TWO FOR TEXAS

An adventure yarn in the tradition of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Defiant Ones and classic Hollywood Westerns like The Alamo and Rio Grande is coming to Turner Network Television (TNT) as TWO FOR TEXAS. Kris Kristofferson and Scott Bairstow star with Tom Skerritt, Peter Coyote and Irene Bedard in the two-hour period drama directed by Rod Hardy (Buffalo Girls, Robinson Crusoe). Based on the novel by James Lee Burke, TWO FOR TEXAS was written by Larry Brothers (An Innocent Man, Eight Seconds). Lois Bonfiglio, whose credits include two earlier TNT Originals, Broken Trust and Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee, executive-produced the film for her company, Bleecker Street Films and Dennis Bishop (The Trip to Bountiful) served as producer.

TWO FOR TEXAS is the story of escapees from a Louisiana penal colony who join Sam Houston's Texas Volunteer Army to lose themselves in a crowd. But their perfect escape places them in the firing line of Santa Anna's troops when they avenge the attack on the Alamo. The call to greatness and how common men answer it is the heart of this Western epic.

Texas-born Kris Kristofferson's acting credits include the features Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, with Ellen Burstyn; A Star is Born, with Barbra Streisand; Semi-Tough, with Burt Reynolds; and director John Sayles's Lone Star. His telefilm credits include the controversial miniseries Amerika and TNT's Miracle in the Wilderness. Scott Bairstow, who starred with Jonathan Taylor Thomas in the summer release Wild America, is next up with Kevin Costner in The Postman. He also starred in White Fang II: Myth of the White Wolf and as Newt Call in Lonesome Dove: The Series.

Tom Skerritt, who co-starred with Jodie Foster in this summer's Contact, is best known for the long-running series Picket Fences. Among Peter Coyote's many starring roles are memorable performances in the miniseries Buffalo Girls and Unforgettable. Irene Bedard's credits include TNT's Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee and Disney's Pocahontas.

Sunday, January 18, 1998, at 8 p.m. (ET)

Sunday, January 18, at 10 p.m. (ET)
Sunday, January 18, at midnight (ET)
Wednesday, January 21, at 8 p.m. (ET)
Saturday, January 24, at 5 p.m. (ET)
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