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- Rovi

1993

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9325336103036

Movie

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2.40:1

138

Australia

1994-01-07

H.264 / AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10)

1080p

2.40:1

4.7 GB (DVD)

1

4

Snap Case

~$16.56

2025-12-07

2018-02-07 21:24:36