Lone star

Blu-ray 1996

A keen observer of America's social fabric, writer-director John Sayles uncovers the haunted past buried beneath a small Texas border town in this sprawling neo-western mystery. When a skeleton is discovered in the desert, lawman Sam Deeds, son of a legendary local sheriff, begins an investigation that will have profound implications both for him personally and for all of Rio County, a place still reckoning with its history of racial violence. Sa...

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Murder Investigation Drama

Murder Texas Drama

Political corruption Drama

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Crime films Detective and mystery films Feature films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 1202 Criterion collection ; 1202 [Blu-ray]

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ISBN:

9798886070996

Edition:

Director-approved Blu-ray special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (135 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
wide screen
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray video
region A

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A
MPAA Rating: R

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1996
Special features: New conversation between director John Sayles and filmmaker Gregory Nava; New interview with director of photography Stuart Dryburgh; Trailer; An essay by scholar Domino Renee Perez
Title from container
Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; edited by John Sayles ; original music by Mason Daring
Jesse Borrego, Ron Canada, Gabriel Casseus, Richard Coca, Miriam Colon, Chris Cooper, Carmen de Lavallade, Clifton James, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey, Frances McDormand, Stephen Mendillo, Joe Morton, Elizabeth Peña, Tony Plana, LaTanya Richardson, Gordon Tootoosis, Beatrice Winde
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback ; will not play on standard DVD players) ; anamorphic wide screen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
For private home use only
Audio track in English, Spanish, with optional subtitles in English, captions in English

Control Number:

3411901

UPC:

715515291415

Other Authors:

Borrego, Jesse, 1962- actor
Canada, Ron, actor
Casseus, Gabriel, actor
Castle Rock Entertainment (Firm), presenter
Coca, Richard, actor
Colon, Miriam, actor
Cooper, Chris, 1951- actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- actor
James, Clifton, 1920-2017, actor
Kristofferson, Kris, actor
McConaughey, Matthew, 1969- actor
McDormand, Frances, actor
Mendillo, Stephen, 1942- actor
Miller, R. Paul (Film producer), film producer
Morton, Joe, 1947- actor
Peña, Elizabeth, 1959-2014, actor
Plana, Tony, 1952- actor
Renzi, Maggie, film producer
Richardson, LaTanya, 1949- actor
Rio Dulce, Inc., production company
Sayles, John, 1950- film director, screenwriter
Tootoosis, Gordon, actor
Winde, Beatrice, actor

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