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Directed by | Tim McCanlies |
Produced by | Dana Shaffer Peter White Chasse Foster |
Written by | Tim McCanlies |
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Music by | Steve Dorff |
Cinematography | Andrew Dintenfass |
Edited by | Rob Kobrin |
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Caribou Pictures
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Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $676,631 |
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 is a 1998 comedy-drama film starring Breckin Meyer, Peter Facinelli, Eddie Mills, and Ethan Embry.
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.
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 received positive reviews; it currently holds an 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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." The movie was filmed in Fort Davis, Texas as dancer and the tri county area.