A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination
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- TriviaClint Eastwood was not originally going to act in the movie. Kevin Costner talked him into it, by stating that he would only commit to act in the film if Eastwood did too, as he wanted a movie poster with both of them on it. Eastwood accepted the condition.
- GoofsThe child in the film, the son of a devout Jehovah's Witness, says "I'm going to go to hell for this," after stealing a Halloween costume. Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in the concept of hell.
- Quotes
Terry Pugh: [after tearing up phone book upon failing to find his cousin] Must've moved. Probably couldn't have heard him anyway; this goddamn ear's still bleedin'. You ever try that shit again...
Butch Haynes: [sternly] What?
Terry Pugh: [puzzled] ... What?
Butch Haynes: You were in the middle of threatenin' me.
Terry Pugh: [holds up a revolver] Ain't a threat - it's a fact.
Butch Haynes: Here, kid - take the wheel.
[Phillip holds the wheel to steer as Butch turns to face Pugh in the back seat]
Butch Haynes: In two seconds, I'm gonna break your nose. That's a threat.
[Butch punches Pugh in the nose, then picks up the gun as Terry moans]
Butch Haynes: ...And that's a fact.
Terry Pugh: I'm gonna kill you for that.
Butch Haynes: And that's a threat. Begin to understand the difference?
- SoundtracksIda Red
Traditional
Arranged by Bob Wills
Performed by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Courtesy of Bill Mack Productions
T.J. Lowther is fantastic as the boy kidnapped by Butch (Kevin Costner), and it is great to see an unlikely friendship develop between the two despite their huge difference in background and age. Costner becomes almost like a father figure for Buzz, and the ending is slightly overdrawn and predictable, but is nonetheless deeply saddening.
Costner gives a great performance as the escaped convict, and despite his homicidal tendencies, we actually feel empathy towards him at some points of the film and feel that he is actually a casualty of bad circumstances rather than a blood thirsty killer.
Eastwood himself plays a reliable part as Chief Red Garnett, but he is very much in the background and he plays a bit-part character as he tries to track down Costner.
I am a big fan of Clint Eastwood both as a Director and actor. If you want to watch a film that really engages you in watching character development and does not focus on action, then this is a must-see.
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $31,130,999
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,075,582
- Nov 28, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $135,130,999
- Runtime2 hours 18 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1