| The Newton Boys | |
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| Directed by | Richard Linklater |
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| Based on | The Newton Boys by Claude Stanush |
| Produced by | Anne Walker-McBay |
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| Cinematography | Peter James |
| Edited by | Sandra Adair |
| Music by | Edward D. Barnes |
Production company | Detour Filmproduction |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $27 million |
| Box office | $10,452,012 |
The Newton Boys is a 1998 American Western crime film directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Claude Stanush and Clark Lee Walker. It is based on Stanush's 1994 book of the same name, which tells the true story of the Newton Gang, a family of bank and train robbers from Uvalde, Texas. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, who was actually born in Uvalde, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dwight Yoakam.
It was filmed throughout Texas including the towns of Bertram, Austin, Bartlett, New Braunfels, and San Antonio.