The Newton Boys

The Newton Boys


Starring:Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Gail Cronauer, Jena Karam, Julianna Margulies, Casey McAuliffe, Dwight Yoakam, Charles Gunning, Regina Mae Matthews, Becket Gremmels, Lew Temple, Glynn Williams, Charles 'Chip' Bray, Chloe Webb, Gary Moody, Robert Iannaccone, Jennifer Miriam, Anne Stedman
Director: Richard Linklater
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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The Newton Boys were the most successful bank robbers in the history of the United States. They never killed anyone, never snitched, and only robbed banks (just bigger thieves, in their opinion), until their final deal, which was a botched train robbery for $3 million. Engagingly played by Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich, and Vincent D'Onofrio, the Boys don't have the kind of flaws of more brutal criminals that make for more volatile dramas. The film ambles along in a leisurely way to tell its story of the Newtons' bank-robbing career, with an ever-present air of reverent Americana. This may make some viewers impatient, and cause a glow in others. It seems like a departure for director Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused)--a costumer to be sure, but Linklater's deliberately amiable pace perfectly balances the Boys' personalities. You may wander into this movie and feel right at home. The golden-hued cinematography of Peter James (Driving Miss Daisy) adds a level of comfort that makes everything warm-like. The end credits intercut archival footage of two of the real-life Newton boys toward the end of their lives, one from a 1980 appearance with Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show. --Jim Gay
Description
It seems the only way "The Newton Boys" can make good is by goin' bad! Faster than you can say "nitroglycerin," they've knocked over more than 80 banks from Texas to Canada. Now their sights are set on a multimillion-dollar Federal Reserve train robbery, but the Feds are about to turn up the heat!
The Newton Boys
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • What's not to like?
  • The Boring 20s
  • Great unwatched movie
  • supurb
  • EXCELLENT!!!
 The Newton Boys
Starring: Matthew McConaughey , Skeet Ulrich , Ethan Hawke , Vincent D'Onofrio , and Gail Cronauer
Director: Richard Linklater
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: 6305364559
Release Date: 2002-05-21

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The Newton Boys were the most successful bank robbers in the history of the United States. They never killed anyone, never snitched, and only robbed banks (just bigger thieves, in their opinion), until their final deal, which was a botched train robbery for $3 million. Engagingly played by Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich, and Vincent D'Onofrio, the Boys don't have the kind of flaws of more brutal criminals that make for more volatile dramas. The film ambles along in a leisurely way to tell its story of the Newtons' bank-robbing career, with an ever-present air of reverent Americana. This may make some viewers impatient, and cause a glow in others. It seems like a departure for director Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused)--a costumer to be sure, but Linklater's deliberately amiable pace perfectly balances the Boys' personalities. You may wander into this movie and feel right at home. The golden-hued cinematography of Peter James (Driving Miss Daisy) adds a level of comfort that makes everything warm-like. The end credits intercut archival footage of two of the real-life Newton boys toward the end of their lives, one from a 1980 appearance with Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show. --Jim Gay

Description

It seems the only way "The Newton Boys" can make good is by goin' bad! Faster than you can say "nitroglycerin," they've knocked over more than 80 banks from Texas to Canada. Now their sights are set on a multimillion-dollar Federal Reserve train robbery, but the Feds are about to turn up the heat!

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars What's not to like?.......2006-12-06

I saw this on HBO recently when I was home sick. What a fun farce! The four Newton boys and a safecracker manage to bumble through 80 bank robberies. But things get serious when they try to pull of a "big" job.

The acting is outstanding, but Dwight Yoakum and Skeet Ulrich turn in phenomenal supporting performances. Yoakum plays the hypochondriac safecracker and Ulrich is youngest brother Joe. Ulrich has the most to do as he matures from baby brother to convict, while serving as the conscience, worrier, romantic, and accountant of the group.

The Texas accents were great. Never once were the accents or speech distracting from the movie itself. The music is also perfect for this movie. It intensifies for a moment as something blows up, or you think something bad is about to happen, then it goes back to bum-bump.. dee bum bum bum-bump.

Whoever thought the line "You're mean, you know that?" was dumb, is missing the point. These boys had guns full of bird shot. They had no intention of hurting anyone, and when they were caught in the act and this lady wouldn't shut up, they worst thing they could think to do was call her mean. Hilarious!

I think the film missed some opportunities for character development. Doc was underdeveloped and Vincent D'Onofrio underutilized. There was a subtle resentment from Jess towards Willis that could have been brought out. I didn't like the stylized introduction. But overall this movie was a blast.

2 out of 5 stars The Boring 20s.......2006-11-06

Who can forget The Roaring Twenties, aka, The Jazz Age; that storied slice of American pie characterized by flappers, bathtub gin, exuberance, prosperity, good-natured entrepreneurial adventurism, debauchery, and crime? Apparently Richard Linklater could. As co-writer and director of The Newton Boys, he has given us a soporific portrayal of the nation's most successful bank robbers so drenched in warm sunlight and loving backwards glances it would be comfortable on the Hallmark channel. That was no roar you heard from these 20s, that was a yawn.

The Newton Boys is a departure for Linklater who usually makes precious films that struggle to be avant garde and succeed in consuming a great deal of dialogue without generating substance, (Tape, Waking Life, Before Sunrise). This film is different in that it has something resembling a plot, although these affable Newton boys seem to meander through events with no particular motivation.

The gang's leader, Willis, is played by Matthew McConaughey, arguably the luckiest man in Hollywood. McConaughey smiles a great deal and lets the camera admire him, which is the closest he will ever come to acting. Never once do we get the sense that Willis has the requisite grit for brazen crime, indeed, it is hard to imagine him ripping the tag off a mattress.

Ethan Hawke is also in The Newton Boys, frankly, I wouldn't be shocked to see Ethan Hawke in Linklater's baby pictures. Hawke is workmanlike, and was very good in Training Day, but why must Linklater use him in every film?

One of the most interesting actors working today, Vincent D'Onofrio, is completely wasted. D'Onofrio brings menace and unpredictably to every part, here his talent is squandered to the point where his time might have been better spent painting props.

Good period recreation, trains, cars, clothes, and hats - but ultimately, empty suits. Imagine a Coen brothers picture without the wit, intelligence, sly humor, unexpected twists, interesting characters, quirky sensibility, and strong motivations that drive people to extremes - and you're still imagining a better movie than this.

Perhaps Linklater wanted to make an authentic picture about an actual family of guys who really were as dull as library paste with the emotional range of fish who just happened into the bank robbing business the way other people happen into accounting or auto sales. Assuming for the moment this is the case - he didn't even do that.

5 out of 5 stars Great unwatched movie.......2006-02-20

This is one of those movies that it seems nobody ever heard of but if you haven't seen it yet, you've missed out.

5 out of 5 stars supurb.......2006-02-05

I saw that someone said that they are not heros. And they were disapointed about it. They were bank robbers. Thier not suppose to be heros.If you want heros watch mighy mouse. I read all the reviews and no one else said anything about that. I've never wrote one of these things before but I had to set the record straight for that guy.

5 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT!!!.......2005-07-20

im not long winded so i will keep this short. this is one of the best westerns i have seen. Excellent acting, good plot, and overall excellent performances. If you like westerns you will love this movie. Vincent D'onofrio was Phenomenal!!
The Newton Boys [Region 2]
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • What's not to like?
  • The Boring 20s
  • Great unwatched movie
  • supurb
  • EXCELLENT!!!
 The Newton Boys [Region 2]
Starring: Matthew McConaughey , Skeet Ulrich , Ethan Hawke , Vincent D'Onofrio , and Gail Cronauer
Director: Richard Linklater
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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  4. Claire Dolan
  5. The Velocity of Gary

ASIN: B000260QIS

Amazon.com

The Newton Boys were the most successful bank robbers in the history of the United States. They never killed anyone, never snitched, and only robbed banks (just bigger thieves, in their opinion), until their final deal, which was a botched train robbery for $3 million. Engagingly played by Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich, and Vincent D'Onofrio, the Boys don't have the kind of flaws of more brutal criminals that make for more volatile dramas. The film ambles along in a leisurely way to tell its story of the Newtons' bank-robbing career, with an ever-present air of reverent Americana. This may make some viewers impatient, and cause a glow in others. It seems like a departure for director Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused)--a costumer to be sure, but Linklater's deliberately amiable pace perfectly balances the Boys' personalities. You may wander into this movie and feel right at home. The golden-hued cinematography of Peter James (Driving Miss Daisy) adds a level of comfort that makes everything warm-like. The end credits intercut archival footage of two of the real-life Newton boys toward the end of their lives, one from a 1980 appearance with Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show. --Jim Gay

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars What's not to like?.......2006-12-06

I saw this on HBO recently when I was home sick. What a fun farce! The four Newton boys and a safecracker manage to bumble through 80 bank robberies. But things get serious when they try to pull of a "big" job.

The acting is outstanding, but Dwight Yoakum and Skeet Ulrich turn in phenomenal supporting performances. Yoakum plays the hypochondriac safecracker and Ulrich is youngest brother Joe. Ulrich has the most to do as he matures from baby brother to convict, while serving as the conscience, worrier, romantic, and accountant of the group.

The Texas accents were great. Never once were the accents or speech distracting from the movie itself. The music is also perfect for this movie. It intensifies for a moment as something blows up, or you think something bad is about to happen, then it goes back to bum-bump.. dee bum bum bum-bump.

Whoever thought the line "You're mean, you know that?" was dumb, is missing the point. These boys had guns full of bird shot. They had no intention of hurting anyone, and when they were caught in the act and this lady wouldn't shut up, they worst thing they could think to do was call her mean. Hilarious!

I think the film missed some opportunities for character development. Doc was underdeveloped and Vincent D'Onofrio underutilized. There was a subtle resentment from Jess towards Willis that could have been brought out. I didn't like the stylized introduction. But overall this movie was a blast.

2 out of 5 stars The Boring 20s.......2006-11-06

Who can forget The Roaring Twenties, aka, The Jazz Age; that storied slice of American pie characterized by flappers, bathtub gin, exuberance, prosperity, good-natured entrepreneurial adventurism, debauchery, and crime? Apparently Richard Linklater could. As co-writer and director of The Newton Boys, he has given us a soporific portrayal of the nation's most successful bank robbers so drenched in warm sunlight and loving backwards glances it would be comfortable on the Hallmark channel. That was no roar you heard from these 20s, that was a yawn.

The Newton Boys is a departure for Linklater who usually makes precious films that struggle to be avant garde and succeed in consuming a great deal of dialogue without generating substance, (Tape, Waking Life, Before Sunrise). This film is different in that it has something resembling a plot, although these affable Newton boys seem to meander through events with no particular motivation.

The gang's leader, Willis, is played by Matthew McConaughey, arguably the luckiest man in Hollywood. McConaughey smiles a great deal and lets the camera admire him, which is the closest he will ever come to acting. Never once do we get the sense that Willis has the requisite grit for brazen crime, indeed, it is hard to imagine him ripping the tag off a mattress.

Ethan Hawke is also in The Newton Boys, frankly, I wouldn't be shocked to see Ethan Hawke in Linklater's baby pictures. Hawke is workmanlike, and was very good in Training Day, but why must Linklater use him in every film?

One of the most interesting actors working today, Vincent D'Onofrio, is completely wasted. D'Onofrio brings menace and unpredictably to every part, here his talent is squandered to the point where his time might have been better spent painting props.

Good period recreation, trains, cars, clothes, and hats - but ultimately, empty suits. Imagine a Coen brothers picture without the wit, intelligence, sly humor, unexpected twists, interesting characters, quirky sensibility, and strong motivations that drive people to extremes - and you're still imagining a better movie than this.

Perhaps Linklater wanted to make an authentic picture about an actual family of guys who really were as dull as library paste with the emotional range of fish who just happened into the bank robbing business the way other people happen into accounting or auto sales. Assuming for the moment this is the case - he didn't even do that.

5 out of 5 stars Great unwatched movie.......2006-02-20

This is one of those movies that it seems nobody ever heard of but if you haven't seen it yet, you've missed out.

5 out of 5 stars supurb.......2006-02-05

I saw that someone said that they are not heros. And they were disapointed about it. They were bank robbers. Thier not suppose to be heros.If you want heros watch mighy mouse. I read all the reviews and no one else said anything about that. I've never wrote one of these things before but I had to set the record straight for that guy.

5 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT!!!.......2005-07-20

im not long winded so i will keep this short. this is one of the best westerns i have seen. Excellent acting, good plot, and overall excellent performances. If you like westerns you will love this movie. Vincent D'onofrio was Phenomenal!!
Bad Girls / Newton Boys 2-disc Dvd Double Feature
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    		Bad Girls / Newton Boys 2-disc Dvd Double Feature
    Starring: DWIGHT YOAKAM NEWTON BOYS
    Manufacturer: 20th CENTURY FOX STUDIOS
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    Charlie Rose with Larry Gelbart; Anne Rice; Richard Linklater (March 24, 1998)
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      		Charlie Rose with Larry Gelbart; Anne Rice; Richard Linklater (March 24, 1998)

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      ASIN: B000JCF2ZM
      Release Date: 2006-10-05

      Description

      First, an interview with writer Larry Gelbart about his memoir, Laughing Matters, as well as his fifty-year career. Then, an interview with author Anne Rice who speaks about her latest book, Pandora, which returns to the subject of vampires. Finally, an interview with filmmaker Richard Linklater about his newest film, The Newton Boys, and his cast.
      Charlie Rose with Juliana Margulies; Paul Johnson (March 19, 1998)
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        		Charlie Rose with Juliana Margulies; Paul Johnson (March 19, 1998)

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        Release Date: 2006-09-18

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        First, actress Juliana Margulies of the TV show E. R. discusses the success of the medical drama and her two new films, The Newton Boys, about retired successful bankrobbers, and A Price Above Rubies, about racial tensions in a Hasidic neighborhood. Finally, Paul Johnson discusses his new book, A History of the American People, in which he, as an Englishman outsider, attempts to describe the spirit of America and the foundation of its values.

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