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Release Date
• USA: Jun 21, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 14, 2004
Budget $5,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated R for brief language, sex and violence.
Running Time
2 hours, 15 minutes
Country USA
Studio Castle Rock Entertainment, Rio Dulce Incorporated, Sony Pictures Classics
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Other Titles
• Lone Star (1996)
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama, Murder, Police, Military, School / Campus, Society, Investigation
Tagline: John Sayles invites you to return to the scene of the crime.
Plot: Sheriff Buddy Deeds (Matthew McConaughey) is a legend in the Texas border town of Frontera, the archetypical hero who supposedly saved the town from corruption. The discovery of a 40-year-old murder, however, threatens to tarnish Deeds's reputation and upset a fragile community riven between whites, Latinos, and blacks. LONE STAR follows the murder investigation through the lives of several characters, including the Latina schoolteacher, Pilar (Elizabeth Peña); the African American colonel, Delmore (Joe Morton); and Deeds's estranged son, Sam (Chris Cooper), who is the town's current sheriff. At times recalling the structure of CITIZEN KANE, LONE STAR presents many different views on the morally ambiguous character of Buddy Deeds. However, the film is primarily about how Frontera's residents deal with the complex, often violent history they have inherited and the borders they must cross to live in peace. As with his earlier film, CITY OF HOPE, director John Sayles juggles complex race and class issues with ease and shows that the political is often the personal.
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| Directed by |
John Sayles
Limbo, The Secret of Roan Inish, Sunshine State |
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| Written by |
John Sayles
The Howling, Piranha, The Clan of the Cave Bear |
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| Cast |
Chris Cooper
American Beauty, The Patriot, The Bourne Identity |
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 | Richard Coca
Minority Report, The Mexican, The Truth About Cats & Dogs |
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 | Joe Morton
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Speed, What Lies Beneath |
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| Music By |
Mason Daring
The Opposite of Sex, Where the Heart Is, Eight Men Out |
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