CLINT EASTWOOD, IN THE LINE OF FIRE, 1993 Stock Photo Alamy

A Perfect World is a 1993 American crime thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood. It stars Kevin Costner as an escaped convict who takes a young boy (T. J. Lowther) hostage and attempts to escape on the road with the child. Eastwood co-stars as a Texas Ranger in pursuit of the convict. Though the film was not a box-office success in North America and grossed only $31 million for its November.. Eastwood, whose previous film ostensibly ended the Western and represented a capstone to a legendary career, continued to work steadily for 30 years, miraculously releasing a film, Juror #2, at 93.

A fugitive and the boy he's kidnapped form an unlikely bond while fleeing across the West as a relentless Texas Ranger and his crew hunt them down.. In 1993, Clint Eastwood was coming off his greatest success, directing and starring in the brilliant Western Unforgiven. This was looked at as the final great Western movie, and Eastwood was moving into other areas in his directing career. Meanwhile, Kevin Costner was three years removed from his Western Dances With Wolves.