Butch appeals to the boy's desire to play by telling Philip that the car is a time machine and they are driving into the future. Butch and Philip continue on as running buddies, drinking RC Cola and getting to know each other. Red says that he is in charge and takes responsibility but agrees to listen to her concerns. Sally explains that she is not a moron, she just wants to do her job. Red informs her that a strong back side and a sense of humor are the only prerequisites to serving on his team. Red and Sally argue about her spot on the team. Sally tells Red they need an auxiliary roadblock because the prisoners will split up. As the truck and trailer head down the road Red's manhunt team learns about the sighting of the escapees. As Butch and Philip get back to the car, the store owner emerges from the store with a rifle but Butch tells him to go lie on the floor of the store until they leave. Butch locates Philip first in the corn field and Philip returns the gun to Butch. Terry searches for Philip even as Butch sees his traveling companions are missing. When Terry grabs Philip, Philip bites his hand and runs to hide in a corn field across the road, maintaining possession of the gun. Terry starts to play with Philip and try to get the gun away, and resorts to intimidating Philip physically and verbally by casting aspersions on Philips manhood ("Kind a puny, ain't it?"). ![]() They stop at a store for provisions and Butch asks Philip to train the gun on Terry to hold him in check while Butch shops. Terry looks for his cousin's name in a phone book while keeping an eye on Butch and threatening him. ![]() Meanwhile, the escapees and their young hostage are trying to find somewhere to hide out. While loading up the new trailer prior to starting the manhunt, FBI agent Bobby Lee (Bradley Whitford) is added to the team and Sally is almost left behind. The rig has lots of bells and whistles and looks suspiciously like a Campaign Headquarters on Wheels with its decorative bunting. The Governor also loans Red's team a shiny new truck and trailer to track the escapees. Sally Gerber (Laura Dern), criminologist from Huntsville hired by the Governor to assist Red in matters concerning parole and escapes, introduces herself to Red as one of the team, a fact that does not sit well with Red. At the state office of the Texas Rangers, Red Barnett (Clint Eastwood) speaks with the Governor by phone. Butch and Terry take the boy, Philip, as a hostage and leave, still in the guard's car. A neighbor tries to save the family but Buzz asks him to drop the rifle because he might hit the boy and the neighbor agrees, a pattern of negotiation and violence avoidance that continues throughout the movie. Then Butch says to point it at him and say "stick em up," a make-believe playful act, but deadly serious, which he does. Butch asks Philip to pick up the "Pistola" and give it to him. Young Philip, who has wandered in, gets on Terry's nerves so he slaps the boy, an action that further infuriates Butch and precipitates a struggle between the two. Terry breaks into the kitchen holding a gun and terrorizes her, grabbing her around the neck for a smooch. Terry is sidetracked by Gladys making breakfast. Once they reach town they commandeer Larry's car and search for a new escape car. Butch and Terry get past the guard at the gate in Larry's car with Larry at the wheel. ![]() And Terry agrees with that plan as their hatred for each other coalesces. Once Butch and Terry break through the vents, and it is clear that an escape is underway, Butch tells Terry that they will separate when they get free and reach the state line because he doesn't like Terry. Meanwhile, Larry Billings, a prison guard, returns to the prison to get some paperwork to do at home even as the two prisoners in their cells (Butch and Terry) consult with an elderly inmate regarding where the vents go. Just then the doorbell rings and some children outside yell "trick or treat." Gladys answers the door and explains they don't participate in the holiday because they are Jehovah's Witness. The mother, Gladys Perry (Jennifer Griffin), explains that their religious beliefs put them on a higher plane where such activities are forbidden. In a small town somewhere in Texas, the town kids are trick or treating except for one family sitting at the kitchen table talking about Halloween. The rest of the movie answers the questions posed by that enigmatic opening image. Both the man and the mask have a faint smile on their faces. The movie opens with the final scene, Butch lying in a field with a Casper the Friendly Ghost mask lying beside him in the grass, a helicopter hovering, and money blowing in the breeze. "A Perfect World," ostensibly about the escape of convicts Butch Haynes (Kevin Costner) and Terry Pugh (Keith Szarabajka) from a Huntsville prison, quickly focusses on their hostage-taking of an 8-year old boy, Philip Perry (T.
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