Convicts

Starring:Robert Duvall, Lukas Haas, James Earl Jones, Starletta DuPois, Carlin Glynn, Calvin Levels, Gary Swanson, Mel Winkler, Lance E. Nichols, Bob Edmundson, John McConnell, Jerry Biggs, Martin F. Schacker, Walter Breaux Jr., Tony Frank, Carol Sutton, Duriel Harris, Otis Jenkins, Joe 'Cool' Davis
Director: Peter Masterson
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com
The works of Texas-born writer Horton Foote are always dealing with transition and transformation, caused by the intermingling of time and experience, and Convicts is a prime example of Foote's thematic consistency. It's also one of several fruitful collaborations between Foote and actor Robert Duvall, whose career has connected with Foote's at pivotal moments since Duvall's screen debut in the Foote-scripted classic To Kill a Mockingbird. And while Convicts may lack the emotional power of 1971's Tomorrow or the dramatic delicacy of 1983's Tender Mercies, it adds resonance to their mutual body of work. Here, in a story set in coastal Texas in 1902, Duvall plays an eccentric, dying sugar-plantation boss who takes a young boy (Lukas Haas) under his wing to teach him a few of life's harsher lessons.

Amazon.com

The works of Texas-born writer Horton Foote are always dealing with transition and transformation, caused by the intermingling of time and experience, and Convicts is a prime example of Foote's thematic consistency. It's also one of several fruitful collaborations between Foote and actor Robert Duvall, whose career has connected with Foote's at pivotal moments since Duvall's screen debut in the Foote-scripted classic To Kill a Mockingbird. And while Convicts may lack the emotional power of 1971's Tomorrow or the dramatic delicacy of 1983's Tender Mercies, it adds resonance to their mutual body of work. Here, in a story set in coastal Texas in 1902, Duvall plays an eccentric, dying sugar-plantation boss who takes a young boy (Lukas Haas) under his wing to teach him a few of life's harsher lessons.

Description

OscarÂ(r) winner* Robert Duvall "is terrific" (The New York Times) in this "vividly realized" (Variety) drama co-starring Lucas Haas (Witness) and James Earl Jones (Field of Dreams). "Gracefully adapted to the screen" (Los Angeles Times) by Horton Foote (Of Mice and Men) and ably directed by Peter Masterson (Blood Red), this riveting tale of an unlikely bond is "a tasty feast" (LA Weekly)! In rural Texas 1902, 13-year-old Horace (Haas) toils on a run-down plantation to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll (Duvall), the crusty old Confederate who owns the plantation, has yet to pay the boy a pennyof the money he owes him. But on Christmas Eve, as Soll becomes obsessed with his own mortality, hemakes a grand promise forcing Horace to confront his fear of death and the harsh truths of a decadent society. *1983: Actor, Tender Mercies

Customer Reviews:

CONVICTS.......2007-04-05

THERE WAS VERY GOOD ACTING BY ALL THE STARS IN IT. THE STORY WAS A LITTLE SLOW. I LOVE ROBERT DUVALL IN ANY MOVIE THOUGH.

Duvall superb not so for Convicts.......2007-01-16

As usual, Robert Duvall's acting was phenomenal - why I purchased the movie - BUT the movie itself was pointless and boring. My husband and I fell asleep.....when we woke up Robert Duvall's character was dead! Enough said.

convicts.......2007-01-04

robert Duvall and Charlton Heston are the only actors who have convinced me that they had truley died in the death sceen of a movie. Convicts was not only a compelling story Duvall convinced me three times that he had died - the fourth time was for real.......well, untill the next movie of course.

Not what I expected........2006-12-15

This movie lacked the luster I expect from Robert Duvall. It was an endless journey into boredom, at least for me.

YAWN.......2006-09-24

I'm a big fan of Duvall and so gave this movie three stars, but this is sheer boredom. For those 17 adherents of this DVD, I say, "Look, the emperor has no clothes!" To see Duvall at his best, try "Broken Trail." A masterpiece of the West.

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American Justice: Death Penalty

Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Investigative Reports - Death Penalty On Trial
The Death Penalty in America: Current Controversies (Oxford Paperbacks)
Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment? The Experts on Both Sides Make Their Case
Deadline
The Exonerated

ASIN: B000E371EQ
Release Date: 1996-06-30

Description

Over three hundred convicts have been executed since the Supreme Court re-instituted the death penalty in 1976, and its use is on the rise nationwide. Explore the arguments for and against capital punishment in this riveting program. Examine the difficult legal, political and religious issues involved through extensive interviews with experts on both sides of the debate. Get a unique insight into the personal side of capital punishment with an in-depth look at the case of Caryl Chessman, a rapist, kidnapper and jailhouse lawyer who appealed his sentence for twelve years. He was the last person put to death before capital punishment was declared unconstitutional in the 1960s. DEATH PENALTY presents a reasoned examination of the ultimate criminal sentence.

Customer Reviews:

A&E review.......2007-01-13

I really enjoyed A&E's special on the death penalty. It has been useful in teaching ethics to my students.

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ABC News Nightline The Capture of the Texas Seven

Manufacturer: ABC News
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Director: Scott E. Beal , and David Friedman
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000AJJN68
Release Date: 2005-09-27

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