Lone Star

Rio County. August heat. A rusted badge. Sam, the sheriff's son, stares down a skull in the desert. His daddy's ghost, old flames, and border grudges swirl up from the dust. Sayles works the sun-baked seams of Texas like nobody else.

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John Sayles directed Lone Star in 1996. See John Sayles's full filmography, where to start with John Sayles, or where to go after you've seen everything by John Sayles.

Lone Star was released in 1996 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 135 minutes.