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Dancer, Texas Pop .81

Director/Writer:	Tim McCanlies
Director of Photography:	Andrew Dintenfass
Editor:	Rob Kobrin
Music:	Steve Dorff
Production Designer:	Dawn Snyder
Producers:	Chase Foster, Dana Shaffer and Peter White
	Sony Pictures; PG; 95 minutes
Release:	5/98
Cast:	Breckin Meyer, Peter Facinelli, Eddie Mills, Ethan Embry, Ashley Johnson, Patricia Wettig, Michael O'Neill, Eddi Jones, Wayne Tippet and Alexandra Holden

McCanlies's directorial debut is a slice-of-life tale set in Texas ranch country. Four high school grads (Facinelli, Mills, Meyer and Embry) grapple with whether to stick to their small-town roots or high-tail it for the big-city dreams of L.A. This is an engaging male-bonded quartet, but McCanlies's story has about as much drama and direction as a tumbleweed.