in his honour, Read more
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A Perfect World
Clint Eastwood, hot off of his Academy Award win for Unforgiven, directed this small character study, appearing in the guise of a cops-and-robbers action picture. The film takes place during the fall of 1963. Eight-year old Phillip Perry (T.J. Lowther), the son of a devout Jehovah's Witness mother, ...
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