In the Texas border town of Frontera, Sheriff Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) digs up the past when he finds an old skull in the desert. Coming with it is many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
25 September 1953, Dallas, Texas, USA
6 March 1931, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 June 1936, Brownsville, Texas, USA
5 December 1947, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
19 June 1979, Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 July 1951, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
23 September 1959, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
18 October 1947, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
5 January 1924, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 May 1949, Houston, Texas, USA
25 October 1941, Poundmaker Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada
23 June 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 February 1944, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
2 April 1978
9 October 1942, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1 August 1962, San Antonio, Texas, USA
24 August 1951, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
28 April 1972, New York City, New York, USA
4 November 1969, Uvalde, Texas, USA
September 27, 2012
One of several of writer-director John Sayles's masterpieces -alongside such unforgettable films as "City of Hope," "Matewan" and "The Secret of Roan Inish" - "Lone Star" is an absorbing neo-Western mystery told in a haunting magical realist tone.
February 09, 2006
Sayles' witty, vividly demotic dialogue knocks even Tarantino for six, the characterisations are uniformly colourful and credible, the soundtrack and the widescreen camerawork exemplary ...
January 01, 2000
Sayles' latest never bores during its 21/4-hour unreeling. But neither does it soar, despite finessing a complex flashback narrative set in 1957 and present-day.
March 22, 2013
[A] complex and rewarding new Texas murder mystery.
January 01, 2000
John Sayles' "Lone Star" contains so many riches, it humbles ordinary movies.
September 14, 2005
Well over two hours with not a single minute wasted.
April 03, 2005
John Sayles is in fine form here, thanks in no small part to an excellent cast.
January 24, 2007
Lone Star, one of Sayles best and most popular films, explores the historical strain between the Mexican and American communities in Texas. Though a bit didactic (too many sermons), it's well acted and visually more satisfying than his other films
March 11, 2008
The latest chapter in Sayles' ongoing great American novel.
December 28, 2004
It is the structure of the film, including the smooth-subtle pans, turning present to past and back to present, that really awe. (published 7-19-96)
March 26, 2009
A richly textured and thoroughly engrossing drama that ranks with indie filmmaker John Sayles' finest work.
January 01, 2000
The great, stirring epic "Lone Star" stands as a peak in the career of John Sayles, who already has such admirably serious films to his credit.
