Lone Star (1996 film)

Lone Star is a 1996 film about a sheriff who, after the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town. Directed and written by John Sayles. John Sayles invites you to return to the scene of the crime. Sheriff Sam Deeds You oughta put up a banner: "Frontera, Texas: gateway to inexpensive pussy." No telling yet if there's been a crime, but this country's seen a fair amount of disagreements over the years. Pilar Cruz All my mother does is work. That's how you get to be Spanish. All that other stuff, all that history? To hell with it, right? Forget the Alamo. Otis Payne It's not like there's a line between the good people and the bad people. It is not like you're one or the other. Wesley Birdsong Hell, at my age, you learn a new name you gotta forget an old one. Dialogue Mickey: Think her family's gonna be okay that you're a white guy? Sgt. Cliff: They think any woman over 30 who isn't married is a lesbian. She figures, they'll be so relieved that I'm a man... Mickey: Yeah, it's always heartwarming to see a prejudice defeated by a deeper prejudice. Bartender: I'm as liberal as the next guy. Sheriff Sam Deeds: If the next guy is a redneck. Chucho Montoya: You're the sheriff of Rio County, right? Un jefe mui respectado. [drawing a line in the sand] Step across this line. You're not the sheriff of nothing anymore, just some tejano with a lot of questions I don't have to answer. A bird flying south, you think he sees this line? Rattlesnake? Javelina? Whatever you got. You think halfway across that line they start thinking different? Why should a man? Sheriff Sam Deeds: Your government's always been pretty happy to have that line, the question's just been where to draw it. Chucho Montoya: My government can go fuck itself, and so can yours! I'm talking about people here. Men. Sheriff Sam Deeds: Mrs. Bledsoe? Minnie Bledsoe: That's me. Sheriff Sam Deeds: I'm Sheriff Deeds. Minnie Bledsoe: Sheriff Deeds is dead, honey. You just Sheriff Junior. Sheriff Sam Deeds: Yeah, that's the story of my life. Coworker: Your mother's family is Spanish? Pilar Cruz: Sure, they go back to Cortés. When he rode by, they were squatting in a hut cooking hamsters for dinner. Cast Chris Cooper as Sheriff Sam Deeds Matthew McConaughey - Buddy Deeds Kris Kristofferson - Sheriff Charlie Wade Elizabeth Peña - Pilar Cruz Stephen Mendillo - Sgt. Cliff Joe Morton - Colonel Delmore Payne Ron Canada - Otis Payne Jesse Borrego - Danny Tony Plana - Ray Frances McDormand - Bunny Clifton James - Mayor Hollis Pogue Tony Frank - Fenton (final film role) Míriam Colón - Mercedes Cruz Voice cast Bill Farmer - Captain Thomas Tony Goldwyn - Captain Kevin External links IMDB_ID Lone Star 1074022-lone_star Lone Star Category:1996 films Category:1990s American films Category:Crime films Category:Drama films Category:Mystery films Category:Neo-noir Category:American western (genre) films Category:Incest in film Category:Films directed by John Sayles Category:Films set in Texas