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 basketball game was shot in the gymnasium of what was, at that time, Broken Arrow Senior High, Broken Arrow Oklahoma. To make it look like a nighttime game, they put thick black paper over the windowpanes. This added to the heat generated by the summer weather, as they were filming daylight hours.

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:

Fortune Teller: You may think of one yes or no question to yourself.
Tex McCormick: [He sees a horse pass by and thinks about Rowdy] Yeah, Ok.
Fortune Teller: I am sorry the answer is no.

Movie Connections:

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

Its pretty much just like the book

Disney Pictures did a pretty good job on this movie. Matt Dillon played a really good Tex McCormick and the other actors and actresses were really good too. The movie was almost like the book except for little differences. The only thing i did not like were the cast members. Now! wait don't get me wrong they all did a wonderful job, but the only one that seemed to fit the description of the character as in the book was Matt Dillon. That dosen't really matter, its the movie not the book. So it should be different,and its a good movie. Just that you can't really rent it anywhere so you will probaly have to buy it. I had to.