A Perfect World

1993
15
2h 18m

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7.5/10

90K

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A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

90K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,817

275

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Clint Eastwood was not originally going to act in the movie. Kevin Costner talked him into it, by stating that he would only commit to act in the film if Eastwood did too, as he wanted a movie poster with both of them on it. Eastwood accepted the condition.

Goofs
The child in the film, the son of a devout Jehovah's Witness, says "I'm going to go to hell for this," after stealing a Halloween costume. Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in the concept of hell.

Quotes
Terry Pugh: [after tearing up phone book upon failing to find his cousin] Must've moved. Probably couldn't have heard him anyway; this goddamn ear's still bleedin'. You ever try that shit again...
Butch Haynes: [sternly] What?
Terry Pugh: [puzzled] ... What?
Butch Haynes: You were in the middle of threatenin' me.
Terry Pugh: [holds up a revolver] Ain't a threat - it's a fact.
Butch Haynes: Here, kid - take the wheel.
[Phillip holds the wheel to steer as Butch turns to face Pugh in the back seat]
Butch Haynes: In two seconds, I'm gonna break your nose. That's a threat.
[Butch punches Pugh in the nose, then picks up the gun as Terry moans]
Butch Haynes: ...And that's a fact.
Terry Pugh: I'm gonna kill you for that.
Butch Haynes: And that's a threat. Begin to understand the difference?

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Addams Family Values/The Snapper/Dangerous Game/The Saint of Fort Washington/Like Water for Chocolate (1993)

Soundtracks
Ida Red
Traditional
Arranged by Bob Wills
Performed by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Courtesy of Bill Mack Productions

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Featured review

9/10

ONE OF THE BEST IN 1993

And certainly one of the most underrated pictures on IMDB. Why? Beats me, since this is one of the best performances from Costner & Eastwood. Not to mention the others.

Maybe it's the movie a little bit slow at start, but soon we get too see a strong character development, what leads us to the grand finale, where we cheer for the outlaw and his little "partner" (also very good performance by T.J. Lowther). The ending is undoubtedly one of the most touching in the history of cinema.

All in all, Costner did great both as director and actor and he had a winning hand picking up co-actors and screen & music writers. Plus, he made this movie in the nineties era, one of the best, if not the best for Hollywood movies.

That's for it's just pure classic. Just like the Texas landscape where it was taken.

9 out of 10.