The Newton Boys

Name: The Newton Boys
Director: Richard Linklater
Released: 1998
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich, Vincent D'Onofrio, Gail Cronauer

1998 · 122 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 12,799 VOTES · DIR. Richard Linklater

Overview

The four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. One day, the oldest of them, Willis, realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become bank robbers. Soon the family agrees. They become very famous robbers and execute the greatest train robbery in American history five years later.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,521 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:21 Whoa. I'll get this ear, and you get on.

00:06:35 GLASSCOCK: Where you know him from? SLIM: We were in the pen together.

00:12:34 If we got expenses for Slim, there's not more than a few thousand.

00:16:59 - You like that, boy? Like that? - Well, yeah.

00:21:21 If somebody comes, I don't think I can pull this trigger.

00:25:47 No, sorry. You might want to try the depot.

00:29:56 At least till I get myself killed.

00:34:04 DOCK: You done yet?

00:39:29 Willis, I don't know.

00:45:03 - My brother, the war hero. - Hell, yeah.

00:51:06 I don't think I do.

00:55:56 [EXPLOSION, GLASS SHATTERING]

01:01:27 Jesus!

01:06:09 MAN: The big outfits been using them high-dollar rotary rigs.

01:09:42 Since when have you been gun-shy about traveling, Jess?

01:14:22 Last week, it was 63 bags insured for 3 million.

01:19:35 That big son of a bitch must have run off.

01:24:24 Damn it. You just hang in there.

01:30:45 ...if I don't get some answers.

01:36:07 WILLIS: I know.

01:41:06 Get out of here.

01:45:27 Order in the court.

01:53:01 No, we didn't rob all the banks in Texas.

03:00:04 but we robbed plenty in other states...

Cast & Characters

Matthew McConaughey Willis Newton Ethan Hawke Jess Newton Skeet Ulrich Joe Newton Vincent D'Onofrio Dock Newton Gail Cronauer Ma Newton Jena Karam Orphan Singer Casey McAuliffe Orphan Singer Regina Mae Matthews Orphan Fiddler Lew Temple Waiter Dwight Yoakam Brentwood Glasscock

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,521

Dialogue density12.5 lines / min

First line00:02:21

Final line03:00:04

Production Record

DirectorRichard Linklater

LanguageEnglish

Budget$27,000,000

Revenue$76,000,000

IMDb votes12,799