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Dominican Rep. The Newton Boys
- Original title
- The Newton Boys
- Year
- 1998
- Running time
- 122 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Matthew McConaughey
Ethan Hawke
Skeet Ulrich
Vincent D'Onofrio
Julianna Margulies
Chloe Webb
Dwight Yoakam
Bo Hopkins- Anne Stedman
Lori Heuring- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Western. Action. Drama | Biography. Heist Film. 1910s. 1920s. Based on a true story
- Synopsis
- 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 dollars. 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--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.
- Critics' reviews
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"Not to be hyperbolic, but Richard Linklater's first big-budget movie may be the Jules and Jim of bank-robber movies"
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"A fast-paced, entertaining motion picture that replaces gritty tension with a lightly-dramatic character interaction that occasionally borders on straight comedy."
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"'The Newton Boys' is Linklater's most conventional film and, despite its numerous flaws, it's not bad"
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"Scored to a disarmingly quaint array of fiddle-and-banjo tunes, The Newton Boys has so little in the way of blood or rancor that before long, you begin to notice that there's no real drama in it, either"
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