Tag: Lone Star

Lone Star (1996) is an American mystery film written and directed by John Sayles and set in a small town in Texas. It features Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Kris Kristofferson and Matthew McConaughey and deals with a sheriff’s investigation into who murdered one of his predecessors.
In this ensemble piece, director Sayles tells the story of several residents set in the fictional small border town of Frontera, Texas.
In the film’s opening scene, two off-duty soldiers exploring the desert shooting range near their Army base find a partially buried human skull. When one jokes that it may have something to do with the party of the Spanish explorer Coronado who came through the area centuries ago, the other points out a Masonic ring lying next to the skull and asks if Coronado was in the Masons.
Sam Deeds, (Chris Cooper) the Sheriff of Rio County, is called to the scene and arranges for a forensic examination. It soon appears that the remains are those of Charlie Wade (Kris Kristofferson),…