Carl Franklin

One False Move

One False Move

A small-town police chief (Bill Paxton) concealing an explosive secret. A pair of ruthless drug dealers (cowriter Billy Bob Thornton and Michael Beach) who leave a bloody trail in their wake as they make their way from Los Angeles to Arkansas. And an enigmatic woman (Cynda Williams) caught in the middle. The way these desperate lives converge becomes a masterclass in slow-burn tension thanks to the nuanced direction of Carl Franklin, whose haunting film travels a crooked road across America’s most fraught divisions—urban and rural, Black and white—while imbuing noir conventions with a wrenching emotional depth.

Film Info

  • United States
  • 1992
  • 105 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.85:1
  • English
  • Spine #1187

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Carl Franklin, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Audio commentary from 1999 featuring Franklin
  • New conversation between Franklin and cowriter-actor Billy Bob Thornton
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by author William Boyle

    New cover by Vlad Rodriguez

Purchase Options

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Carl Franklin, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Audio commentary from 1999 featuring Franklin
  • New conversation between Franklin and cowriter-actor Billy Bob Thornton
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by author William Boyle

    New cover by Vlad Rodriguez
One False Move
Cast
Bill Paxton
Dale “Hurricane” Dixon
Cynda Williams
Fantasia/Lila
Billy Bob Thornton
Ray Malcolm
Michael Beach
Pluto
Jim Metzler
Dud Cole
Earl Billings
McFeely
Natalie Canerday
Cheryl Ann
Credits
Director
Carl Franklin
Produced by
Jesse Beaton
Produced by
Ben Myron
Written by
Billy Bob Thornton
Written by
Tom Epperson
Executive producer
Paul Colichman
Executive producer
Miles A. Copeland III
Executive producer
Harold Welb
Cinematographer
James L. Carter
Edited by
Carole Kravetz
Production design
Gary T. New
Costume designer
Ron Leamon
Casting by
Don Pemrick
Line producer
Tony To
Music by
Peter Haycock
Music by
Derek Holt
Orchestral underscore by
Terry Plumeri

Current

One False Move: “Lock Things Up”
One False Move: “Lock Things Up”

A master class in dramatic tension and pacing, Carl Franklin’s neonoir masterpiece explores the desperate energy and desperate deeds that fuel real crime.

By William Boyle