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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780780622685
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0780622685
Label: Turner Home Ent
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Release Date: October 05, 1999
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 22782
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: January 18, 1998
Editorial Review:
Description:
Two escapees from an 1830s penal colony try to make it to a friendchr(39)s encampment.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - One for the Lone Star State.
This film stars Kris Kristofferson and Scott Bairstow as two fugitives from Louisiana. They go on the run after killing one of the two sadistic bosses (who also happen to be brothers) of the prison camp. The other boss begins a Captain Ahab-type of pursuit after the two escapees. Kristofferson's character knows about the war for independence occuring in Texas and figures the best chance they have of escape is to join Sam Houston's army. Along the way, an Indian slave joins the duo and Barstow's character ... Read More
Rating: - Flavorful Account of Birth of Texas!
The Turner cable-TV movie, 'Two for Texas' will undoubtedly be compared with 'James Michener's Texas', another made-for-TV production that covers much the same ground. But while 'Michener's Texas' suffers from attempting to tell too much, becoming bogged down in melodramatic elements, 'Two for Texas' is a lean, rugged adventure that uses famous characters (Sam Houston, Jim Bowie) in support of the story, instead of as its focus, making this a FAR more enjoyable film!
The story begins with a chain ... Read More
Rating: - Flavorful Account of Birth of Texas!
The Turner cable-TV movie, 'Two for Texas' will undoubtedly be compared with 'James Michener's Texas', another made-for-TV production that covers much the same ground. But while 'Michener's Texas' suffers from attempting to tell too much, becoming bogged down in melodramatic elements, 'Two for Texas' is a lean, rugged adventure that uses famous characters (Sam Houston, Jim Bowie) in support of the story, instead of as its focus, making this a FAR more enjoyable film!
The story begins with a chain ... Read More
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