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Lone Star

Year:

1996

Duration:

135 min

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

John Sayles

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 17 wins & 13 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1996-06-21

Filming Locations: Del Rio, Texas, USA

Earnings

Budget: $5,000,000

Gross: $13,269,963 (USA) (12 January 1997)

Cast

Actor

Character

Eleese Lester

Chandra Wilson

Beatrice Winde

Stephen Mendillo

Cliff

Stephen J. Lang

Mikey

Chris Cooper

Sam

Elizabeth Peña

Pilar

Oni Faida Lampley

Celie

Joe Stevens

Deputy Travis

Gonzalo Castillo

Amado

Richard Coca

Enrique

Clifton James

Hollis

Tony Frank

Fenton

Miriam Colon

Mercedes Cruz

Kris Kristofferson

Charlie Wade

Jeff Monahan

Young Hollis

Matthew McConaughey

Buddy Deeds

Joe Morton

Del

LaTanya Richardson

Priscilla Worth

Eddie Robinson

Chet

Ron Canada

Otis

Damon Guy

Shadow

Dee Macaluso

Anglo Mother

Luis Cobo

Mexican-American Father

Marco Perella

Anglo Father

Don Phillips Jr.

Principal (as Don Phillips)

Mary Jane R. Hernandez

Mexican-American Mother

Jesse Borrego

Danny

Carina Martinez

Paloma

Tony Plana

Ray

Richard Andrew Jones

Ben Wetzel (as Richard A. Jones)

Gabriel Casseus

Young Otis

Randy Stripling

Roderick

Richard Reyes

Jorge

Olga Luna

Waitress

Juan Vega III

Cook

Lizzie Curry Martinez

Girl

Leo Burmester

Cody

Carmen De Lavallade

Carolyn (as Carmen de Lavallade)

Vanessa Martinez

Young Pilar

Tay Strathairn

Young Sam

Sam Vlahos

Pete

Maricela Gonzalez

Anselma

Tony Amendola

Chucho Montoya

Gilbert R. Cuellar Jr.

Eladio

James Borrego

Young Chucho

Gordon Tootoosis

Wesley Birdsong

Lisa Suarez

Marisol

Jesus Ramirez

Driver (as Jesús Ramirez)

Frances McDormand

Bunny

John Griesemer

Football Announcer (voice)

Eduardo Martínez

Jaime (as Eduardo Martinez)

Azalea Mendez

Young Mercedes

Murray Mead

Man at breakfest table (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The movie playing at the drive-in that young Sam and young Pilar attend is Black Mama White Mama (1973), an in-joke reference to Pilar's mixed parentage.

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Joe Morton plays Ron Canada's son, despite being over 18 months older than him.

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The hands seen laying out the bones in this movie belong to David Glassman, a forensic anthropologist at Southwest Texas State University.

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Goofs

Sheriff Charlie Wade is armed with a Colt 'New Frontier' revolver, first introduced in 1961 by Colt as an updated version of the old Colt 'Peacemaker'. The events in the film take place in 1957 and 1958.

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After Charlie has shot the Mexican on the bridge and bends over his body, the Mexican slightly moves.

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When Col. Payne enters Big O's bar, the birds (Eagles denoting full colonel rank) on his shoulders are upside down.

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Quotes

Sheriff Sam Deeds: You oughta put up a banner: "Frontera, Texas: gateway to inexpensive pussy."

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Mayor Hollis Pogue: Hey, look at all this will ya? Tackle, boat... All just to catch a little ol' fish minding his own business down at the bottom of the lake. Hardly seems worth the effort, does it, Sam?

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Coworker: Your mother's family is Spanish? Pilar Cruz: Sure, they go back to Cortez. When he rode by, they were squatting in a hut cooking hamsters for dinner.

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