Word: dern
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Perfect World" is the latest addition to the collection of Clint Eastwood action films that have spanned a few generations. The all-star cast (Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Laura Dern) make it a must-see for a large cross section of movie-goers. This JFK-era film has something for everyone: action, adventure, drama, psychological thriller, and a healthy dose of Texas political culture, capped off by Eastwood's performance as Red, the cowboy hat-toting sheriff...
Their story is paralleled by the investigative crew (Laura Dern and Clint Eastwood) sent out on their trail. In their adventures, we learn about Haynes' personal history and ultimately the psychological motives for his actions, as the investigators probe his case history and Red sheds some light on his own past dealings with Haynes...
Clint Eastwood is his counterpart on the "right" side of the law, and it is a regret the screenplay never puts the two characters face to face in a meaningful verbal interchange. Eastwood and Laura Dern work well together with their biting sarcasm and confidence in much the same kind of dynamic that Eastwood and Rene Russo depicted in "In the Line of Fire." The Clint "man-of-action" character has certainly progressed from the self-possessed, out-for-himself, ruthless justice seeker of his "Dirty Harry...
...jail along with Terry (Keith Szarabajka), a garden-variety psychopath. The convicts terrorize a mother and her children and take seven-year-old Phillip (T.J. Lowther) hostage. Tracking their flight is a Texas Ranger posse led by Eastwood, your basic righteous cowboy emeritus, and sparked by Laura Dern, a Governor's aide who brings feminist compassion and common sense to the pursuit. Bad guys, good guys, vroom-vroom...
...media circus. Sissy Spacek showed up at a Beverly Hills, California, press conference urging health-conscious Americans to "start screaming at Congress and the White House." Mariel Hemingway spoke her mind to the New York Times on the issue of pill dosages and potency. Whoopi Goldberg, Randy Travis, Laura Dern and friends sent a videotape to Washington that included a shot of Mel Gibson being dragged from his home in handcuffs, saying "Gee guys, they were only vitamins!" A BATTLE ROYAL JELLY, proclaimed one headline writer. THE FDA'S WAR OF THE ROSE HIPS, wrote another...