Main Cast: Breckin Meyer, Peter Facinelli, Eddie Mills, Ethan Embry, Ashley Johnson, Patricia Wettig
Release Year: 1998
Country: US
Run Time: 105 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Small-town America is the key setting for this tale of four West Texas high-school pals who vowed to leave their tiny town after graduation and head for L.A. Keller (Breckin Meyer) is ready to walk, but his goals are formless. Wealthy Terrell Lee Lusk (Peter Facinelli) knows his parents (Patricia Wettig, Michael O'Neill) want him to work in their family oil business. Squirrel (Ethan Embry), who lives with his alcoholic father in a rundown trailer, should find escape easy, but he finds reasons to stay, as does John Hemphill (Eddie Mills), a young man more suited for life as a rancher. Leaving was something the quartet dreamed about since age 11, but the actual departure requires ripping up some roots. Will they do it? Director Tim McCanlies shot this film in 25 days at Fort Davis, Texas. Shown at the 1998 South by Southwest Film Festival (Austin, Texas). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Michael O'Neill - Mr. Lusk; Eddie Jones - Earl; Wayne Tippit - Keller's Grandfather; Alexandra Holden - Vivian
Credit
Jeff Adams - Art Director, Alan Stepp - Associate Producer, Laurel Smith - Casting, Michael Testa - Casting, Jeff Rice - Co-producer, Tina Brawner - Co-producer, Susan Matheson - Costume Designer, Jim LaClair - First Assistant Director, Tim McCanlies - Director, Rob Kobrin - Editor, Michael Burns - Executive Producer, Leanna Creel - Executive Producer, Steve Dorff - Composer (Music Score), Dawn Snyder - Production Designer, Andrew Dintenfass - Cinematographer, Chase Foster - Producer, Dana Shaffer - Producer, Peter White - Producer, Beau Peterson - Set Designer, Wayne Bell - Sound/Sound Designer, Tim McCanlies - Screenwriter
