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After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own.After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own.After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Suzanne Costollos
- Fortune Teller
- (as Suzanne Costallos)
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- TriviaWhen writer of the original novel S.E. Hinton met Matt Dillon (Tex) for the first time, he said in his thick New York accent, "Yo, S.E., I thought you was a man!" Hinton recalls initially being nervous about a city kid playing the character of a country cowboy. Now, Hinton states that she believes this was one of Dillon's best performances. Dillon went on to star in two more film adaptions of Hinton's novels, The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983).
- GoofsWhen 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Teenage Sex Movies (1983)
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Rural small-town coming-of-age drama gem that now plays as pure nostalgic Americana
In 1982's rural small-town coming-of-age drama "Tex" the titular simple but loveable Oklahoma high-schooler Matt Dillon lives alone with older brother Jim Metzler (while dad Bill McKinney's away for months at a time with the rodeo) hanging out with friends like siblings Emilio Estevez & Meg Tilly, gettin' into dirt-bikin', horses, drinkin', crushes, pranks, fall outs, run-ins with authority & makin' out... while in the background the realities of real life start to loom. In his first (of many) films as director Tim Hunter, and his co-writer Charles S Haas, don't over-cook it but get the balance just right. It's 42 yrs old, but that just helps it play as pure nostalgic Americana. A magical gem.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,400,000
- Gross worldwide
- $7,400,000
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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