Search - Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 [Fullscreen/Widescreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Profanity Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 10/14/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 37 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Drama, Americana, Coming-of-Age, Slice of Life See Also: Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 [Widescreen]

Small-town America is the key setting for this tale of four West Texas high-school pals who vowed to leave their tiny town after graduation and head for L.A. Keller (Breckin Meyer) is ready to walk, but his goals are formless. Wealthy Terrell Lee Lusk (Peter Facinelli) knows his parents (Patricia Wettig, Michael O'Neill) want him to work in their family oil business. Squirrel (Ethan Embry), who lives with his alcoholic father in a rundown trailer, should find escape easy, but he finds reasons to stay, as does John Hemphill (Eddie Mills), a young man more suited for life as a rancher. Leaving was something the quartet dreamed about since age 11, but the actual departure requires ripping up some roots. Will they do it? Director Tim McCanlies shot this film in 25 days at Fort Davis, Texas. Shown at the 1998 South by Southwest Film Festival (Austin, Texas). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Breckin Meyer - Keller
Peter Facinelli - Terrell Lee
Eddie Mills - John
Ethan Embry - Squirrel
Ashley Johnson - Josie
Patricia Wettig - Mrs. Lusk

Tim McCanlies' Dancer, Texas comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and is preferable to the standard full-frame image. English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Stereo. Spanish and French soundtracks have also been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. Subtitles are accessible in all three of those languages as well. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but this Columbia/TriStar release boasts excellent sound and picture quality. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide