Sunday, October 14, 2012

Classic on DVD

Convicts

1991 | C: USA | L: English | Not Rated | RT: 93 min. | Drama


In rural Texas 1902, 13-year-old Horace (Haas) toils on a run-down plantation to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll (Duvall), the crusty old Confederate who owns the plantation, has yet to pay the boy a penny of the money he owes him. But 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.




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