Underplayed Gems

The Good Old Boys (1995)

The Good Old Boys poster
Directed by
J. T. Allen, Tommy Lee Jones
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 10m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An aging cowboy wanders through early 1900s Texas, resisting the modern world closing in. He wrestles with settling down or staying free.

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What happens

The Good Old Boys is a 1995 American Western television film directed by Tommy Lee Jones and written by Jones and J.T. Allen, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Elmer Kelton. Jones stars alongside Terry Kinney, Frances McDormand, Sam Shepard, Sissy Spacek, Wilford Brimley, and Matt Damon. The film aired on TNT on March 5, 1995. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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