Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
Appearance
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 | |
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Directed by | Tim McCanlies |
Written by | Tim McCanlies |
Produced by | Dana Shaffer Peter White Chasse Foster |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Andrew Dintenfass |
Edited by | Rob Kobrin |
Music by | Steve Dorff |
Production company | Caribou Pictures |
Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $676,631[1] |
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 is a 1998 comedy-drama film starring Breckin Meyer, Peter Facinelli, Eddie Mills, and Ethan Embry.
Plot
The film is set in the small, fictional American town of Dancer (Brewster County, Texas). Only 81 people live in this town. Following their high school graduation, four young men wrestle with their decisions to leave for Los Angeles.
Cast
- Breckin Meyer as Keller Coleman
- Peter Facinelli as Terrell Lee Lusk
- Eddie Mills as John Hemphill
- Ethan Embry as Squirrel
- Ashley Johnson as Josie Hemphill
- Patricia Wettig as Mrs. Lusk
- Michael O'Neill as Mr. Lusk
- Eddie Jones as Earl
- Wayne Tippit as Keller's grandfather
- Alexandra Holden as Vivian
- Keith Szarabajka as Squirrel's father
- Shawn Weatherly as Sue Ann
- Michael Crabtree as Mr. Hemphill
- Lashawn McIvor as Mrs. Hemphill
Reception
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 received positive reviews; it currently[when?] holds an 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[2]
The film reviewer Joe M. O'Connell, writing for the San Antonio Express-News, called the film "the finest representation of small-town Texas since The Last Picture Show".[3] The movie was filmed in Fort Davis, Texas, as Dancer and the tri-county area.
References
- ^ Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 at Box Office Mojo
- ^ Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-11-06. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
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External links
- Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 at IMDb
- Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 at AllMovie
- Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 at Box Office Mojo
- Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 at Rotten Tomatoes
Categories:
- 1998 films
- 1998 comedy-drama films
- American films
- American comedy-drama films
- English-language films
- Films set in Texas
- Films shot in Texas
- American independent films
- TriStar Pictures films
- Films directed by Tim McCanlies
- Films with screenplays by Tim McCanlies
- 1998 directorial debut films
- 1998 independent films
- 1990s comedy-drama film stubs