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Director:
Writer (WGA):
John Sayles (written by)
Release Date:
21 June 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
John Sayles invites you to return to the scene of the crime.
Plot:
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 12 wins
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11 nominations
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The sins of the fathers come back to haunt
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Stephen Mendillo | ... | Cliff |
 | Stephen J. Lang | ... | Mikey |
 | Chris Cooper | ... | Sam |
| Elizabeth Peña | ... | Pilar |
| Oni Faida Lampley | ... | Celie |
 | Eleese Lester | ... | Molly |
| Joe Stevens | ... | Deputy Travis |
| Gonzalo Castillo | ... | Amado |
 | Richard Coca | ... | Enrique |
| Clifton James | ... | Hollis |
| Tony Frank | ... | Fenton |
| Miriam Colon | ... | Mercedes Cruz |
 | Kris Kristofferson | ... | Charlie Wade |
 | Jeff Monahan | ... | Young Hollis |
 | Matthew McConaughey | ... | Buddy Deeds |
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MPAA:
Rated R for brief language, sex and violence.
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Runtime:
135 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
France:U |
South Korea:15 |
USA:TV-MA |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-14 |
Germany:12 (w) |
Netherlands:16 |
Peru:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Canada:AA
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Trivia:
The hands seen laying out the bones in this movie belong to David Glassman, a forensic anthropologist at Southwest Texas State University.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): A woman mentions that a high school football player runs the 40-yard dash in 3.4 seconds. This is highly unlikely, as most of the records for the fastest 40-yard dash are around 4 seconds flat.
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Quotes:
Sheriff Charlie Wade:
You're bein' mighty careless with your mouth, son.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
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John Sayles' direction of this film reminded me of Hitchcock in that I was always aware of the director's style and I enjoyed it every bit as much as the acting and the story. Like "Godfather," this is a tale of families and how the sins of the fathers cast their shadows over the generations. To illustrate the connection, Sayles will slowly track his camera from a conversation in one part of a room to another part of the same room where characters who lived 25 years earlier are conversing. The years have passed, we realize, but all the characters, even the dead ones, are in this together. The technique may sound strange, but it works magically. And another thing: I've always thought Kris Kristofferson was a better singer than actor, and a better songwriter than singer. But in this film he turns in an outstanding performance as a very very bad Texas border town sheriff who disappeared years ago and whose bones have just turned up in the desert. At least we think those are his bones, and to solve the puzzle, the current sheriff, son of the man who became sheriff when Kris disappeared, must dig further than he wants into the town's secrets. And once again, knowing how the film ends makes subsequent viewings just as fascinating as the first.