Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 is a 1998 comedy film about four friends in the small, fictional American town of Dancer, located in Brewster County, Texas

Brewster County, Texas

Brewster County is a county located in western part of the US state of Texas, along the border with Mexico. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. As of the 2000 census, the population is 8,866. In 2009, the population was estimated to be 9,481. Its...

. 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

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

. The movie stars Breckin Meyer

Breckin Meyer

-Early life:Meyer was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Dorothy Ann , a travel agent and former microbiologist, and Christopher William Meyer, a management consultant. As a child of divorced parents, he lived in California, Texas, West Virginia and New Jersey. He has an older brother,...

, Peter Facinelli

Peter Facinelli

Peter Facinelli is an American actor. He became known as the star of Fox's 2002 television series Fastlane. He plays Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight series. He is also well known for his role as Mike Dexter in the film Can't Hardly Wait...

, Eddie Mills

Eddie Mills

Eddie Mills is an American actor, probably most notable for playing Vandy in the TV drama Wasteland.- Career :Eddie did a number of movies including Heartwood and Sabrina Goes to Rome , probably most notable for playing Vandy in the TV drama WastelandAppeared on an episode of Flip That House,...

, and Ethan Embry

Ethan Embry

Ethan Philan Randall , although he is known and usually credited as Ethan Embry, is an American film and television actor. He is known for his role as Declan Giggs on the Showtime television series Brotherhood.-Personal life:...

. Film reviewer Joe M. O'Connell

Joe M. O'Connell

Joe M. O'Connell is an American novelist, short story writer and journalist based in Austin, Texas.Considered an expert on the Texas film scene, his columns about the Texas film industry appeared in the Austin American-Statesman from 2000 to 2004 , and currently run in the Dallas Morning News and...

, writing for the San Antonio Express-News

San Antonio Express-News

The San Antonio Express-News is the daily newspaper of San Antonio, Texas. It is ranked as the third-largest daily newspaper in the state of Texas in terms of circulation, and is one of the leading news sources of South Texas, with offices in Austin, Brownsville, Laredo, and Mexico City...

, called the film "The finest representation of small-town Texas since The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry....

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