Lone Star

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. Written by Tad Dibbern {DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu}

Cast of Lone Star

	Stephen Mendillo	...	Sgt. Cliff
	Stephen J. Lang	...	Sgt. Mikey
	Chris Cooper	...	Sheriff Sam Deeds
	Elizabeth Peña	...	Pilar Cruz
	Oni Faidah Lampley	...	Celie
	Eleese Lester	...	Molly
	Joe Stevens	...	Deputy Travis
	Gonzalo Castillo	...	Amado
	Richard Coca	...	Enrique
	Clifton James	...	Mayor Hollis Pogue
	Tony Frank	...	Fenton
	Miriam Colon	...	Mercedes Cruz
	Kris Kristofferson	...	Sheriff Charlie Wade
	Jeff Monahan	...	Young Hollis
	Matthew McConaughey	...	Buddy Deeds

El Dorado

Hired gunman Cole Thornton turns down a job with Bart Jason as it would mean having to fight an old sheriff friend. Some months later he finds out the lawman is on the bottle and a top gunfighter is heading his way to help Jason. Along with young Mississippi, handy with a knife and now armed with a diabolical shotgun, Cole returns to help. Written by Jeremy Perkins {jwp@aber.ac.uk}

Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water. Written by David J. Kiseleski {davidk269@aol.com}

Cast of El Dorado

	John Wayne	...	Cole Thornton
	Robert Mitchum	...	El Dorado Sheriff J.P. Harrah
	James Caan	...	Alan Bourdillion Traherne ('Mississippi')
	Charlene Holt	...	Maudie
	Paul Fix	...	Dr. Miller
	Arthur Hunnicutt	...	Bull Harris
	Michele Carey	...	Josephine (Joey) MacDonald
	R.G. Armstrong	...	Kevin MacDonald
	Edward Asner	...	Bart Jason
	Christopher George	...	Nelse McLeod
	Marina Ghane	...	Maria
	Robert Donner	...	Milt (McLeod gang)
	John Gabriel	...	Pedro (McLeod gang)
	Johnny Crawford	...	Luke MacDonald
	Adam Roarke	...	Matt MacDonald

Viva Zapata!

In 1909, Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando), a well-born but penniless Mexican Indian from a remote province, Morelos, comes to Mexico City to complain that their arable land has been enclosed, leaving them only in the barren hills. His expressed dissatisfaction with the response of the President Diaz (Fay Roope) puts him in danger, and when he rashly rescues a prisoner from the local militia he becomes an outlaw. Urged on by a strolling intellectual, Fernando (Joseph Wiseman), he supports the exiled Don Francisco Madero (Harold Gordon) against Diaz, and becomes the leader of his forces in the South as Pancho Villa (Alan Reed) is in the North. Diaz flees, and Madero takes his place; but he is a puppet president, in the hands of the leader of the army, Huetra (Frank Silvera), who has him assassinated when he tries to express solidarity for the men who fought for him. Zapata and Villa return to arms, and, successful in victory, seek to find a leader for the country. Unwillingly, Zapata takes the job, but, a while later, he responds to some petitioners from his own village with no more reassurance than had Diaz years before., Realizing that with power his idealism has gone, he returns with them to Morelos - specifically to investigate their complaints against his brother Eufemio (Anthony Quinn). New leaders take his place, and, egged on by the always surviving Fernando, they decide that Zapata is a threat to their regime. Written by alfiehitchie

Cast of Viva Zapata!

	Marlon Brando	...	Emiliano Zapata
	Jean Peters	...	Josefa Zapata
	Anthony Quinn	...	Eufemio
	Joseph Wiseman	...	Fernando
	Arnold Moss	...	Don Nacio
	Alan Reed	...	Pancho Villa
	Margo	...	Soldadera
	Harold Gordon	...	Madero
	Lou Gilbert	...	Pablo
	Mildred Dunnock	...	Señora Espejo
	Frank Silvera	...	Huerta
	Abner Biberman	...	Captain
	Florenz Ames	...	Señor Espejo
	Richard Garrick	...	Old General
	Fay Roope	...	President Diaz