

Lone Star
John Sayles invites you to return to the scene of the crime.
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5M
- Box office
- $13.3M
- Language
- English
- sheriff
- texas
- family secrets
- neo-western
- dark secret
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR21 Jun 1996
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1511 Oct 1996
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM20 Feb 1997
CanadaCA
- Theatrical18A21 Jun 1996
BoliviaBO
- Theatrical27 Feb 1997
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1411 Apr 1997
ChileCL
- Theatrical13 Mar 1997
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical14 Feb 1997
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+9 Jan 1997
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical7 Feb 1997
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1218 Jul 1997
FranceFR
- PremiereTPCannes Film Festival10 May 1996
- TheatricalTP18 Sept 1996
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Lone Star was released on 21 June 1996.
Audience reviews
2- F7/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
3/21/2023
**Texas yesterday and today: a film where the past serves to weave considerations for the present.** For us, the Portuguese, who see the USA from the outside, it is difficult to comprehend the internal differences between the US states. For us, USA is a country of continental dimensions, which conveys a united and uniform image. And this image could not be more misleading: the US remains a union of fifty small min…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
8/17/2024
There are quite a few household names in the starting line up here, but most barely feature as we are introduced to sheriff "Sam" (Chris Cooper). He's the son of the recently deceased sheriff "Buddy" (Matthew McConaughey) and the appreciative townsfolk are about to unveil a monument to this upstanding citizen who was married to a "saint"! Told by way of contemporaneous conversation and flashbacks, the story unravels …
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