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"Is theah a convick in that theah closet?"
Strange stuff--Duvall rants, gibbers, and fires a shotgun into an empty closet. Haas watches, listens, and smiles a lot. The great James Earl Jones wanders in, scratches his beard and mutters to himself, and walks out again. If this sounds like your kind of thing, jump right in. But nobody's ever going to claim this is Horton Foote's finest hour.

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MORE DUVALL BRILLIANCE.
THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE LITTLE MOVIES THAT GOT LOST AND FORGOTTEN BECAUSE IT DIDNT HAVE SEX AND VIOLENCE IN STARRING ROLES.

A YOUNG BOY WHO JUST WANTS TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY HIS FATHER A GRAVESTONE AND KEEP HIMSELF IN CHEWING TOBACCO GOES TO WORK ON AN EAST TEXAS SUGAR PLANTATION AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. HIS BOSS IS CROTCHETY AND BARELY LUCID ROBERT DUVALL. DUVALL EMPLOYS PRISON CONVICTS TO WORK ON THE PLACE AND RULES OVER THEM WITH A WEAK BUT IRON FIST.

ALL PARTS ARE WELL PLAYED AND HORTON FOOTES WRITING IS GREAT AS ALWAYS.

THE FILMS SHINING MOMENTS ARE WHENEVER DUVALL IS ON THE SCREEN AS THE PHILISOPHICAL, RAMBLING OLD GEYSER WHO'S MIND IS RAVAGED BY AGE. THESE SCENES WILL HAVE YOU LAUGHING AND WEEPING WITHIN SECONDS OF EACH OTHER.

DUVALL IS PROBABLY THE MOST GIFTED ACTOR WORKING TODAY. HE BRINGS 'REALNESS' TO HIS CHARACTERS THAT FEW OTHER 'PLAYERS' CAN MANAGE.

'CONVICTS' IS ONE OF THOSE LITTLE PIECES OF QUALITY FLIM MAKING THAT OCCASIONALLY MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE LIBERAL PERVERSNESS THAT SEEMS TO INFLUENCE MOST OF WHAT MAKES IT TO THE SCREEN THESE DAYS.

ITS A GREAT LITTLE FILM.

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Great film, great acting... a real "moment in time."
Robert Duvall is a direct descendent of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, according the IMDb.com movie database. After seeing this film, you may think Duvall's appearance is reincarnation at it's best.

One of my most favorite films. I wish the composer, Peter Rodgers Melnick had a CD or there was a soundtrack available. Wonderful scenery and music and "all too-true-to-life," especially for those of us that live in, or have moved to, the South. This is a "real moment in time." Life moves on, slowly, but "strangers we do not remain."