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Synopsis: John Sayles' murder-mystery explores interpersonal and interracial tensions in Rio County, Texas. Sam Deeds is the local sheriff who is called to investigate a 40-year-old skeleton found in the desert....As Sam delves deeper into the town's dark secrets, he begins to learn more about his father, the legendary former sheriff Buddy Deeds, who replaced the corrupt Charlie Wade. While Sam puzzles out the long-past events surrounding the mystery corpse, he also longs to rekindle a romance with his old high-school flame. Sayles' complex characters are brought together as the tightly woven plot finally draws to its dramatic close.
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Director(s): John Sayles
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 15 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
R
Year:
1996
135 min
127 Views


Well, the two of us...

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...were the only deputies back then.

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Me and Buddy, in what, '58?

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'57, I think.

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The sheriff at the time

was big Charlie Wade.

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Charlie...

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...was one of your old-fashioned

bribe-or-bullets kind of sheriffs.

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He took a healthy bite out of whatever

moved through this country.

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It was in here one night...

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...back when Jimmy Herrera run the place.

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iStarted over a basket of tortillas./i

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This beaner fare doesn't agree with me

but the price sure is right.

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Jimmy got a kitchen full of wetbacks,

most of them relatives.

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Those people breed like chickens.

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So?

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I roust some imuchacho/i on the street

with no papers, all he's got to say is:

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iI work for Jimmy Herrera./i

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Sort of a...

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...I-scratch-his-back-he-washes-mine

arrangement, if you know what I mean.

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This'll be one of your pickups.

First of the month, like the rent.

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Get the car, Hollis.

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I'm not doing it.

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Come again?

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It's your deal.

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There's going to be some left over for you.

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I take care of my boys.

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That's not the point, Charlie.

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You feeling bad about Jimmy?

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Ask him how big a imordida/i they took

when he run a place on the other side.

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Those old boys from Ciudad Len--

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I'm not picking it up.

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You do whatever I say you do

or else you put it on the trail, son.

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How about this, Charlie?

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How about you lay that shield

on this table and vanish...

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...before you end up dead...

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...or in jail?

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You're not making sense, Buddy.

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John Sayles

John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Passion Fish (1992) and Lone Star (1996). His film Men with Guns (1997) has been nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. His directorial debut, Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), has been added to the National Film Registry. more…

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