A Perfect World (1993)
- Starring:
- Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, (more)
- Director(s):
- Clint Eastwood
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Category:
- Drama
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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
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 138 mins
Complete Cast:
- Kevin Costner - Butch Haynes
- Laura Dern - Sally Gerber
- Keith Szarabajka - Terry Pugh
- Paul Hewitt - Dick Suttle
- Ray McKinnon - Bradley
- Wayne de Hart - Mack
- Kevin Jamal Woods - Cleveland
- Connie Cooper - Bob's Wife
- James W. Gavin - Helicopter Pilot
- Nik Hagler - General Store Manager
- Bruce McGill - Paul Sanders
- Dennis Letts - Governor
- John M. Jackson - Bob Fielder
- Craig Hosking - Helicopter Pilot
- Cameron Finley - Bob Fielder, Jr.
- Gary Moody - Local Sheriff
- Woody Watson - Lt. Hendricks
- Brandon Smith - Officer Jones
- Vernon Grote - Prison Guard
- Tony Frank - Arch Andrews
- Darryl Cox - Mr. Hughes
- Rodger Boyce - Mr. Willits
- Clint Eastwood - Red Garnett
- T.J. Lowther - Phillip Perry
- Leo Burmeister - Tom Adler
- Bradley Whitford - Bobby Lee
- Jennifer Griffin - Gladys Perry
- Linda Hart - Eileen
- Mary Alice - Lottie
- Gabriel Folse - Officer Terrance
- Gil Glasgow - Officer Pete
- Marco Perella - Road Block Officer
- Marietta Marich - Farmer's Wife
- James Jeter - Oldtimer
- John Hussey - Governor's Aide
- George Haynes - Farmer
- Phyllis Huffman
- George Orrison - Officer Orrison
- Mark Voges - Larry
- Elizabeth Ruscio - Paula
- Ed Geldart - Fred Cummings
- Lucy Lee Flippin - Lucy
- Margaret Bowman - Trick 'r Treat Lady
- Director(s):
- Clint Eastwood
- Writer(s):
- John Lee Hancock
- Producer(s):
- Clint Eastwood, Mark Johnson, David Valdes
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Adult Situations, Violence, Questionable for Children, Profanity)
- Categories:
- Drama
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