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.
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Tex McCormick
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| Jim Metzler | ... |
Mason McCormick
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| Meg Tilly | ... |
Jamie Collins
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Pop McCormick
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Mrs. Johnson
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Cole Collins
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Coach Jackson
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Roger
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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 | rider horse relationship | boy horse relationship | oklahoma | family relationships |Taglines:
His father's gone. His mother's a memory. His brother's moving on. But Tex McCormick isn't giving in. See more »Genres:
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EnglishRelease Date:
30 July 1982 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Tex: Um Retrato da Juventude See more »Company Credits
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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?
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The movie is set about ten years after the end of the novel "That Was Then, This is Now." Two characters make appearances in Tex (1982), which are Cathy Carlson as Tex's English teacher and the hitchhiker, who is Mark in disguise, escaped from prison. See more »Goofs
After the basketball game, when Tex and Jamie are driving around through downtown Bixby, it is dark. Yet when they stop at the spot where they make out, there is a little daylight, but not a lot (like early evening). See more »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?
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The story is of two teenage brothers living together on a small property in Bixby, Oklahoma (a small town about twenty miles south of Tulsa). Tex (Matt Dillon) is the younger and Mason (Jim Metzler) is the older. Their mother is dead and their father rarely shows up. The brothers are doing everything they can to avoid the clutches of social services.
The dynamic of their relationship is one of frustration, love, and anger. Their lives are not easy and money is running out. To buy food and get the lights back on Mason is forced to sell Tex's horse and of course that infuriates Tex and he takes off in a rage. The poignant scene that has Mason drive his pickup along the road to coax Tex back is an early scene that establishes the tone of the relationship between the siblings.
It is not clear where this story will go. There are some moments along the way where it looks like Tex is going to take a very wrong turn when in the company of a drug dealing friend.
The young Dillon and Metzler carry the movie by their natural performances; the kids talk and act like most kids of their age did in that place and time (early 1980s). The fact that the movie was filmed on location in Bixby and Tulsa adds to the feeling of authenticity.
This movie does not go beyond the scope of being a simply-told, affecting tale and, within that scope, it delivers admirably. Some sentimentality creeps in toward the end, but for what it is I found this modest movie satisfying.