Cramped together in the Governor’s airstream trailer, the three clash due to their differing approaches and philosophies. sniper called Bobby Lee (Bradley Whitford). With the Governor of Texas involving himself in the investigation for political gain, the case becomes a lot more high profile and Red is assigned extra help including a criminologist named Sally Gerber (Laura Dern) and a F.B.I. Meanwhile, their escape has attracted the attention of Texas Ranger Red Garnett (Clint Eastwood) who has been tasked with recovering the pair of prisoners. Needless to say, when Butch realizes what happened, he isn’t happy with Terry and decides to finish their partnership for good. Terry manages to get the gun and then tries to molest Phillip who escapes from the car and runs into a cornfield to hide. When they stop to get snacks, Butch leaves the gun he took from Terry in Phillip’s hands to make sure that Terry doesn’t do anything stupid. Terry’s insecurities get the better of him and he foolishly threatens Butch which causes Butch to teach Terry what the difference between a threat and a fact is, when he punches Terry in the face and breaks his nose. Stealing a car, the trio heads out of town with the tension between Butch and Terry growing stronger. Their commotion attracts a neighbor who arrives with a weapon, which forces Butch and Terry to take Phillip as a hostage so they can make their escape. Lowther), where Terry tries to molest Phillip’s mother until Butch throws him across the room. While making their escape, Terry enters the house of eight year old Phillip Perry (T.J. In fact, Butch is planning to ditch Terry the first chance he gets once they get far enough away from the prison. Butch makes it clear even as they escape, that they aren’t friends and that he would prefer it if they weren’t together. Robert “Butch” Haynes (Kevin Costner) is the smarter of the two while Terry Pugh (Keith Szarabajka) is the hyper-violent career criminal who we later learn has pedophiliac tendencies. The two convicts couldn’t be more different in both personality and intelligence. The film opens in during the early sixties in Texas with two convicts escaping the state penitentiary in Huntsville. Much like Eastwood’s previous effort Unforgiven, A Perfect World shows us realistic characters that aren’t easy to classify as a white hat or a black hat stereotype, but instead in most cases a mixture of both which makes for a more ambiguous and mature story that feels somewhat fatalistic but honest. Eastwood balances the drama and humor brilliantly while Costner takes what should be an unlikable character and humanizes him enough that we can see his worth beyond his flaws.
What’s more, he knows the elusive Haynes - because their paths have crossed before.Ī Perfect World represents one of the high water marks in the careers of both Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner as director and actor respectively. Red knows every road and pothole in the Panhandle.
Eastwood is wily Texas Ranger Red Garnett, leading deputies and a criminologist (Laura Dern) on a statewide pursuit. Lowther in a remarkable film debut) who sees in Butch the father figure he never had. Costner plays Butch Haynes, a hardened prison escapee on the lam with a young hostage (T.J. Academy Award winners Kevin Costner and Clint Eastwood confront each other from opposite sides of the law in A Perfect World, an acclaimed, multi-layered manhunt saga (directed by Eastwood) that rumbles down Texas back-roads toward a harrowing collision with fate.
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