One False Move [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Carl Franklin Carl Franklin

Overview

Carl Franklin made his directorial bow with the story of three LA drug dealers who, after committing a rather messy murder, hide out in a rural Arkansas town. Assuming that the local "rubes" will offer them little interference, the criminals have not reckoned with sheriff "Hurricane" Dixon (Bill Paxton). Despite the arrogance of the LAPD agents sent to Arkansas to collar the crooks, it is down-home Dixon who puts the final bloody showdown into motion (the fact that the thieves have been falling out throughout the film doesn't hurt things either). Carl Franklin knows where he's going in every frenetic frame of One False Move, and his movie was one of the most acclaimed independent releases of 1991.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/25/2023
UPC:	0715515285810
Original Release:	1991
Rating:	R
Source:	Criterion Collection
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	7,857

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bill Paxton	Dale Dixon
Cynda Williams	Fantasia
Billy Bob Thornton	Ray Malcolm
Michael Beach	Pluto
Jim Metzler	Dud Cole
Earl Billings	McFeely
Natalie Canerday	Cherylann
J.D. Bridges	Bobby Post,Actor
Robert Ginnaven	Charlie
Donald Pemrick	Actor
Kevin Hunter	Ronnie
John Mahon	Chief Jenkins
Max Segar	Assistant Chief
Layne Beamer	Texas State Trooper
Jesse Dabson	Beaver
Rocky Giordani	Billy "The Face"
Jeff Bailey	Harlan Childress
Jackie Stewart	Truck Driver
Steven Reich	Car Salesman
Peter Haycock	Composer
Derek Holt	Composer
Terry Plumeri	Musician

Technical Credits

Carl Franklin

Billy Bob Thornton

Tom Epperson

Carl Franklin	Director,Screenwriter
Jesse Beaton	Producer
Ben Myron	Producer
Paul Colichman	Executive Producer
Miles A. Copeland III	Executive Producer
Harold Welb	Executive Producer,Producer
Don Pemrick	Casting
Billy Bob Thornton	Screenwriter
Tom Epperson	Screenwriter
Tony To	Producer
Ken Segal	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

One False Move ranked near the top of some critics' best-films list for 1991 despite being off the radar screen for most audiences. A challenging psychological thriller disguised as a cops-and-robbers action movie, this original story was written by an unknown named Billy Bob Thornton before he became famous for Sling Blade. Director Carl Franklin displayed a knack for exquisite timing and nuanced character shadings in filming this unorthodox tale about a trio of violent drug dealers fleeing Los Angeles cops and heading for a peaceful Arkansas town where an anxious sheriff (Bill Paxton) has extra reasons to fear their arrival. Much of the film is an excruciating waiting game, and the climax is a revelation that sheds new light on all that has gone before. An introspective action movie sounds like a misnomer, but Franklin accomplished something similar, if slicker, a few years later with Devil with a Blue Dress, which was also commercially unsuccessful.

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