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Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

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Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
Promotional poster
Directed byTim McCanlies
Written byTim McCanlies
Produced byDana Shaffer
Peter White
Chasse Foster
StarringBreckin Meyer
Peter Facinelli
Eddie Mills
Ethan Embry
CinematographyAndrew Dintenfass
Edited byRob Kobrin
Music bySteve Dorff
Production
company
Caribou Pictures
Distributed byTriStar Pictures
Release date
  • May 1, 1998 (1998-05-01)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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

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 town for Los Angeles.

Cast

Reception

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 received positive reviews; it currently holds an 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[2]

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.

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