Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)
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Small-town America is the key setting for this tale of four West Texas high-school pals who vowed to leave their tiny town after graduation and head for L.A. Keller (Breckin Meyer) is ready to walk, but his goals are formless. Wealthy Terrell Lee Lusk (Peter Facinelli) knows his parents (Patricia Wettig, Michael O'Neill) want him to work in their family oil business. Squirrel (Ethan Embry), who lives with his alcoholic father in a rundown trailer, should find escape easy, but he finds reasons to stay, as does John Hemphill (Eddie Mills), a young man more suited for life as a rancher. Leaving was something the quartet dreamed about since age 11, but the actual departure requires ripping up some roots. Will they do it? Director Tim McCanlies shot this film in 25 days at Fort Davis, Texas. Shown at the 1998 South by Southwest Film Festival (Austin, Texas). ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

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Starring:
Breckin MeyerPeter Facinelli, (more)
Director(s):
Tim McCanlies
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG
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Synopsis of Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

Small-town America is the key setting for this tale of four West Texas high-school pals who vowed to leave their tiny town after graduation and head for L.A. Keller (Breckin Meyer) is ready to walk, but his goals are formless. Wealthy Terrell Lee Lusk (Peter Facinelli) knows his parents (Patricia Wettig, Michael O'Neill) want him to work in their family oil business. Squirrel (Ethan Embry), who lives with his alcoholic father in a rundown trailer, should find escape easy, but he finds reasons to stay, as does John Hemphill (Eddie Mills), a young man more suited for life as a rancher. Leaving was something the quartet dreamed about since age 11, but the actual departure requires ripping up some roots. Will they do it? Director Tim McCanlies shot this film in 25 days at Fort Davis, Texas. Shown at the 1998 South by Southwest Film Festival (Austin, Texas). ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
97 mins

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Director(s):
Tim McCanlies
Writer(s):
Tim McCanlies
Producer(s):
Dana ShafferChase FosterPeter White
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG(Profanity)
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Kurt S.

Low-key film which has charm to burn. The lead performers are all appealing and give terrific performances that make us care about them (when was the last time you really cared about a character in a big budget Hollywood film?). Not much happens, but that's what makes the film resonate. Even if you never lived in a small town, it will give you the slow and peaceful feel of what its like. Highly enjoyable.

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Joseph W.

Whether all female or male, we all have childhood and pre-twenty one friends, secret pacts we made and places we went where we had our own world. Why this took so long to surface, I don't know but the wait is perhaps timely in relation to our world news today. How many of those friends will break their pact with us and leave for far away places without our permission as a group. Today, tomorrow it will be most likely the mideast and not France as mentioned in the movie. Of course, we won't forgive them:-)but we'll all count on being together someday in a place far away from here and resume our friendship.

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Judy S.

What a great movie for the whole family. The scenery is beautifully filmed-we all need to go to West Texas/Big Bend area. We loved the boys relationships with each other and their families-so much everyday reality about life.

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