| Description |
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; Region 1 NTSC ; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Surround ; widescreen presentation preserving original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. |
| Language |
In English or French with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Based on the book by Claude Stanush. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1998. |
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Special features: Theatrical trailer (3 min.); Cast [text feature]. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Matthew McConaughey (Willis Newton), Ethan Hawke (Jess Newton), Skeet Ulrich (Joe Newton), Vincent D'Onofrio (Dock Newton), Dwight Yoakum (Brentwood Glasscock), Julianna Margulies (Louise Brown), Bo Hopkins (K.P. Aldrich), Chloe Webb (Avis Glasscock), Charles Gunning (Slim), Luke Askew (Chief Schoemaker). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Peter James; editor, Sandra Adair; music by Bad Livers, original score by Edward D. Barnes. |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13. |
| Summary |
"This is the True Story of the most successful Bank Robbers in the History of the United States" says the old-timey title card. The Newton boys, a real-life clan of bank robbers active from 1919-1924, are both the most unsung and fiscally successful band of bank robbers in American history, capping their careers with an Illinois mail-train robbery whose estimated $3 million haul was the largest theft of its kind to date. This lovingly recreated period piece--part Western, part crime story, and part true family saga--is the story of how these down-home Texas farm boys set out to grab themselves some of the Twenties roar before it left them in the dust. |
| Contents |
Main titles -- Uvalde County, Texas, 1919 -- Bank robbery -- Forty-one banks -- On the town -- Running through the list -- Louise finds out -- Setback -- Snatch and run in Canada -- Oil well -- Mail train -- Casualty -- Caught! -- Two months later -- Rounding up the suspects -- On trial -- Verdict -- Sentencing -- End titles. |
| Subject |
Stanush, Claude, 1918- -- Television adaptations.
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Stanush, Claude, 1918- -- Film adaptations.
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Bank robberies -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Train robberies -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Outlaws -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Crime -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Texas -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Walker-McBay, Anne.
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Linklater, Richard, 1960-
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Stanush, Claude, 1918-
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Walker, Clark Lee.
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McConaughey, Matthew, 1969-
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Hawke, Ethan, 1970-
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Ulrich, Skeet.
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D'Onofrio, Vincent.
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Yoakam, Dwight.
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Margulies, Julianna, 1966-
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Hopkins, Bo, 1942-
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Detour Filmproduction.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
086162104282 |
| Music No. |
4110428 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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