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Convicts (1991)

Convicts (1991)

Drama

Freedom has its price.

Release Date: 1991, January 1
Directors: Peter Masterson
Cast: Starletta DuPois, Lukas Haas, Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Gary Swanson, Carlin Glynn, Calvin Levels

Overview:

In 1902, 13-year-old Horace toils on a run-down plantation in rural Texas to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll, the crusty old Confederate who owns the plantation and depends on convict labor to keep his farm running, takes a liking to Horace. However, Soll is aging and sinking into senility, making the possibility of Horace ever getting his pay increasingly unlikely. 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.

Keywords:

based on true story racism based on play or musical teenage boy plantation 1900s dead father semi-biographical plantation owner confederate labor rural texas convicts