The Highwaymen (film)

This article is about the 2019 film. For other uses, see Highwayman (disambiguation).
The Highwaymen
Official release poster
Directed byJohn Lee Hancock
Written byJohn Fusco
Produced byCasey Silver
Starring
CinematographyJohn Schwartzman
Edited byRobert Frazen
Music byThomas Newman[1]
Production
company
Casey Silver Productions
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • March 10, 2019 (2019-03-10) (SXSW)
  • March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15) (United States)
Running time
132 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$49 million[3]

The Highwaymen is a 2019 American period crime thriller film directed by John Lee Hancock and written by John Fusco. The film stars Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson as Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, two former Texas Rangers who attempt to track down and apprehend notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde in the 1930s. Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Kim Dickens, Thomas Mann and William Sadler also star.

The film had been in development hell for many years, with producer Casey Silver looking into the project as early as 2005. Originally pitched by Fusco as a possible Paul Newman and Robert Redford project, the film began development at Universal Pictures but never came to fruition. In February 2018, it was reported Netflix had picked up the rights to the film and that Costner and Harrelson would star. Filming took place later that month and in March, shooting around Louisiana and at several historical sites, including the road where Bonnie and Clyde were killed.[4][5]

The Highwaymen had a limited theatrical release in the United States on March 15, 2019, before being released digitally on March 29, 2019, on Netflix. It received mixed reviews from critics.

  1. ^ "Thomas Newman Scoring John Lee Hancock's 'The Highwaymen' | Film Music Reporter". Film Music Reporter. September 5, 2018. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "The Highwaymen". Netflix. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Filming was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "The Highwaymen Is a Pleasant Throwback of a Movie". The Atlantic. March 29, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019. Netflix's latest offering tells the story of Bonnie and Clyde from the perspective of the lawmen—played by Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson—who pursued and killed them.
  5. ^ Sperlin, Nicole (March 15, 2019). "How The Highwaymen Sets the Record Straight on Bonnie and Clyde". Vanity Fair. Retrieved April 7, 2019.