Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

Dancer, Texas Pop 81 is a 1998 comedy film about four friends in the small, fictional U.S. town of Dancer, Texas, located in Brewster County, Texas. As the title implies, only 81 people live in this town. Following their high school graduation, the four young men wrestle with their decisions to leave town for Los Angeles. The movie stars Breckin Meyer, Peter Facinelli, Eddie Mills, and Ethan Embry. Film reviewer Joe M. O'Connell, writing for the ... more

Initial release date:

  • May 1, 1998

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 1 h 37 min

Film

Directed by

Tim McCanlies

Tim McCanlies (born 1953) is a film director and screenwriter. He has attracted attention for his work writing and directing Secondhand Lions, and wrote the screenplays for The Iron Giant and Dennis the Menace Strikes Again. McCanlies pitched a series called Bruce Wayne which would have chronicled...

Tagline:

  • in the middle of nowhere they had everything

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  • 1 h 37 min

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