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.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Richard Linklater -
Producer -
Anne Walker-McBay -
Screenwriter -
Claude Stanush , Richard Linklater , Claude Stanush , Clark Walker -
Distributor -
20th Century Fox -
Production Co -
Twentieth Century Fox , Newton Boys Ventures, Inc. , Detour Filmproduction -
Rating -
PG-13 (Violence|Language|Bloody Aftermath of a Shooting) -
Genre -
Crime , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Mar 27, 1998, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 1, 2013 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$10.3M -
Runtime -
2h 2m -
Sound Mix -
Dolby Stereo , Dolby Digital , Dolby A , Surround , Dolby SR -
Aspect Ratio -
Scope (2.35:1)