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Licensor Information
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Directed by: John Sayles
Featuring: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Clifton James, Miriam Colon, Kris Kristofferson, Joe Morton, Ron Canada, Matthew McConaughey, Frances McDormand, Tony Plana
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 neowestern mystery. When a skeleton is discovered in the desert, lawman Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper), 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. Sayles’s masterful film—novelistic in its intricacy and featuring a brilliant ensemble cast, including Joe Morton, Elizabeth Peña, and Kris Kristofferson—quietly subverts national mythmaking and lays bare the fault lines of life at the border.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
4K UHD
Blu-ray
Discs:
UHD-100 (1 Disc)
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
None (4K UHD)
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1
Audio Options:
English DTS-HD MA Surround 2.0
Resolution:
2160p/24
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
HDR:
HDR10
Dolby Vision
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Theatrical Trailer, Insert
- New conversation between John Sayles and filmmaker Gregory Nava
- New interview with Stuart Dryburgh
- Trailer
- An essay by scholar Domino Renee Perez
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Restoration Information
Lone Star
Restoration by:
The Criterion Collection
Year: 2023
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
Release Notes on Restoration
Lone Star is presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.39:1. Supervised by director John Sayles and director of photography Stuart Dryburgh, this new digital master was created from the 35 mm original camera negative, which was scanned in 4K resolution. The original 2.0 surround soundtrack was remastered from the 35 mm magnetic track. Please be sure to enable Dolby Pro Logic decoding on your receiver to properly play the Dolby 2.0 surround soundtrack. The feature is presented in Dolby Vision HDR (high dynamic range) on the 4K Ultra HD disc and high-definition SDR (standard dynamic range) on the Blu-ray.