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	Lone Star Stephen J. Lang, Chris Cooper Turner Home Ent, 1999 average customer review:based on 79 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

It doesn't have a lot of action and the plots develop slowly, but, like In the Heat of the Night, there is not one throw-away scene.

I've never seen Kristofferson so evil...his work was real enough to be very, very scary. I liked Chris Cooper and Frances McDormand is a riot in her all-too-brief scene as Cooper's strung-out ex-wife.

I live in a small town in east Texas and I know people like the Sheriff, Big O, Buddy and the others.

The plot twist at the end might be a bit off-putting for some, but, to me, it just added to the quality of the writing, directing, acting and drama.

This is a movie to be savored. Do not expect action, car crashes or surrealistice special effects. It's a film about real people facing real issues and doing their best to right some very bad wrongs.

Enjoy!

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At least one person makes decent films

For a variety of reasons, I lost interest in films about a decade ago. When I tuned in about 10 minutes late on TV, I had missed the credits. But about half an hour in, one name jumped out _ John Sayles. I knew this was a Sayles film because no one else can entwine history, sociology and entertainment in one gulp.(Watch a 25-year-old film entitled, I believe, "Alligator,'' _ a horror movie that Sayles wrote for someone else and his talent jumps out even in a potboiler.)

Yes, Chris Cooper and the rest of the cast is marvelous. But put this cast and this plot in the hands of another writer and director and you get pap. Sayles is writing more than the history of one small Texas town. He's writing the history of this country _ its ethnic tensions, its corruption, its politics.

Thanks John. You've reintroduced me to the movies.

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Mega Star

Lone star is my favorite John Sayles film. Why? Interesting mystery plot with many flashbacks with interesting transitions between then and now. The yarn: a southwest border town, flash to the past, a mean sheriff, played delighfully by Kris K., then a good sheriff or is he really a good sheriff? Flash to the present a murder is discovered and a good sheriff investigates and the past starts to unravel. Colorful and multi-dimensional characters who discuss many dilemas which can only be dealt with and not solved. Different perspectives between Anglos, Latinos, and African Americans. Twisting plot with a twisted ending. Also great camera work and sound track with some of same songs sung by different singers. What I did not like about the DVD version is that there is no director's commentary. I have viewed both DVD versions of Sayle's Limbo and Secret of the Roan Inish because they have the director's commentary which gives you more perspective in the art of film making and the creativity and story telling of John Sayles. Though I still strongly recommend this great American film.

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Some Twists and Turns in the Desert

Almost anything said about the plot of this movie would ruin the experience for anyone who hasn't already seen it, but anyone who likes a great ride at the fair will love it. I mean, right out of the shute, imagine Kris Kristofferson as one seriously bad S.O.B. and then imagine that he pulls it off beautifully. Riding the razor edge of almost but just not quite overplaying it, he winds up being perfect. The rest of the cast is made up of (aside from Matthew McConaughey, who actually made this movie just prior to his breakout) good character actors, people you've seen in any number of movies but who's names just won't come to your lips. But, to be honest, the scene seques are the real treat of this movie, which, again, to explain would ruin the effect of. All in all, a really satisfying film and, for the real videophile, a must see and, no doubt, must have movie.

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