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The Newton Boys is a 1998 American Western crime film directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Claude Stanush and Clark Lee Walker. It is based on Stanush's 1994 book of the same name, which tells the true story of the Newton Gang, a family of bank and train robbers from Uvalde, Texas.
Mar 27, 1998 · The Newton Boys: Directed by Richard Linklater. With Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Gail Cronauer. 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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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Richard Linklater
- 1998-03-27
Nov 21, 2017 · Seeking an escape from poverty, sibling Texas farmers (Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke) gain notoriety as daring 1920s bank robbers. ...more.
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- 2.9K
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The Newton Boys uses a sharp cast and absorbing period detail to help make up for the frustrations of a story puzzlingly short on dramatic tension. Seeking an escape from poverty, sibling...
- (40)
- Richard Linklater
- PG-13
- Matthew Mcconaughey
A low-key, meandering film about the most successful bank robbers in American history, starring Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke and Vincent D'Onofrio. The film lacks the energy and style of Linklater's earlier works, but features some real footage of the Newtons and their interviews.
Mar 26, 1998 · The four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. One day, the oldest of them, Willis, realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become bank robbers. Soon the family agrees.
The true story behind the Newton Gang, America's most successful bank robbers, who from 1919 to 1924, robbed over eighty banks from Texas to Canada. Starring Matthew McConaughey and Ethan Hawke.
