Release Date

01 Jan, 1991

Runtime

01:33: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Freedom has its price.

In 1902, 13-year-old Horace toils on a run-down plantation in rural Texas to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll, the crusty old Confederate who owns the plantation and depends on convict labor to keep his farm running, takes a liking to Horace. However, Soll is aging and sinking into senility, making the possibility of Horace ever getting his pay increasingly unlikely. On Christmas Eve, as Soll becomes obsessed with his own mortality, he makes a grand promise... forcing Horace to confront his fear of death and the harsh truths of a decadent society.

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Actors

Robert Duvall

Lukas Haas

James Earl Jones

Starletta DuPois

Carlin Glynn

Calvin Levels

Gary Swanson

Crew

Horton Foote

Eric Chambers

Peter Masterson

Jill Savitt

Dan Bishop

Toyomichi Kurita

Peter Rodgers Melnick

Jonathan D. Krane

Sterling Van Wagenen

David Jensen