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Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)

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The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.

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Sylvie Guthrie
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Sweetie
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Cowboy Hat
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Bear
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Freddy
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Zellner
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Will
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Lt. Townes
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The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.

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Crime | Drama | Romance

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Rated R for some violence | See all certifications »

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16 August 2013 (USA)  »

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The Saints - Sie kannten kein Gesetz  »

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$26,419 (USA) (16 August 2013)

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$387,606 (USA) (27 September 2013)
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Rami Malek originally auditioned for the role of Sweetie, but the role went to Nate Parker. However director David Lowery was so impressed with Malek's audition that he decided to give him the small role of Will later in the film. See more »

Goofs

When Bob is shot while in his parked truck, he stumbles out, leaving the driver side door open. While he returns fire and confronts his assailant, he bumps into the door, causing it to close. After killing assailant and turning to get back into truck, the door is open again. See more »

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Bob Muldoon: You shot me. Why did you shoot me? I never even seen you.
Bear: No sir.
Bob Muldoon: What's this about? Money?
Bear: It's not you. You and the girl. Everything you tried to do.
[pause]
Bear: You're gonna shoot me?
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Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.193 (2013) See more »

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Here We Are
Written by Andrew Tinker
Performed by Chuck Brown, Austin Green, Mara Lee Miller, Steffin Ratliff, Greg Schroeder
Produced by Curtis Heath
Engineered by Curtis Heath
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(Too) deeply indebted to Malick. The cast makes it worthwhile, though
25 August 2013 | by (Saint Paul, MN) – See all my reviews

Deeply indebted to Terrence Malick's style. So much so, it never really becomes its own thing (unlike, say, Beasts of the Southern Wild, which had so much of its own energy Malick's name never popped up in my mind until long afterward). Fortunately, the performances in it are so good that it's quite worthwhile. Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara star as a couple who get caught up in criminal activities. The two are caught, Affleck goes to prison and Mara gets acquitted. She gives birth to their daughter, and the two live comfortably under the protection of Keith Carradine and, after a while, a police officer (Ben Foster) who harbors a crush on her. When the child is around 4, Affleck escapes from jail and goes looking for his old girlfriend. All four of the principle actors are fantastic. Mara, whose Oscar nominated performance in The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo is one of the few I've skipped in the last few years (I loathed the Swedish original), has blown me away between this and Side Effects. She is the real deal. Affleck unfortunately never became the huge star he deserved to be after The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (that was six years ago!). I really wish his brother Ben would've cast him instead of himself in his last two films (it's one of the reasons that, in my opinion, Gone Baby Gone remains Ben Affleck's best film as a director). Foster, too, deserves to be a bigger star, with Oscar caliber performances in The Messenger and 3:10 to Yuma. I wish the film were a bit more original, but the acting really does sell it.


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