History is about to catch up with America's most successful bank robbers.
The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.
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Classical in form, cool, earnest and grave.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20226/10
Richard Linklater has tried hard with his cast here, but somehow this tale of the real life Newton gang whose criminal career culminated in one of America's most infamous train robberies just doesn't catch fire - at all. Matthew McConaughey (Willis) leads his brothers Jess (Ethan Hawke), Joe (Sweet Ulrich) and the scene stealing Vincent D'Onofrio (Dock) as the young men conclude - with the complicity of their mother (Gail Cronauer) that they don't need to live in rural penury for ever, and that with some meticulous planning they can accrue a considerable fortune without harming anyone but by robbing the railroad. Sadly, though, the actors don't really gel - they are four men who seem to be vying for screen time as much as anything else; there is little evidence of a team on screen which rather belies the truth about why this gang were at all successful. It does move a long apace, though - there is plenty of gun action and some fun pyrotechnics as their antics gain momentum and their targets become bigger. Historically, the ending is quite interesting - and I think quite suitable, though I very much doubt the railroad saw it that way. It's watchable, the production is fine and the d
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Cast
- Matthew McConaugheyWillis Newton
- Skeet UlrichJoe Newton
- Ethan HawkeJess Newton
- Vincent D'OnofrioDock Newton
- Dwight YoakamBrentwood Glasscock
- Gail CronauerMia Newton
- Julianna MarguliesLouise Brown
- Jena KaramOrphan Singer
- Casey McAuliffeOrphan Singer
- Regina Mae MatthewsOrphan Fiddler
Crew
- Richard LinklaterDirector
- Claude StanushScreenplay
- Richard LinklaterScreenplay
- Clark WalkerScreenplay
- Peter JamesDirector of Photography
- Edward D. BarnesOriginal Music Composer
- Sandra AdairEditor
- Anne Walker-McBayProducer
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