Dancer, Texas--Pop. 81 Movie Review 1998

Four buddies have to decide if they're going to fulfill the pact they made when they were 11 to leave the eponymous town upon graduating from high school. Each one has a reason to consider sticking around: Keller (Meyer) tkaes care of his widowed grandfather; Terrell Lee (Facinelli) is expected to join the family's failing oil business; Squirrel (Embry) thinks he should care for his alcoholic father; and John (Mills) is a natural at cattle ranching. Coming-of-age comedy deals in honest emotion and humor, and doesn't resort to syrupy sentiment or small-town stereotyping. Texas-born writer-director McCanlies' feature debut.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 95 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Buddies, Coming of Age, American South, On the Rocks, Waiters & Waitresses, Teen Angst, Texas

Screenplay

Tim McCanlies

Cast

Breckin Meyer, Peter Facinelli, Eddie Mills, Ethan (Randall) Embry, Ashley Johnson, Patricia Wettig, Michael O'Neill, Eddie Jones, Alexandra Holden

Cinematography

Andrew Dintenfass

Director

Tim McCanlies

Music

Steve Dorff

Other

Rob Kobrin

Producer

TriStar Pictures