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Tex

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Tex
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PG,1hr 43min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1982
Director:
Tim Hunter
Distributor:
Anchor Bay
Starring:
Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly  ...more
Synopsis: Tex represented the first film adaption of a novel by "teen angst" specialist S. E. Hinton. Matt Dillon stars as Tex McCormick, an Oklahoma farm boy who drifts into bad company and a dangerous lifestyle after his mother dies and his father deserts him. His older brother Mason (Jim Metzler) struggles to keep his sibling on the straight and narrow, but he too has a cross to bear: his crippling lack of self-worth. Surprisingly, the film was produced by the Disney company, which heretofore had painted ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Matt Dillon's considerable talents as a young actor did not go unnoticed by writer/director Tim Hunter, who was the first to give Dillon a complex, mature role as the title character in his screen adaptation of S.E. Hinton's Tex. There's more to the performance than the trademark Dillon impudence: he's allowed to reveal some of the worry and fear behind the character's macho, prankster posturing, ... Full Review
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Matt Dillon
Tex McCormick
Jim Metzler
Mason McCormick
Meg Tilly
Jamie Collins
Bill McKinney
Pop McCormick
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