Lone Star Page #8

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


670

00:
43:35,440 -- 00:43:36,555

I never said that.

671

00:
43:36,640 -- 00:43:39,359

You made it pretty damn clear.

You thought he was nobody.

672

00:
43:40,280 -- 00:43:42,236

I thought you could do better.

673

00:
43:42,400 -- 00:43:43,833

What? What?

674

00:
43:45,120 -- 00:43:48,510

Become a nun? You didn't even want me

to go out with anglos.

675

00:
43:48,600 -- 00:43:51,034

I never said that. Just that boy.

676

00:
43:52,160 -- 00:43:53,434

''That boy.''

677

00:
43:54,640 -- 00:43:56,790

Say his name, for Christ's sake.

678

00:
43:59,840 -- 00:44:02,149

You people are stealing from me.

679

00:
44:09,080 -- 00:44:10,195

iIs she your mother?/i

680

00:
44:12,800 -- 00:44:13,755

iI'm sorry./i

681

00:
44:14,480 -- 00:44:17,040

Now, I'm as liberal as the next guy.

682

00:
44:17,360 -- 00:44:19,476

If the next guy is a redneck.

683

00:
44:20,280 -- 00:44:21,679

But I got to say...

684

00:
44:22,240 -- 00:44:25,391

...I think there's something

to this cold-climate business.

685

00:
44:25,760 -- 00:44:28,149

I mean, you go to the beach...

686

00:
44:28,600 -- 00:44:29,919

...what do you do?

687

00:
44:31,000 -- 00:44:34,709

Drink a few beers, wait for that fish

to flop up on the sand.

688

00:
44:35,040 -- 00:44:37,838

You can't build no civilization that way.

689

00:
44:38,800 -- 00:44:40,995

But you got a cold winter coming on...

690

00:
44:41,280 -- 00:44:42,838

...you got to plan ahead.

691

00:
44:42,920 -- 00:44:45,434

That gives your old cerebral cortex

a workout.

692

00:
44:45,520 -- 00:44:47,829

Good thing you were born down here then.

693

00:
44:49,440 -- 00:44:52,750

You joke about it, Sam,

but we are in a state of crisis.

694

00:
44:53,240 -- 00:44:55,993

The lines of demarcation are getting fuzzy.

695

00:
44:56,200 -- 00:45:00,034

To run a successful civilization, you've got

to have your lines of demarcation...

696

00:
45:00,120 -- 00:45:03,192

...between right and wrong,

this one and that one.

697

00:
45:03,880 -- 00:45:05,279

Your daddy understood that.

698

00:
45:05,360 -- 00:45:07,271

He was.... What do you call it?

699

00:
45:08,040 -- 00:45:11,237

The referee in this damn imenudo/i

we got down here.

700

00:
45:11,680 -- 00:45:16,470

He understood how most folks don't want

their salt and sugar in the same jar.

701

00:
45:17,720 -- 00:45:18,709

If you mixed drinks...

702

00:
45:18,800 -- 00:45:20,552

...as bad as you mix metaphors...

703

00:
45:20,640 -- 00:45:22,312

...you'd be out of a job.

704

00:
45:22,640 -- 00:45:25,393

You're the last white sheriff

this town will see.

705

00:
45:25,600 -- 00:45:29,559

Hollis retires next year.

Jorge Guerra will take over.

706

00:
45:30,000 -- 00:45:31,991

This is it, right here, Sam.

707

00:
45:32,440 -- 00:45:37,150

This bar is the last stand.

iSe habla/i American, goddamn it!

708

00:
45:38,400 -- 00:45:40,868

And even in here, it's sliding away.

709

00:
45:42,520 -- 00:45:44,829

Take that pair over there in the corner.

710

00:
45:46,720 -- 00:45:49,393

A place like this, 20 years ago...

711

00:
45:50,400 -- 00:45:53,790

...Buddy'd been on them.

He'd have went over there...

712

00:
45:53,880 -- 00:45:55,632

...and given them a warning.

713

00:
45:55,800 -- 00:45:59,634

Not that he had it in for the colored,

but just as a kind of a safety tip.

714

00:
46:01,640 -- 00:46:03,278

Yeah, bet he would.

715

00:
46:04,440 -- 00:46:06,032

The day that man died...

716

00:
46:07,400 -- 00:46:09,709

...they broke the goddamn mold.

717

00:
46:16,240 -- 00:46:18,196

-Seriously.

-Seriously?

718

00:
46:18,520 -- 00:46:20,351

I think we should get married.

719

00:
46:21,600 -- 00:46:23,192

We've been through this before.

720

00:
46:23,280 -- 00:46:24,633

We should just do it.

721

00:
46:24,720 -- 00:46:28,269

And if I get transferred to another post?

Germany or Korea?

722

00:
46:28,680 -- 00:46:30,159

I'd ask for a transfer too.

723

00:
46:30,240 -- 00:46:32,151

Which they'd most likely turn down.

724

00:
46:32,240 -- 00:46:34,470

I'd quit the Army for you, if it came to that.

725

00:
46:35,960 -- 00:46:37,712

You know, you are something.

726

00:
46:38,040 -- 00:46:41,749

Man's going to retire in two years

and he offers to quit.

727

00:
46:41,960 -- 00:46:43,518

Big goddamn deal.

728

00:
46:44,200 -- 00:46:45,269

Excuse me.

729

00:
46:45,600 -- 00:46:46,555

Sheriff.

730

00:
46:47,240 -- 00:46:48,753

This is Sergeant....

731

00:
46:49,080 -- 00:46:50,957

This is Priscilla Worth.

732

00:
46:51,240 -- 00:46:54,038

Sheriff Deeds was with us

on our archeological find.

733

00:
46:54,200 -- 00:46:56,111

They're building a shopping mall there?

734

00:
46:56,880 -- 00:47:00,156

If certain people have their way,

it's gonna be a new jail.

735

00:
47:00,840 -- 00:47:03,752

They're closing down military

and putting up jails...

736

00:
47:03,840 -- 00:47:05,239

...like 7-1 1 stores.

737

00:
47:07,120 -- 00:47:11,033

Do either of you have any idea

when they stopped using that site...

738

00:
47:11,120 -- 00:47:12,553

...as a rifle range?

739

00:
47:13,200 -- 00:47:15,270

Fort McKenzie stopped training infantry...

740

00:
47:15,360 -- 00:47:18,875

...there in the late '50s. It was just

a playground for the jackrabbits...

741

00:
47:19,120 -- 00:47:21,634

...till they gave it to the county last year.

742

00:
47:22,240 -- 00:47:23,878

You know who it was they dug up?

743

00:
47:24,240 -- 00:47:25,753

Not for sure yet.

744

00:
47:27,080 -- 00:47:28,991

But I kind of wish they hadn't.

745

00:
47:36,080 -- 00:47:39,516

In English, Enrique.

This is the United States.

746

00:
47:39,840 -- 00:47:41,353

We speak English.

747

00:
47:41,960 -- 00:47:43,951

Is very beautiful, your car.

748

00:
47:44,440 -- 00:47:47,398

-Good night, Enrique.

-iBuenas noches, seora./i

749

00:
48:22,000 -- 00:48:23,069

Carolyn....

750

00:
48:24,120 -- 00:48:25,348

Knock that off.

751

00:
48:37,800 -- 00:48:39,199

Black Seminoles?

752

00:
48:40,720 -- 00:48:42,119

Hobby of mine.

753

00:
48:42,840 -- 00:48:44,193

A few artifacts...

754

00:
48:44,640 -- 00:48:47,712

...couple of pieces one of your men

out on the base made.

755

00:
48:48,400 -- 00:48:49,719

Admission's free.

756

00:
48:55,360 -- 00:48:56,998

This is where he was shot?

757

00:
48:58,640 -- 00:49:00,119

He fell right by the door.

758

00:
49:00,200 -- 00:49:01,679

You get much of that here?

759

00:
49:03,400 -- 00:49:04,594

It's a bar.

760

00:
49:05,560 -- 00:49:07,312

Folks come together...

761

00:
49:07,920 -- 00:49:10,753

...drink, fall in love, fall out of love...

762

00:
49:11,000 -- 00:49:12,672

...hear their grudges out.

763

00:
49:13,080 -- 00:49:14,991

Deal drugs in the bathroom.

764

00:
49:15,840 -- 00:49:17,831

If I thought it would do any good...

765

00:
49:17,920 -- 00:49:20,354

...I'd put up a sign telling them not to...

766

00:
49:20,680 -- 00:49:24,116

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

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…

All John Sayles scripts | John Sayles Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Lone Star" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/lone_star_12766>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    Who portrayed Ivan Drago in the classic action drama Rocky IV?
    A Ralf Möeller
    B Steven Seagal
    C Dolph Lundgren
    D Thor Christensen