Lone Star (1996 film)

Lone Star is a 1996 American mystery film written and directed by John Sayles and set in a small town in Texas. The ensemble cast features Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey and Elizabeth Pea and deals with a sheriffs investigation into the murder of one of his predecessors. The movie was filmed in Del Rio, Eagle Pass and Laredo, Texas.

Sam is particularly disapproving of efforts by Mayor Hollis Pogue Clifton James, Buddys chief deputy and best friend, and business leader Mercedes Cruz Mriam Coln, to rename the local courthouse in Buddys honor. As a teenager, Sam had been in love with Mercedes daughter Pilar Elizabeth Pea, but the courtship was opposed by both of their parents. After a chance meeting at the courthouse dedication ceremony, Sam and the nowwidowed Pilar slowly resume their courtship.Colonel Delmore Payne Joe Morton has recently arrived in town as the new base commander of the local U.S. Army base. Delmore is the son of Otis Big O Payne Ron Canada, a local nightclub owner and leading figure in the areas AfricanAmerican community. The two are estranged because of Otis serial infidelity and abandonment of Delmores mother when Delmore was a child. One day, some of Delmores men discover a human skeleton on an old shooting range along with a Masonic ring, a Rio County sheriffs badge, and a bullet not used by the military. Sam brings in Texas Ranger Ben Wetzel to help with the case. Wetzel tells Sam that the forensics identify the skeleton as that of Charlie Wade Kris Kristofferson, the notoriously brutal and corrupt sheriff who preceded Buddy. Sam and Wetzel recall the famous story known throughout the border region of how one night in 1957 Charlie Wade mysteriously disappeared with 10,000 84,300 today in county funds and Buddy took over as sheriff shortly thereafter. ........

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