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The Good Old Boys is a american film of genre Adventure directed by Tommy Lee Jones with Tommy Lee Jones
The Good Old Boys (1995)
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Add to a movie listThe Good Old Boys is a 1995 American western adventure TV movie that was the directorial debut of Tommy Lee Jones. Jones also starred and co-wrote the teleplay, which is based on the book of the same name by Elmer Kelton.
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An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintaining a family.Actors
Tommy Lee Jones
(Hewey Calloway)
Sissy Spacek
(Spring Renfro)
Terry Kinney
(Walter Calloway)
Frances McDormand
(Eve Calloway)
Sam Shepard
(Tarnell)
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The story focuses on the Magrath sisters—Lenny, Meg, and Babe—who reunite at the family home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi after Babe shoots her abusive husband. The three were raised by Old Granddaddy after their mother hanged herself and the family cat and have been eccentric ever since. Lenny is a wallflower who bemoans her shriveled ovary. Egocentric Meg is a singer whose Hollywood career ended abruptly when she suffered a nervous breakdown. Unruly and impulsive Babe shocks her sisters with stories about her affair with a teenaged black boy. Past resentments bubble to the surface as the women are forced to deal with assorted relatives and previous relationships while coping with the latest incident that has disrupted their dysfunctional lives.
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Genres Drama, Crime
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