TWO FOR TEXAS

Based on the James Lee Burke novel of the same name, TWO FOR TEXAS is the adventure saga of two misfit characters thrown together who find themselves caught up in a war based on a passion for freedom. Although TWO FOR TEXAS takes place around 1836, at the height of Texas' fight for independence from Mexico and the final bloody battle of San Jacinto, it is more than just another Western war epic. It digs deep to the core of human nature, of man finding out who he is and for what he stands.

TWO FOR TEXAS was adapted for the screen by writer Larry Brothers. Brothers, who knows James Lee Burke, read his book several years ago and truly liked it. He went to Burke to discuss making it a movie for TNT and with Burke's permission took it to executive producer Lois Bonfiglio, who also fell in love with the story. "I didn't know a lot about this particular period," Brothers says. "But the novel is so much more than a history lesson. It is really a personal story about Son and Hugh. Son is a guy who is so young that he really has no personal credo at that point, while Hugh has been all over and done everything on both sides of the law."

"We have a big backdrop in TWO FOR TEXAS with the Alamo and the battle of San Jacinto, but really the story is about two ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances," says director Rod Hardy. "My character, Hugh Allison, is a loner; he cares so little for the civilized world," says Kris Kristofferson. "What is really different and interesting about this movie is the relationship between Hugh and Scott Bairstow's character, Son Holland, and the education and change that they bring to each other." The film also reveals a sweet relationship between Bairstow's character and a Native American woman, Sana, played by Irene Bedard.

"Son and Sana come from two different worlds, but they are more similar than they are different," says Bairstow. "They both have had tough lives."