Lone Star
by John Sayles
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Actor: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pe?a, Oni Faida Lampley, Stephen J. Lang, Stephen MendilloDirector: John Sayles
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Stuart Dryburgh
Editor: John Sayles
Writer: John Sayles
Producer: Jan Foster
Producer: John Sloss
Producer: Maggie Renzi
Producer: R. Paul Miller
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 135 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-12-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Movie Reviews of Lone Star
Movie Review: Sayles' finest hour (or two)
Summary: 5 Stars
If I could have only ten DVDs on a desert island, this would make the cut. If you can only see one film by John Sayles, choose Lone Star. How come? Characterizations, acting, settings, cinematography, music, and above all, the writing. This film satisfies on every level, illustrating a complicated place (the U.S./ Mexican borderland) in contemporary American life in short, deft strokes. There is brutality, cynicism, and despair, along with history, hope, and even a little hilarity. All that plus, in a barroom scene, Lucinda Williams can be heard on the jukebox.
Summary of Lone Star
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found sheriff sam deeds unearths many other long buried secrets in his texas border town. Studio: Turner Hm Entertainm Release Date: 03/29/2005 Starring: Chris Cooper Matthew Mcconaughey Run time: 121 minutes Rating: R Director: John SaylesThis complex and rich film by John Sayles stars Chris Cooper as the contemporary sheriff of a Texas border town still under the sway of his late, legendary lawman father (Matthew McConaughey, seen in flashbacks). The discovery of a skeleton and crusted-over badge--buried some 40 years--initiates an investigation into an old crime no one wants to talk about but which will determine for Cooper's character, once and for all, various truths about his father's life. Sayles ingeniously sets this mystery against the backdrop of a developing, multicultural community losing its economic base while haggling over a history of racism. The overall effect is of a complicated American tragedy mitigated by the possibility of personal redemption. A terrific experience. --Tom Keogh
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