Lone Star is a 1996 American neo-Western mystery film written, edited, and directed by John Sayles. Set in a small town in South Texas, the film deals with a sheriff's investigation into the murder of
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Chris Cooper plays Sam Deeds, who doggedly investigates the events leading up to Charlie Wade's murder despite being warned by prominent local figures not to poke into events from thirty years before.
Elizabeth Peña plays Pilar Cruz, the widowed school teacher who as a Tejano girl had a relationship with Sam Deeds that was strongly opposed by both Buddy and Pilar's mother Mercedes.
Kris Kristofferson plays Charlie Wade, the infamously corrupt sheriff who preceded Buddy Deeds and who mysteriously disappeared in 1957, along with $10,000 in county funds.
Kristoffer Kristofferson was an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He was a pioneering figure in the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, moving away from the polished Nashville sound and towa
Lone Star (1996 film)
…Set in a small town in South Texas, the film deals with a sheriff's (played by Chris Cooper) investigation into the murder of one of his predecessors (Kris Kristofferson) decades earlier. The cast also stars Joe Morton, Elizabeth Peña, Clifton James, Ron Canada, Frances McDormand and Matthew McConaughey. The film premiered…
Kristofferson with Rita Coolidge at the 1972 Dripping Springs Reunion
Kristofferson at the 2006 South by Southwest Festival
Kristofferson speaking at the 2014 PEN New England Song Lyrics Award ceremony held in Boston's John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum