Lone Star
Following the struggles of a young courageous and intelligent police officer named Sam Deeds, who has been called to investigate on the mission of investigating in the skull that is found in the desert, the thing that brings terrible for him, as he reveals many secrets related to that skull that belongs to his family.
29 May 1920, Spokane, Washington, USA
9 December 1943, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
21 October 1949, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
18 May 1949, Houston, Texas, USA
19 June 1979, Chicago, Illinois, USA
20 August 1936, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1 August 1962, San Antonio, Texas, USA
25 September 1953, Dallas, Texas, USA
28 April 1972, New York City, New York, USA
3 May 1949, New York City, New York, USA
1 February 1944, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
23 September 1959, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
15 April 1959, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
19 April 1952, Havana, Cuba
23 June 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 April 1978
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.
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 11, 2008
The latest chapter in Sayles' ongoing great American novel.
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.
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.
January 01, 2000
John Sayles' "Lone Star" contains so many riches, it humbles ordinary movies.
March 26, 2009
A richly textured and thoroughly engrossing drama that ranks with indie filmmaker John Sayles' finest work.
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
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
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.
March 22, 2013
[A] complex and rewarding new Texas murder mystery.
