Lone Star Page #14

Synopsis: John Sayles' murder-mystery explores interpersonal and interracial tensions in Rio County, Texas. Sam Deeds is the local sheriff who is called to investigate a 40-year-old skeleton found in the desert....As Sam delves deeper into the town's dark secrets, he begins to learn more about his father, the legendary former sheriff Buddy Deeds, who replaced the corrupt Charlie Wade. While Sam puzzles out the long-past events surrounding the mystery corpse, he also longs to rekindle a romance with his old high-school flame. Sayles' complex characters are brought together as the tightly woven plot finally draws to its dramatic close.
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Director(s): John Sayles
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 15 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
R
Year:
1996
135 min
183 Views


1264

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17, 18 years...

1265

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...but didn't get to know him

any better than that.

1266

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I got to go see somebody

up in San Antonio.

1267

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Now, your memory gets any better...

1268

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...I'll be back tonight.

1269

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She finally got up.

1270

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33:10,040 -- 01:33:11,393

It's Saturday.

1271

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You got in late last night.

1272

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I had some...

1273

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...some school business.

1274

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Could I get this?

1275

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Paloma.

1276

01:
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Nobody really wears that stuff.

1277

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Just 'cause you went to Catholic school

and wore a uniform.

1278

01:
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I only went for my last two years.

1279

01:
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How come?

1280

01:
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My mother wanted

to keep me away from...

1281

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...from boys.

1282

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Did it work?

1283

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Longhorns go for 10 times the price.

1284

01:
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But longhorns are hard

to come by these days.

1285

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33:56,720 -- 01:33:58,119

Sell much out here?

1286

01:
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How am I going to sell things?

Nobody comes around.

1287

01:
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This stretch of road...

1288

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34:03,600 -- 01:34:05,795

...runs between Nowhere and...

1289

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...Not Much Else.

1290

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A hell of a spot to put a business.

1291

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Don't see much competition, do you?

1292

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Used to sell these things like hotcakes.

1293

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Now...

1294

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...if it can't play those disks,

they won't look at it.

1295

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I like it here.

1296

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Once I tried going

onto the reservation to live.

1297

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Couldn't take the politics.

1298

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Damn Indians will drive you crazy

with that.

1299

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Now, your father,

this wasn't what he had in mind.

1300

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He come out of Korea...

1301

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...bought a Chevy with too much engine.

1302

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Used to come roaring up and down

this road all hours of the day and night...

1303

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...looking for somebody to race.

1304

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Here.

1305

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Buffalo chips.

1306

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A fella down in Santa Fe told me...

1307

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...he sells these as fast

as a buffalo can squeeze them out.

1308

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You think he killed anybody in Korea?

1309

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They don't hand those medals out

for hiding in your foxhole.

1310

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Would you buy this?

1311

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No.

1312

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Yeah, neither would I.

1313

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If he hadn't found the deputy's job...

1314

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...I believe Buddy might've gone down

the other path, got into serious trouble.

1315

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It settled him right down.

1316

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That and your mother.

1317

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Of course, he had that other one later.

1318

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He had another woman?

1319

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Your mother was not one

to be chased off her patch.

1320

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Half the damn county knew about it.

1321

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Nobody thought the worse of her

for seeing it through.

1322

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You know who it was?

1323

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The other one?

1324

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At my age...

1325

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...you learn a new name...

1326

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...you got to forget an old one.

1327

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Here.

1328

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This big fella was sleeping

in a crate at Cisco's junkyard.

1329

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When I was going to open

to see what was in her...

1330

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...jumped right at my face.

1331

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Scared me so bad I had to kill him

without thinking.

1332

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Be careful where you go poking.

Who knows what you'll find.

1333

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Private Johnson...

1334

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...are you unhappy...

1335

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...in the Army?

1336

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No, sir.

1337

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Then how would you explain...

1338

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...that out of 120 people...

1339

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...you were the only one...

1340

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...who tested positive for drugs?

1341

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I'm sorry, sir.

1342

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When you were given

the opportunity to enlist...

1343

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...a kind of contract was agreed upon.

1344

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I think the Army has honored its part...

1345

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...of that agreement.

1346

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Yes, sir.

1347

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Do you believe in

what we do in here, Private?

1348

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I can do the job, sir.

1349

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What exactly do you think your job is?

1350

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Follow orders, do whatever they say.

1351

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Who's ''they''?

1352

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The officers.

1353

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And that's the job?

1354

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Nothing about serving your country?

1355

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These are not trick questions,

Private Johnson.

1356

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You'll get an Article 15...

1357

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...and we'll go through the process

one way or another.

1358

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I'm just trying to understand...

1359

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...how someone like you thinks.

1360

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You really want to know?

1361

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Please.

1362

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It's their country. This is one

of the best deals they offer.

1363

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How do you think I got to be a colonel?

1364

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Being good at your job.

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John Sayles

John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Passion Fish (1992) and Lone Star (1996). His film Men with Guns (1997) has been nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. His directorial debut, Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), has been added to the National Film Registry. more…

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