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* VomitDiscretionShot: Sally gets sick after she sees the dead body of the prison deputy Butch and/or Terry killed dumped in the trunk of the car, though we only see her backside.
* YouGotSpunk: When Agent Bobby Lee tries to proposition Sally:
-->'''Agent Lee''': Think you're pretty smart now, don't you?\\
'''Sally''': Excuse me?\\
'''Agent Lee''': I ain't smart, but goddamn - you are pretty.\\
'''Sally''': [[SarcasmMode Please]].\\
'''Agent Lee''': See, I think that, uh, business and pleasure should just, uh, naturally mix. Don't you? (''Sally laughs derisively'') Now take me. I - I love my work.\\
'''Sally''': [[GodwinsLaw So did Hitler]].\\
'''Agent Lee''': Goddamn - you got a mouth on you.
* YouGotSpunk: When Agent Bobby Lee tries to proposition Sally:
-->'''Agent Lee''': Think you're pretty smart now, don't you?\\
'''Sally''': Excuse me?\\
'''Agent Lee''': I ain't smart, but goddamn - you are pretty.\\
'''Sally''': [[SarcasmMode Please]].\\
'''Agent Lee''': See, I think that, uh, business and pleasure should just, uh, naturally mix. Don't you? (''Sally laughs derisively'') Now take me. I - I love my work.\\
'''Sally''': [[GodwinsLaw So did Hitler]].\\
'''Agent Lee''': Goddamn - you got a mouth on you.
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* VomitDiscretionShot: Sally gets sick after she sees the dead body of the prison deputy Butch and/or Terry killed dumped in the trunk of the car, though we only see her backside.
* YouGotSpunk: When Agent Bobby Lee tries to proposition Sally:
-->'''Agent Lee''': Think you're pretty smart now, don't you?\\
'''Sally''': Excuse me?\\
'''Agent Lee''': I ain't smart, but goddamn - you are pretty.\\
'''Sally''': [[SarcasmMode Please]].\\
'''Agent Lee''': See, I think that, uh, business and pleasure should just, uh, naturally mix. Don't you? (''Sally laughs derisively'') Now take me. I - I love my work.\\
'''Sally''': [[GodwinsLaw So did Hitler]].\\
'''Agent Lee''': Goddamn - you got a mouth on you.backside.
* YouGotSpunk: When Agent Bobby Lee tries to proposition Sally:
-->'''Agent Lee''': Think you're pretty smart now, don't you?\\
'''Sally''': Excuse me?\\
'''Agent Lee''': I ain't smart, but goddamn - you are pretty.\\
'''Sally''': [[SarcasmMode Please]].\\
'''Agent Lee''': See, I think that, uh, business and pleasure should just, uh, naturally mix. Don't you? (''Sally laughs derisively'') Now take me. I - I love my work.\\
'''Sally''': [[GodwinsLaw So did Hitler]].\\
'''Agent Lee''': Goddamn - you got a mouth on you.
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* AcceptableReligiousTargets: InUniverse - Phillip's mother is a Jehovah's Witness, and so he gets teased by other kids over the fact he can't dress up for Halloween because it's against his mother's religion, and she turns away trick-or-treaters from her door because of this as well. Butch also takes a dim view of this. Despite all that, Phillip thinks she's a good mother, we never see her mistreat Phillip in any way, and she tries her best to protect Phillip from Butch and Terry, and then tries her best to get Phillip back.
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* AcceptableReligiousTargets: InUniverse - Phillip's mother is a Jehovah's Witness, and so he gets teased by other kids over the fact he can't dress up for Halloween because it's against his mother's religion, and she turns away trick-or-treaters from her door because of this as well. Butch also takes a dim view of this. Despite all that, Phillip thinks she's a good mother, we never see her mistreat Phillip in any way, and she tries her best to protect Phillip from Butch and Terry, and then tries her best to get Phillip back.
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* AbusiveParents: Butch's mother was a prostitute, while his father, a criminal, was absent much of the time, and his mother's boyfriends didn't treat him well. This is part of why Red wanted Butch to be sentenced to reform school (see BackStory below), and why abusing children is a BerserkButton for Butch.
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* AbusiveParents: Butch's mother was a prostitute, while his father, a criminal, was absent much of the time, and his mother's boyfriends didn't treat him well. This is part of why Red wanted Butch to be sentenced to reform school a juvenile farm (see BackStory below), and why abusing children is a BerserkButton for Butch.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Butch drives down the road in the exact opposite direction Red and his group are going (see SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome below), though it is {{JustifiedTrope justified]] in this case as they're both in the same area of the state, and they were bound to run into each other at some point.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Butch drives down the road in the exact opposite direction Red and his group are going (see SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome below), though it is {{JustifiedTrope [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in this case as they're both in the same area of the state, and they were bound to run into each other at some point.
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-->'''Tom''': (''Red's deputy'') That oughta put his pecker in a sling, huh Red? (''notices Sally'') Sorry.\\
'''Sally''': [[SarcasmMode Dick humor. Unique]].
'''Sally''': [[SarcasmMode Dick humor. Unique]].
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'''Red''': Tight?\\
'''Lt. Hendricks''': Tighter than a frog's pussy. (''notices Sally'') Sorry, ma'am.\\
'''Sally''': [[SarcasmMode
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-->'''Sally''': [[YouDidEverythingYouCould You know you did everything you could]].\\could, don't you]]?\\
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* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: [[spoiler:Agent Bobby Lee shoots Butch when it looks like he's going to pull out a gun and shoot. Turns out Butch was just pulling out a card he was going to give to Phillip before he went back to his mother.]]
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* PottyEmergency:
-->'''Phillip''': Can we stop at the filling station?\\
'''Butch''': What for?\\
'''Phillip''': Number one.\\
'''Butch''': This here's nature, Phillip. Why don't you just...pee over by the tree?
* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: [[spoiler:Agent Bobby Lee shoots Butch when it looks like he's going to pull out a gun and shoot. Turns out Butch was just pulling outa card he was going to give to Phillip before he went back to his mother.the list .]]
-->'''Phillip''': Can we stop at the filling station?\\
'''Butch''': What for?\\
'''Phillip''': Number one.\\
'''Butch''': This here's nature, Phillip. Why don't you just...pee over by the tree?
* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: [[spoiler:Agent Bobby Lee shoots Butch when it looks like he's going to pull out a gun and shoot. Turns out Butch was just pulling out
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** Sally calls Red a "hillbilly [[Literature/SherlockHolmes]]".
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** Sally calls Red a "hillbilly [[Literature/SherlockHolmes]]".[[Literature/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]]".
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'''Tom''' Well, in a perfect world, Miss Gerber, we'd all lock arms and thrash the bushes until he turned up.\\
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'''Tom''' (''Red's assistant chief'') Well, in a perfect world, Miss Gerber, we'd all lock arms and thrash the bushes until he turned up.\\
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* VomitDiscretionShot: Sally gets sick after she sees the dead body of the prison deputy Butch and/or Terry killed dumped in the trunk of the car, though we only see her backside.
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* VomitDiscretionShot: Sally gets sick after she sees the dead body of the prison deputy Butch and/or Terry killed dumped in the trunk of the car, though we only see her backside.backside.
* YouGotSpunk: When Agent Bobby Lee tries to proposition Sally:
-->'''Agent Lee''': Think you're pretty smart now, don't you?\\
'''Sally''': Excuse me?\\
'''Agent Lee''': I ain't smart, but goddamn - you are pretty.\\
'''Sally''': [[SarcasmMode Please]].\\
'''Agent Lee''': See, I think that, uh, business and pleasure should just, uh, naturally mix. Don't you? (''Sally laughs derisively'') Now take me. I - I love my work.\\
'''Sally''': [[GodwinsLaw So did Hitler]].\\
'''Agent Lee''': Goddamn - you got a mouth on you.
* YouGotSpunk: When Agent Bobby Lee tries to proposition Sally:
-->'''Agent Lee''': Think you're pretty smart now, don't you?\\
'''Sally''': Excuse me?\\
'''Agent Lee''': I ain't smart, but goddamn - you are pretty.\\
'''Sally''': [[SarcasmMode Please]].\\
'''Agent Lee''': See, I think that, uh, business and pleasure should just, uh, naturally mix. Don't you? (''Sally laughs derisively'') Now take me. I - I love my work.\\
'''Sally''': [[GodwinsLaw So did Hitler]].\\
'''Agent Lee''': Goddamn - you got a mouth on you.
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* BackStory: When Butch was younger and had stolen a car, Red had him committed to a long sentence at a reform school to get Butch away from his father, whom he considered bad news. Red obviously hoped the reform school would help set Butch on the straight and narrow, and he feels guilty about the fact it did the opposite.
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* BackStory: When Butch was younger and had stolen a car, Red had him committed to a long sentence at a reform school juvenile farm to get Butch away from his father, whom he considered bad news. Red obviously hoped the reform school juvenile farm would help set Butch on the straight and narrow, and he feels guilty about the fact it did the opposite.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sally has her moments.
-->'''Tom''': (''Red's deputy'') That oughta put his pecker in a sling, huh Red? (''notices Sally'') Sorry.\\
'''Sally''': [[SarcasmMode Dick humor. Unique]].
-->'''Tom''': (''Red's deputy'') That oughta put his pecker in a sling, huh Red? (''notices Sally'') Sorry.\\
'''Sally''': [[SarcasmMode Dick humor. Unique]].
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: Discussed - Sally brings up the fact Butch got sent to a tough juvenile farm just for stealing a car when he was a teen, and Tom responds, "That's where the sonofabitch ''learned'' to be a criminal."
* InsistentTerminology: According to Butch, he and Phillip aren't in a car - they're in a time machine.
** Also, when Sally tells Red she's there to assist him in dealing with the penal escape situation (involving Butch and Terry), Red responds, "This is not a 'penal escape situation.' This happens to be a manhunt."
** Also, when Sally tells Red she's there to assist him in dealing with the penal escape situation (involving Butch and Terry), Red responds, "This is not a 'penal escape situation.' This happens to be a manhunt."
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Butch gets so angry at Mack hitting his grandson that he yells at Phillip when he's trying to get him to do something.
** Sally calls Red a "hillbilly [[Literature/SherlockHolmes]]".
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-->'''Sally''': (''looking at a map'') Shouldn't these be roadblocked as well?\\
'''Tom''' Well, in a perfect world, Miss Gerber, we'd all lock arms and thrash the bushes until he turned up.\\
'''Sally''': Well, in a perfect world, things like this wouldn't happen in the first place, right?
* VomitDiscretionShot: Sally gets sick after she sees the dead body of the prison deputy Butch and/or Terry killed dumped in the trunk of the car, though we only see her backside.
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In Texas, on Halloween of 1963, Butch Haynes and Terry Pugh escape from prison. They end up in the house of Gladys Perry, a deeply religious housewife, and in order to escape safely, they take Gladys' nine year old son Phillip as a hostage. However, Butch, who had a deeply troubled childhood, ends up killing Terry when Terry seems intent on killing Phillip. Butch gets the idea of taking Phillip to Alaska, and on their road trip, the two begin to bond somewhat. Meanwhile, Red Garnett, a Texas Ranger, is in pursuit of Butch, along with Sally Gerber, a criminologist, and FBI Agent Bobby Lee, and it turns out Red and Butch have a history.
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In Texas, on Halloween of 1963, Butch Haynes and Terry Pugh escape from prison. They end up in the house of Gladys Perry, a deeply religious housewife, and in order to escape safely, they take Gladys' nine year old son Phillip as a hostage. However, Butch, who had a deeply troubled childhood, ends up killing Terry when Terry seems intent on killing Phillip. Butch gets the idea of taking Phillip to Alaska, and on their road trip, the two begin to bond somewhat. Meanwhile, Red Garnett, a Texas Ranger, is in pursuit of Butch, along with Sally Gerber, a criminologist, criminologist who works in the governor's office, and FBI Agent Bobby Lee, an FBI agent, and it turns out Red and Butch have a history.
** It also shows in the fact Butch hits Terry when he threatens Phillip, and later kills him when he's chasing after Phillip.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Butch drives down the road in the exact opposite direction Red and his group are going (see SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome below), though it is {{JustifiedTrope justified]] in this case as they're both in the same area of the state, and they were bound to run into each other at some point.
* InsultBackfire: After Butch gives Phillip the gun and tells him to shoot Terry if he moves:
-->'''Terry''': [[YoureInsane You're a]] [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[YoureInsane crazy man]].\\
'''Butch''': And that's a fact. I believe you're getting the hang of this.
* InterruptedIntimacy: Butch is having sex with Eileen, the diner waitress, when Eileen spots Phillip looking at them.
-->'''Eileen''': Nosy little feller, ain't he?
-->'''Terry''': [[YoureInsane You're a]] [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[YoureInsane crazy man]].\\
'''Butch''': And that's a fact. I believe you're getting the hang of this.
* InterruptedIntimacy: Butch is having sex with Eileen, the diner waitress, when Eileen spots Phillip looking at them.
-->'''Eileen''': Nosy little feller, ain't he?
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Between Red and Sally. Red initially has no use for Sally's insights, and she considers him old-fashioned. However, as they pursue Butch, they learn to listen to each other and work together.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Between Red and Sally. Red initially has no use for Sally's insights, and she considers him old-fashioned. However, as they pursue Butch, they learn to listen to each other and work together.together.
* ThreatBackfire:
-->'''Terry''': (''to Butch, as he's driving him and Phillip'') This goddam ear's still bleeding. You ever try that shit again-\\
'''Butch''': What?\\
'''Terry''': What?\\
'''Butch''': You were in the middle of threatening me.\\
'''Terry''': Ain't a threat - it's a fact.\\
'''Butch''': (''after getting Phillip to take the wheel'') In two seconds, I'm gonna break your nose. That's a threat. (''he punches Terry in the nose'') And that's a fact.\\
'''Terry''': I'm gonna kill you for that.\\
'''Butch''': And that's a threat. Begin to understand the difference?
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-->'''Terry''': (''to Butch, as he's driving him and Phillip'') This goddam ear's still bleeding. You ever try that shit again-\\
'''Butch''': What?\\
'''Terry''': What?\\
'''Butch''': You were in the middle of threatening me.\\
'''Terry''': Ain't a threat - it's a fact.\\
'''Butch''': (''after getting Phillip to take the wheel'') In two seconds, I'm gonna break your nose. That's a threat. (''he punches Terry in the nose'') And that's a fact.\\
'''Terry''': I'm gonna kill you for that.\\
'''Butch''': And that's a threat. Begin to understand the difference?
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* AbusiveParents: Butch's mother was a prostitute, while his father, a criminal, was absent much of the time, and his mother's boyfriends didn't treat him well. This is part of why Red wanted Butch to be sentenced to reform school (see BackStory below), and why abusing children is a BerserkButton for Butch.
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-->''...as a complex series of events unfolds, we discover the real subject of the movie: Treat kids right, and you won't have to put them in jail later on. The crucial violence, from which later violence springs, is when a child is treated cruelly.''
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-->''...[[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-perfect-world-1993 as a complex series of events unfolds, we discover the real subject of the movie: Treat kids right, and you won't have to put them in jail later on. The crucial violence, from which later violence springs, is when a child is treated cruelly.'']]''
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* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: [[spoiler:Agent Bobby Lee shoots Butch when it looks like he's going to pull out a gun and shoot. Turns out Butch was just pulling out a card he was going to give to Phillip before he went back to his mother.]]
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* StockholmSyndrome: Phillip ends up bonding with Butch because Butch lets him have fun the way his mother doesn't let him, and treats him better than his absent father does. [[spoiler:That's until it looks like Butch is going to kill Mack and his family...]].
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* ShoutOut: Phillip steals a [[WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost Casper]] mask at one point, and wears it through much of the movie.
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* LikeAFatherToMe: Butch attempts to be like this towards Phillip, allowing him to ride on the top of a car they've stolen, allowing him to trick-or-treat even after Halloween is over (his mother won't allow the celebration of Halloween as it's against her religion), and trying to generally teach him to have fun, all while looking out for him.
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* LikeAFatherToMe: LikeASonToMe: Butch attempts seems to be see Phillip like this towards Phillip, this, allowing him to ride on the top of a car they've stolen, allowing him to trick-or-treat even after Halloween is over (his mother won't allow the celebration of Halloween as it's against her religion), and trying to generally teach him to have fun, all while looking out for him.
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''A Perfect World'' is a 1993 drama directed by Creator/ClintEastwood, written John Lee Hancock, and starring Eastwood, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/LauraDern, Creator/KeithSzarabajka, T.J. Lowther, and Creator/BradleyWhitford.
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''A Perfect World'' is a 1993 drama directed by Creator/ClintEastwood, written by John Lee Hancock, and starring Eastwood, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/LauraDern, Creator/KeithSzarabajka, T.J. Lowther, and Creator/BradleyWhitford.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Phillip, which is one of the reasons why Butch won't harm him at all, even when he takes him hostage, and [[spoiler:even after Phillip shoots him to stop him from killing Mack and his family]].
* ColdSniper: Agent Bobby Lee, [[spoiler:who ends up shooting Butch from far away]], and is completely cold and ruthless about it.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Though Phillip is reunited with his mother finally at the end, he has to deal with the trauma not only of shooting Butch - to save Mack and his family - but also see Butch shot again in front of his eyes. Plus, Red and Sally were both hoping to get Butch to give up peacefully, and are devastated and angry when Agent Lee shoots him]].
* ColdSniper: Agent Bobby Lee, [[spoiler:who ends up shooting Butch from far away]], and is completely cold and ruthless about it.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Though Phillip is reunited with his mother finally at the end, he has to deal with the trauma not only of shooting Butch - to save Mack and his family - but also see Butch shot again in front of his eyes. Plus, Red and Sally were both hoping to get Butch to give up peacefully, and are devastated and angry when Agent Lee shoots him]].
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Though he's never named, the Governor of Texas whom we see is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Connally John Connally]]. Also, the movie takes place in the course of a few weeks before the fateful visit by UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.
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* HiddenDepths: Butch. According to Sally, he was tested while in jail, and his IQ is very high.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Though he's never named, the Governor of Texas whom we see is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Connally John Connally]]. Also, the movie takes place in the course of a few weeks before the fateful visit byUsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, which gets mentioned a few times.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Though he's never named, the Governor of Texas whom we see is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Connally John Connally]]. Also, the movie takes place in the course of a few weeks before the fateful visit by
* IronicEpisodeTitle: The title ''A Perfect World'' is meant to reflect what people imagine, and believe, life was like in America before UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy was assassinated, as it takes place in the weeks before Kennedy's visit to Texas. As the movie shows, things were far from perfect back then, and many of the problems of today existed back then as well.
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'''Red''': (''voice breaking'') I don't know nothing. Not one damn thing.
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'''Red''': (''voice breaking'') I don't know nothing. Not one damn thing.thing.
* LikeAFatherToMe: Butch attempts to be like this towards Phillip, allowing him to ride on the top of a car they've stolen, allowing him to trick-or-treat even after Halloween is over (his mother won't allow the celebration of Halloween as it's against her religion), and trying to generally teach him to have fun, all while looking out for him.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Red, his deputies, Sally, and Agent Bobby Lee are pursuing Butch and Phillip in a high class trailer being pulled by a car. When Butch drives in the opposite direction, and Sally spots Phillip in the back, the car with the trailer gives chase. The man in charge of the trailer warns the deputy driving the car not to go over a certain speed limit or the trailer won't stay attached. Sure enough, when the deputy drives the car at a fast speed to catch up to Butch, the trailer becomes detached from the car, throwing everyone in it around the trailer (which also means things inside fall to the floor), and it ends up going into the fields.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Between Red and Sally. Red initially has no use for Sally's insights, and she considers him old-fashioned. However, as they pursue Butch, they learn to listen to each other and work together.
* LikeAFatherToMe: Butch attempts to be like this towards Phillip, allowing him to ride on the top of a car they've stolen, allowing him to trick-or-treat even after Halloween is over (his mother won't allow the celebration of Halloween as it's against her religion), and trying to generally teach him to have fun, all while looking out for him.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Red, his deputies, Sally, and Agent Bobby Lee are pursuing Butch and Phillip in a high class trailer being pulled by a car. When Butch drives in the opposite direction, and Sally spots Phillip in the back, the car with the trailer gives chase. The man in charge of the trailer warns the deputy driving the car not to go over a certain speed limit or the trailer won't stay attached. Sure enough, when the deputy drives the car at a fast speed to catch up to Butch, the trailer becomes detached from the car, throwing everyone in it around the trailer (which also means things inside fall to the floor), and it ends up going into the fields.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Between Red and Sally. Red initially has no use for Sally's insights, and she considers him old-fashioned. However, as they pursue Butch, they learn to listen to each other and work together.
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''A Perfect World'' is a 1993 drama directed by Creator/ClintEastwood, written by Creator/JohnLeeHancock, and starring Eastwood, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/LauraDern, Creator/KeithSzarabajka, T.J. Lowther, and Creator/BradleyWhitford.
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''A Perfect World'' is a 1993 drama directed by Creator/ClintEastwood, written by Creator/JohnLeeHancock, John Lee Hancock, and starring Eastwood, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/LauraDern, Creator/KeithSzarabajka, T.J. Lowther, and Creator/BradleyWhitford.
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While the movie received good reviews (Series/SiskelAndEbert both praised it, and ''Cahiers du Cinema'' named it the best film released in 1993), it did only lukewarm box office in the United States (though it did much better worldwide, making $135.1 million overall). However, in later years, it's become seen as one of Eastwood's most underrated movies as director.
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* BackStory: When Butch was younger and had stolen a car, Red had him committed to a long sentence at a reform school to get Butch away from his father, whom he considered bad news. Red obviously hoped the reform school would help set Butch on the straight and narrow, and he feels guilty about the fact it did the opposite.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: When Mack finds out Butch is an escaped criminal, and he sees his grandson Cleveland playing with Phillip, Mack gets so afraid and upset when Cleveland won't come to him right away after being called that he hits Cleveland and yells at him. Unfortunately for Mack, this pushes Butch's BerserkButton.
* BackStory: When Butch was younger and had stolen a car, Red had him committed to a long sentence at a reform school to get Butch away from his father, whom he considered bad news. Red obviously hoped the reform school would help set Butch on the straight and narrow, and he feels guilty about the fact it did theopposite.opposite.
* BerserkButton: Do '''not''' yell at, or hit, or threaten, a child in front of Butch. Just don't. This shows in the different ways Butch treats Bob, a father whose family Butch and Phillip hitch a ride with, and Mack. When Bob's children spill soda in their car, Bob tells them not to worry even as his wife gets upset, and he calms his wife down. Butch ends up stealing their car, but he acts AffablyEvil towards Bob and his family. When Mack hits his grandson, on the other hand, and yells at him (for understandable reasons, to be sure - see AngerBornOfWorry above), Butch gets so angry he might have killed Mack [[spoiler:if Phillip hadn't stolen Butch's gun and shot him with it]].
* GroinAttack: After Agent Bobby Lee [[spoiler:shoots Butch when he might have been giving himself up]], Sally gets so upset she knees him in the groin, right after Red punches him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Though he's never named, the Governor of Texas whom we see is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Connally John Connally]]. Also, the movie takes place in the course of a few weeks before the fateful visit by UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.
* HowWeGotHere: The movie opens with Butch lying in the grass, as we hear a helicopter engine and see money flying around. The rest of the movie shows what led up to that moment.
* ItsAllMyFault: Red feels this way when [[spoiler:Butch is mortally wounded at the end by Agent Bobby Lee just as Red thought he had convinced Butch to give himself up]]:
-->'''Sally''': [[YouDidEverythingYouCould You know you did everything you could]].\\
'''Red''': ('' voice breaking'') I don't know nothing. Not one damn thing.
* BackStory: When Butch was younger and had stolen a car, Red had him committed to a long sentence at a reform school to get Butch away from his father, whom he considered bad news. Red obviously hoped the reform school would help set Butch on the straight and narrow, and he feels guilty about the fact it did the
* BerserkButton: Do '''not''' yell at, or hit, or threaten, a child in front of Butch. Just don't. This shows in the different ways Butch treats Bob, a father whose family Butch and Phillip hitch a ride with, and Mack. When Bob's children spill soda in their car, Bob tells them not to worry even as his wife gets upset, and he calms his wife down. Butch ends up stealing their car, but he acts AffablyEvil towards Bob and his family. When Mack hits his grandson, on the other hand, and yells at him (for understandable reasons, to be sure - see AngerBornOfWorry above), Butch gets so angry he might have killed Mack [[spoiler:if Phillip hadn't stolen Butch's gun and shot him with it]].
* GroinAttack: After Agent Bobby Lee [[spoiler:shoots Butch when he might have been giving himself up]], Sally gets so upset she knees him in the groin, right after Red punches him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Though he's never named, the Governor of Texas whom we see is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Connally John Connally]]. Also, the movie takes place in the course of a few weeks before the fateful visit by UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.
* HowWeGotHere: The movie opens with Butch lying in the grass, as we hear a helicopter engine and see money flying around. The rest of the movie shows what led up to that moment.
* ItsAllMyFault: Red feels this way when [[spoiler:Butch is mortally wounded at the end by Agent Bobby Lee just as Red thought he had convinced Butch to give himself up]]:
-->'''Sally''': [[YouDidEverythingYouCould You know you did everything you could]].\\
'''Red''': ('' voice breaking'') I don't know nothing. Not one damn thing.
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''A Perfect World'' is a 1993 drama directed by Creator/ClintEastwood, written by Creator/JohnLeeHancock, and starring Eastwood, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/LauraDern, Creator/KeithSzarabajka, T.J. Lowther, and Creator/BradleyWhitford.
In Texas, on Halloween of 1963, Butch Haynes and Terry Pugh escape from prison. They end up in the house of Gladys Perry, a deeply religious housewife, and in order to escape safely, they take Gladys' nine year old son Phillip as a hostage. However, Butch, who had a deeply troubled childhood, ends up killing Terry when Terry seems intent on killing Phillip. Butch gets the idea of taking Phillip to Alaska, and on their road trip, the two begin to bond somewhat. Meanwhile, Red Garnett, a Texas Ranger, is in pursuit of Butch, along with Sally Gerber, a criminologist, and FBI Agent Bobby Lee, and it turns out Red and Butch have a history.
!!This film contains examples of:
* AnAesop: As Creator/RogerEbert put it in his rave review of the movie:
-->''...as a complex series of events unfolds, we discover the real subject of the movie: Treat kids right, and you won't have to put them in jail later on. The crucial violence, from which later violence springs, is when a child is treated cruelly.''
* BackStory: When Butch was younger and had stolen a car, Red had him committed to a long sentence at a reform school to get Butch away from his father, whom he considered bad news. Red obviously hoped the reform school would help set Butch on the straight and narrow, and he feels guilty about the fact it did the opposite.
In Texas, on Halloween of 1963, Butch Haynes and Terry Pugh escape from prison. They end up in the house of Gladys Perry, a deeply religious housewife, and in order to escape safely, they take Gladys' nine year old son Phillip as a hostage. However, Butch, who had a deeply troubled childhood, ends up killing Terry when Terry seems intent on killing Phillip. Butch gets the idea of taking Phillip to Alaska, and on their road trip, the two begin to bond somewhat. Meanwhile, Red Garnett, a Texas Ranger, is in pursuit of Butch, along with Sally Gerber, a criminologist, and FBI Agent Bobby Lee, and it turns out Red and Butch have a history.
!!This film contains examples of:
* AnAesop: As Creator/RogerEbert put it in his rave review of the movie:
-->''...as a complex series of events unfolds, we discover the real subject of the movie: Treat kids right, and you won't have to put them in jail later on. The crucial violence, from which later violence springs, is when a child is treated cruelly.''
* BackStory: When Butch was younger and had stolen a car, Red had him committed to a long sentence at a reform school to get Butch away from his father, whom he considered bad news. Red obviously hoped the reform school would help set Butch on the straight and narrow, and he feels guilty about the fact it did the opposite.
