A Perfect World
A convict. A cop. A hostage that will make one of them a hero.
1993 | 138m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Clint Eastwood |
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| Writer: | John Lee Hancock |
| Staring: |
| A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 24, 1993 |
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| Director: | Clint Eastwood |
| Writer: | John Lee Hancock |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | texas, hostage, escaped convict, prison escape, child kidnapping, child driving car, criminologist, 1960s |
| Production Companies | Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $135,100,000
Budget: $30,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Kevin Costner | Robert 'Butch' Haynes |
| Clint Eastwood | Chief Red Garnett |
| Laura Dern | Sally Gerber |
| T.J. Lowther | Phillip 'Buzz' Perry |
| Bradley Whitford | Bobby Lee |
| Keith Szarabajka | Terry Pugh |
| Leo Burmester | Tom Adler |
| Paul Hewitt | Dick Suttle |
| Ray McKinnon | Bradley |
| Jennifer Griffin | Gladys Perry |
| Leslie Flowers | Naomi Perry |
| Belinda Flowers | Ruth Perry |
| Darryl Cox | Mr. Hughes |
| Jay Whiteaker | Billy Reeves |
| Taylor Suzanna McBride | Tinkerbell |
| Christopher Reagan Ammons | Dancing Skeleton |
| Mark Voges | Larry Billings |
| Vernon Grote | Prison Guard |
| James Jeter | Oldtimer |
| Ed Geldart | Fred Cummings |
| Bruce McGill | Paul Saunders |
| Nik Hagler | General Store Manager |
| Gary Moody | Local Sheriff |
| Mary Alice | Lottie |
| Wayne Dehart | Mack |
| Kevin Woods | Cleveland |
| Linda Hart | Eileen |
| Connie Cooper | Bob's Wife |
| John Hussey | Governor's Aide |
| Gabriel Folse | Officer Terrance |
| Brandon Smith | Officer Jones |
| Elizabeth Ruscio | Paula |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Henry Bumstead | Production Design |
| John Lee Hancock | Writer |
| Andy Gill | Stunts |
| David Valdes | Production Manager |
| William F. Reynolds | Leadman |
| Alan Robert Murray | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Clint Eastwood | Director |
| Lennie Niehaus | Original Music Composer |
| Buddy Van Horn | Stunt Coordinator |
| Norman Howell | Stunt Double |
| Fríða Aradóttir | Hairstylist |
| Tom Stern | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Cynthia Streit | Production Coordinator |
| Ron Spang | Editor |
| Liz Keigley | Casting |
| Stephen St. John | "A" Camera Operator |
| Alan Hicks | Set Decoration |
| Phyllis Huffman | Casting |
| L. Dean Jones Jr. | First Assistant Director |
| Charlie Vasser | Set Designer |
| Jack G. Taylor Jr. | Art Direction |
| Erica Edell Phillips | Costume Design |
| Antoinette J. Gordon | Set Designer |
| Karon May | Script Supervisor |
| Sarah Shields | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Tony Rivetti Sr. | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| John Patrick Smith | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Kelly Lindquist | Set Costumer |
| Carol A. O'Connell | Hairstylist |
| John Lacy | Rigging Gaffer |
| Antonio V. Garrido | Dolly Grip |
| James W. McCormick | Special Effects |
| Jeff Kloss | Production Accountant |
| Jeff Wexler | Sound Mixer |
| Rick Alexander | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael Cipriano | Assistant Editor |
| Donald Harris | Music Editor |
| Don Reddy | "B" Camera Operator |
| John Waldo | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Amy Stofsky | Costume Supervisor |
| Francisco X. Pérez | Makeup Artist |
| Buzzy Burwell | Rigging Gaffer |
| Hal Nelson | Best Boy Grip |
| David Amborn | Special Effects |
| Amy Chance | Production Secretary |
| Edward Aiona | Property Master |
| Les Fresholtz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Gary Jay | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Murray Close | Still Photographer |
| James Lee McCoy | Makeup Artist |
| Elle Elliott | Hairstylist |
| Víctor Pérez | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Marco Barla | Unit Publicist |
| Don Coufal | Boom Operator |
| Allen L. Stone | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| John Frazier | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Joel Cox | Editor |
| T.J. Lowther | Songs |
| Brian Smrz | Stunts |
| Jack N. Green | Director of Photography |
| Bill Bannerman | Second Assistant Director |
| Charles Saldaña III | Key Grip |
| John Robotham | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mark Johnson | Producer |
| David Valdes | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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I'm a little split on <em>'A Perfect World'</em>, but one thing that is for certain is that I definitely enjoyed watching it. The reason that I'm split is because of how it portrays the lead character. I completely get the angle the filmmakers were going for, I'm just not convinced they pull it o ... ff. It's fun to watch, but I never once felt a connection to root for Kevin Costner's Butch. There are many a time where I was just like "Huh?". It shows a number of events that you can tell are supposed to make you connect to Butch, but I just couldn't - he is super unlikeable, like the very first thing we see him do 'on the outside' defines him and the whole film. They could've wrote him in so many different ways, to give him a positive reason for what he does. Yet, despite that it is entertaining, I cannot deny. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it works as a film for sure, but given it tries (too hard?) to attempt thought-provoking and deeper meaning I think it falls over itself - logically, I couldn't get on board. As a popcorn flick, I'm all in. P.S. How amusing to see the <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/casper/" rel="nofollow">Casper</a>'</em> connection, given the directing/acting Clint Eastwood would later make a cameo in the live-action film almost two years after this was released.