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Horton Foote (play)
Horton Foote (screenplay)
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In 1902 Texas, 13-year-old Horace goes to work on old Soll's farm to earn enough money to buy a headstone for his father's grave... more | add synopsis
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Unappreciated movie. Great acting, great story! more (11 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Duvall | ... | Soll |
 | Lukas Haas | ... | Horace |
 | James Earl Jones | ... | Ben |
 | Starletta DuPois | ... | Martha |
 | Carlin Glynn | ... | Asa |
| Calvin Levels | ... | Leroy |
| Gary Swanson | ... | Billy |
| Mel Winkler | ... | Jackson |
 | Lance E. Nichols | ... | Sherman Edwards |
| Bob Edmundson | ... | Overseer (as Robert Edmundson) |
| John McConnell | ... | Guard #1 |
| Jerry Biggs | ... | Guard #2 |
| Martin F. Schacker | ... | Guard #3 |
| Walter Breaux Jr. | ... | Singing Convict |
| Tony Frank | ... | Sheriff |
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Horton Foote's Convicts (USA) (complete title)
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93 min | Brazil:103 min
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Australia:PG (TV rating) | Singapore:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #30552) | Australia:M
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Home Place Plantation - State Highway 18, Hahnville, Louisiana, USA
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When I first saw this film on cable, it instantly became one of my favorite movies. I'm a big fan of James Earl Jones and Robert Duvall. The movie paints an accurate picture of the South and the racist attitudes. Most of the attitudes came from Soll, an old plantation owner who uses convicts for labor. Soll is what makes the move, his funny ramblings give us insights in to the way The South was back then. I suppose that if Soll lived today he would be diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. None the less his attitudes towards a little boy who comes to work for him and the convicts is complex. While he has racist views, he's grown to trust some of the convicts who are all black. The two convicts he trusts most are Jackson(Mel Winkler) and Ben(James Earl Jones). The conversations between Ben and Soll are the best in the movie, they have real chemistry. James Earl Jones and Mel Winkler both but in great performances as well as Hass.
This movie should have gotten more notoriety. However it's on DVD and worth the money.
Rayvyn