Red's team surrounds the field where Phillip and Butch are situated, and Butch soon sends the boy to his mother, who has arrived by helicopter and who Butch has made promise to take Phillip trick-or-treating every year. In the following dialogue Phillip apologizes for shooting Butch who tells him he did the right thing. Butch follows, and rests at the tree Phillip has climbed. Phillip walks out of the house, drops the gun into a well, throws the car keys away, and runs across a meadow. He beats Mack and plans on killing him, but Phillip picks up Butch's gun and shoots Butch in the stomach. Mack frequently abuses Cleveland, which Butch tries to tolerate, but when Mack figures out who he is he puts a stop to it. While asleep in their car in a cornfield, they encounter Mack, a farmer, and his family - Lottie his wife, and his grandson Cleveland. Butch slowly finds himself drawn into giving Phillip the kind of fatherly presence which he himself never had.īutch and Phillip try to make it to New Mexico, but find out that the highway they are driving on is unfinished. ![]() Gradually, Phillip becomes increasingly aware of his surroundings, and with constant encouragement from Butch, seems to acquire the ability to make independent decisions on what is wrong and right. Escaping with Butch, however, he experiences a freedom which he finds exhilarating, as Butch gladly allows him the kind of indulgences he has been forbidden, including the wearing of a shoplifted Casper the Friendly Ghost costume. Phillip has never participated in Halloween or Christmas celebrations due to his religion. Now, Red is hoping that if he can bring Butch in alive, he can redeem himself for his past mistake. Years later, Red has come to realize that the harsher sentence only encouraged the very life of crime he feared would happen. He also felt that if Butch had been left at home with his father, he would have a rap sheet "as long as my arm." Red asked the judge to give Butch a harsh sentence. Red thought juvenile prison was safer for Butch than home, and muses that some of the kids who went through Gatesville turned out ok, and one even became a priest. Due to his age and it being a first offense, Butch was supposed to get a lenient sentence. Butch was living with his abusive father, also a criminal, at the time. When Butch was a teenager, he stole a car, and Red was the arresting officer. Even though Butch doesn't realize it, Red has a history with him. ![]() Also, Red reveals to Sally that he has a personal interest in apprehending Butch alive. With criminologist Sally Gerber and FBI sharpshooter Bobby Lee in tow, Red is determined to recover the criminal and the hostage before they cross the Texas border. Meanwhile, Texas Ranger Red Garnett is in pursuit. With his partner out of the way, the convict and his young victim take to the Texas highway in an attempt to flee from the pursuing police. The trio's journey soon hits an unpleasant note as Butch kills Terry, following the latter's attempt to harm the child. Needing a hostage to aid their escape, Butch grabs the boy, who meekly accompanies them. Butch follows, and hits Terry to make him stop molesting the mother. Fleeing, Terry stumbles into a house where eight-year-old Phillip Perry lives with his devout Jehovah's Witness mother and two sisters. In 1963 Texas, convicts Robert "Butch" Haynes and Terry Pugh escape from the state penitentiary in Huntsville. It's also considered by some critics and fans as one of Eastwood's best films. The film received critical acclaim for its acting (particularly from Kevin Costner), directing, editing, themes, cinematography and musical score. Though the film was not a box-office success in North America and grossed only $31 million for its November 1993 release, it managed to gross $104 million overseas for a total of $135 million worldwide. Eastwood co-stars as a Texas Ranger in pursuit of the convict. ![]() Lowther) hostage and attempts to escape on the road with the child. It stars Kevin Costner as an escaped convict who takes a young boy ( T. A Perfect World is a 1993 American crime drama film directed by Clint Eastwood.
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