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Convicts (1991)

Movie"Freedom has its price."
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55
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NR 1 hr 33 minJan 1st, 1991DramaThe Orphans' Home Cycle PosterPart of The Orphans' Home Cycle
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In 1902, 13-year-old Horace toils on a run-down plantation in rural Texas to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll, the crusty old Confederate who owns the plantation and depends on convict labor to keep his farm running, takes a liking to Horace. However, Soll is aging and sinking into senility, making the possibility of Horace ever getting his pay increasingly unlikely. On Christmas Eve, as Soll becomes obsessed with his own mortality, he makes a grand promise... forcing Horace to confront his fear of death and the harsh truths of a decadent society.
StarringRobert DuvallLukas HaasJames Earl Jones
DirectorPeter Masterson
WriterHorton Foote

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1991
On DVD & Blu-ray:April 12th, 2005 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Movie Tags:
based on true storybased on play or musicalracismteenage boy1900ssemi-biographicalplantationlabordead fatherconfederate

The Orphans' Home Cycle

CORRECT VIEWING ORDER: (1) Convicts (2) Lily Dale (3) Courtship (4) On Valentine's Day (5) 1918 // The Orphans' Home Cycle is a 3-part drama written by Horton Foote. Each of the three parts in the trilogy comprises three one-act plays: The Story of a Childhood (Part 1), The Story of a Marriage (Part 2), and The Story of a Family (Part 3). The focus is on Horace Robedaux (inspired by Foote's father) and Elizabeth Vaughn (inspired by Foote's mother) at the turn of the 20th Century to the beginning of the Depression, following Horace through three decades, as "seen through three generations of three families." Some of these plays were made into movies, released individually and not in order.