***Opening Night | Film to be introduced by Director Carl Franklin ***
Carl Franklin's feature film debut is both a powerful crime drama and a gritty, unvanished rumination on race and class in the American South. The late Bill Paxton gives a riveting performance as Dale "Hurricane" Dixon, an Arkansas sheriff on a collision course with a rampaging trio of homicidal crooks (Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Beach and Cynda Williams) steamrolling toward his small town. Only Dixon knows the true identity of the female fugitive, with whom he shares a long-buried secret. Nasty, nuanced, and spectacularly suspenseful, One False Move is one of the greatest American neo-noir films.
Music Box Theatre screens films of all genres and from every era of cinema, both new releases and repertory. These films may sometimes contain upsetting, outdated, or offensive material. While we aim to introduce many of our screenings, we do not always provide warnings about potentially triggering content within the films we screen. We encourage our patrons to research the film before they attend using trailers, reviews, or content information found on Common Sense Media, IMDb and DoesTheDogDie.com.
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