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The Newton Boys [DVD] [1997]
enlarge	Director: Richard Linklater Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich, Vincent D'Onofrio, Gail Cronauer Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£12.99~~ Buy New: £2.17 as of 25/11/2009 05:10 GMT details You Save: £10.82 (83%) New (16) Used (14) from £1.67 Seller: citysupplies Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 30922 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 117 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 UPC: 503903601621 EAN: 5039036016216 ASIN: B000260QIS Theatrical Release Date: March 27, 1998 Release Date: July 19, 2004 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review 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. 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 (ISlacker/I and IDazed and Confused/I)--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 (IDriving Miss Daisy/I) 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 IThe Tonight Show/I. --IJim Gay/I

Customer Reviews: newton who they? January 18, 2009 Mr. Nicholas R. Muller 2 out of 2 found this review helpful the newton boys where bank robbers and safe crackers from about 1916 to late 1920s everyone herd of jesse james butch and sundance so watch this film and find out all about the it stars are not that well known at the time but are more well known now matthaw mc conaughty ethan hawke skeet ulrich and vincent d,onofrio he is now the main man in law and order s.v.u and this film also stars the country singer DWIGHT YOAKAM also the end credits you get to see two of the real newton boys being interview by johnny carson on his show late 1970s i think. so this movie is in liveing memory for some a fine film i recommded to anyone These Newton did not discover gravitation May 29, 2008 Jacques COULARDEAU (OLLIERGUES France) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful The film is very banal. Bank robbers and postal train robbers, déjà vu, blasé, passé. Nothing particularly interesting or exciting. Yet the film has a slight flaw that makes it maybe of some interest. These bank robbers and postal train robbers survived the whole business in 1924, got through the trial with rather light sentences and they most of them died of old age fifty or so years later after giving, for some of them, some TV interviews about that profession of their young age. Then that was not a film but a fictionalized documentary. Shucks! Those who got the heaviest sentences were the few real profiteers who were the real organizers behind those young cowboys who got misled, by their own dream, into getting by force the money they desired to have. But the worst part in all that story is that they got caught on their last venture, the postal train robbery, because one of the gang of brothers shot another member of that brotherly gang because he did not stick to what he was supposed to do, went on the other side of the train and got frightened by someone who did not have the identifying hat they were all supposed to wear. A mistake, another mistake and the whole venture came to a stop, though they apparently did not recuperate all the money, neither the authorities, not the Newton Boys, because the part that was hidden away by one of them was done so under the influence of alcohol, not the money of course, but the Newton Boy who was supposed to bury it and he could never, so he says at least, remember where it was. If you are not afraid of the strong cowboy Texan accent of these boys, you can watch it and entertain yourself with the dream of what you could do with three million 1924 dollars. I guess you would favor buying a new hybrid car to be economical and nice with the planet. br / br /Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines br /

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