Tex (1982)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Tim Hunter

Writers:

S.E. Hinton (novel)
Charles S. Haas (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

30 July 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family

Tagline:

From the author and the star of "The Outrsiders" - the story of a young man who wouldn't be beaten.

Plot:

Coming-of-age adventure about two teenage brothers and their struggles to grow up, on their own, after their mother dies and their father leaves them. |

Plot Keywords:

Coming Of Age | Brother | Teen Angst | Bittersweet | Juvenile Delinquent

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Matt Dillon	...	Tex McCormick
Jim Metzler	...	Mason McCormick
Meg Tilly	...	Jamie Collins
Bill McKinney	...	Pop McCormick
Frances Lee McCain	...	Mrs. Johnson
Ben Johnson	...	Cole Collins
Phil Brock	...	Lem Peters
Emilio Estevez	...	Johnny Collins
Jack Thibeau	...	Coach Jackson
Zeljko Ivanek	...	Hitchhiker
Tom Virtue	...	Bob Collins
Pamela Ludwig	...	Connie
Jeff Fleury	...	Roger
Suzanne Costollos	...	Fortune Teller (as Suzanne Costallos)
Marilyn Redfield	...	Ms. Carlson

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Bell's Amusement Park - 3901 E. 21st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

The movie is set about 10 years after the end of the novel That Was Then, This is Now. Two characters make appearances in Tex: Cathy Carlson, as Tex's English teacher, and the hitchhiker, who is Mark in disguise, escaped from prison.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Tex and Mason run the truck into the ditch with the hitch hiker the passenger side window that should be up is down, then up, then down again. When the driver’s side window is shot out by the police, you can see a second pane of glass with a bullet hole behind the shattered glass.

Quotes:

Lem Peters: [to mason about why he sells dope] You don't have people depending on you, to take care of!
Tex McCormick: [In Lem's new car] Come on, let's go for a ride!
Mason McCormick: [Points at Tex] What do you think he is? A baboon!
Tex McCormick: Who me?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)

Excellent Disney family drama

Has there ever been anybody who could play troubled teenagers as well as Matt Dillon could? His performance as a fifteen-year-old rural boy who is being raised by his older brother is his best; at least of his earlier films. The director Tim Hunter gives the movie a slow and steady slice of life feel, as the two siblings deal with problems involving friends, money, horses, sex, and in a ridiculously false scene - drug dealers. Overall it's a surprisingly mature and straightforward family drama from Disney. Ben Johnson has a memorable part as the repressive father of both Meg Tilly and Emilio Estevez. ***1/2 out of ****