Lone Star Page #16

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
172 Views


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''I only got my little girl now,'' he says.

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''She's my lifeline.''

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Then he says I can't sit in the box anymore

if I don't control myself.

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Son of a b*tch!

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He doesn't even watch the games,

just sits there drinking.

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Looks up at the TV now and then.

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I'd be better off in the cheap seats

with some real football people.

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You look good, Bunny.

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It was nice to see you.

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Thanks.

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I like it when you say that, Sam.

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''Dearest Buddy.''

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Hey, it's the general.

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Colonel. Is Otis in?

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-Come on in.

-If it's too late--

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Come on in.

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Otis is sitting up with some people

at the club. I don't think he'll be long.

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His hot sauce recipe

won a contest last year.

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They're selling it as far away...

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...as San Antonio.

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You've been in this house for a while?

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I've been here with him eight years.

He built it when he was with Leora.

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Never met her.

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There's a bunch of them you never met.

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Well, me neither.

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Let me show you around.

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He got into this cowboys-and-Indians stuff

a while back.

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Spent half his time poking...

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...around the library, way up to Austin.

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Kind of like a shrine, isn't it?

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Where did he get all this stuff?

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Your mother's got a brother, Alphonse.

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Uncle Al.

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Otis stood on good terms with him.

Whenever you make the news...

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...he sends it on.

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When they made you general...

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...Otis almost drove away

our customers going on about it.

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I'm a colonel.

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I know.

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The man made me memorize

the whole Army chain of command...

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...before he'd marry me.

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My mother said that

he never asked about me.

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He never asked her.

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Tell him I stopped by?

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Thanks.

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Catch you later...

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...Colonel.

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iSeora Cruz./i

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Who is it?

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What are you doing out here?

Are you crazy?

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In English. We're in the United States.

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I have some friends

and they have had an accident.

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-You have somebody else out there?

-We was...

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...by the river and I heard my friend

calling for help...

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...and I look...

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...and she has fallen in the water.

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Don't tell me lies. What happened?

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We was crossing the river.

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What are you doing out there?

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Wait. Who are they?

Why bring them here?

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I need help, iseora/i.

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I'll call Border Patrol.

They'll get her to the hospital.

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You think you're doing

these people a favor?

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What are they going to do?

They get on welfare...

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...or they become criminals.

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This girl is a friend of yours?

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I thought you were married.

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I am married to the cousin of a friend

but only to live here.

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This is the mother of my child.

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Typical.

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Homework?

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I finished that.

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I'm just messing around.

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Tanks, huh?

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Yeah, well....

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If you've got to be in the Army,

better to have something slick to drive.

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So....

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You're going in the Army?

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That's the general plan, isn't it?

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That's up to you.

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The Army isn't for everybody.

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It's not that I think

you wouldn't be good at it.

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You know....

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I wouldn't be disappointed if you decided

to do something else with your life.

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You wouldn't?

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No.

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How's your room shaping up?

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It's fine. I'm pretty much moved in.

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Good.

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Are we ever going to see your father?

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My father?

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He lives here, right?

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Yes, he does.

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Maybe we'll....

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We'll fix that thing out back and have...

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...a barbecue.

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We could invite him and...

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...and his wife over.

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He makes his own sauce.

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iLet's go! Hurry up!/i

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Everybody in the world will see.

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He was a doctor on the other side.

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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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