Why you should never pick up hitchhikers (a scene from "Tex")

[Brenvenn]

Just a few minutes before watching this, I read that part of the book! Haha I love that part: "Just shut up and drive, Cowboy."

[78enrique]

I live in Bixby. The pizza place is now a BBQ restaurant.

[XxMoNsTaGoRaWrxX]

Lolz i Just Luv Matt Dillons Voice...!

[Xavior48]

A guy with the name abloodytampon uploaded this movie. I don't know why that's his/her sn. But look it up

[Molasses90]

I wish somebody would upload this movie, i would love to see it again!!! :)

[breakdancelover786]

can someone please upload the movie?

[clambetae]

I shaked his hand yesterday. My teenage idol, still cant belive...

[thetallships]

@clambetae you're talking about Matt Dillon, right?

[clambetae]

@thetallships thats right

[lindseylukacs]

@clambetae im so frikin jelous right now

[MegaSnazzyIphoneGuy]

Im reading this book and i pictured it so differently And plus it was pretty acurate to the book

[fuzzysae86]

it was ford copola who picked em nickolas cage is his nephew i think rumble fish was cages first movie

[MrSmallANDLoud]

OK SOMEONE ANSWER THIS - why did the cops start SHOOTING AT HIM! THE BAD GUY RAN AWAY AND HOW DID THEY KNOW ABOUT HIS WEAPON!???

[thetallships]

@MrSmallANDLoud no need to shout ;) The bad guy (Mark) is wanted by the police for recently shooting someone- that's what Mark is talking about in his monologue. So they probably considered Mark armed and dangerous even if they couldn't verify for sure that he was armed before shooting.

[MrSmallANDLoud]

@thetallships ya but they shot the two innocent guys ! while the bad guy was running away !

[TheRootbeerKid]

Could you put up the whole movie please?

[icebreakersix1nine]

aww u shoulda put the part when their answering the questions on the news

[naruto68744]

I can't believe it was Mark, I didn't want to believe it. All Mark was trying to do was help out Bryon and his mom, and now, he is too far gone. In the end of the movie, Mark told Bryon that things were going to be all right

[awesomegirl1122]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF MARKK!!?!?!

[themalyssa92]

hey that dude was on the outsiders wich was also made by s.e hinton

thats wierd

[rockstargirl37]

@themalyssa92 Matt Dillon? Yeah he was in 'The Outsiders' 'Tex' AND 'Rumble Fish'

[urclremi]

First dillon was like :D

But then he was like :O

[PirateXoXGirl]

UGH they should have got emilio estevez to play the hitch hiker instead cause he played him in that was then this is now!!!!

[thetallships]

@PirateXoXGirl this movie was made first, though, "That Was Then This Is Now" was made a few years later.

[PirateXoXGirl]

@thetallships right, right, i keep thinking that the order of when the movies were made are the same as the order of when the books were writen.

[thedancegroupstudio1]

i like matts eye brows for some odd reason?

[marktwain4president]

Dillon has the funniest double-take from 0:48 to 0:50

[brokenmemorypro]

you should post the movie!!

[bjj234]

i love the look on matt dillons face when he sees the gun at 00:50

[rleigh87]

I would always pick up Zeljko Ivanek. Period!

[Twilightfan377]

Nooo! Mark? Noooo! I can't believe this! He is my favorite in that was then, this is now how could he do that?!

[monkiesrule88]

I think its cool how S.E. Hinton put different characters from different books in the storys.

Like PonyBoy is in That Was Then and This Is Now.

and.

I just finished Tex... didn't realize it was mark... I wanna go re-read this part.

[JekyllsFacade]

@monkiesrule88 Yeah, I love that, too. And Steve is in Rumblefish, if its the same Steve. Theres a Johnny in Tex, but its a different guy, I think.

[LilMsKrisProductions]

@JekyllsFacade Lol, they're completely different Johnny is a different Johnny, and Steve is a different Steve; they just got the same names. 

[JekyllsFacade]

@LilMsKrisProductions Yeah. And they've got different last names and different ages (Steve is an adult in this while Johnny is his SON). I know they're different, but I can dream :D

[LilMsKrisProductions]

@JekyllsFacade :) I think it would be awesome if there was some sort of massive crossover between all the novels :)

[JekyllsFacade]

@LilMsKrisProductions Well, there kind of is. This hitchhiker is speculated to be Mark from That Was Then, This is Now. In That Was Then, This is Now, there's a character named Curtis who is actually Ponyboy Curtis from the Outsiders. The novels are related, but not too closely.

[LilMsKrisProductions]

@JekyllsFacade I know, but I'd like the whole idea of a huge crossover, you dig? Like all of them getting together, like despite the different time the novels take place. I think it'd be awesome to see all of them get along, or not get along. :P

[SoaringHigh98]

haha, i love how they pass that roadsign about Bixby. made me laugh a little bit.

[michellez101]

No way! The hitchhiker is Mark Jennings. He's from That Was Then This Is Now. I didn't catch that when I read Tex. I can't believe he died.

[monkiesrule88]

Wait, that was Mark? Was he the one who went to jail at the end of That was Then This is Now?

[carterxcape1]

can you upload all of the movie? like, please? i really want to see it and i cant find it anywhere.

[thetallships]

It'll only get taken down if I do. You can buy it on DVD from Amazon or rent it from Netflix (I rented it) though.

[starlight605]

@thetallships Can u put more scenes up from the movie like when tex was shot, or when he and johnny put caps in the school type writers before the day of the final test? Plz write back! Thx!!

[thetallships]

@starlight605 well, I mean, I could, but- again- Youtube would just have the videos taken down if I did and then nobody could see them. However, you can try Amazon or Netflix if you want to see the whole movie. :)

[snoochy2]

I love the line " Nobody said 'Let's go cruizing for Pizza, move iT." I couldn't see it in videostores. I'll ask cashiers if they have it. i hope the special features are cool if they have Tex.

[snoochy2]

Oh. that's exciting.I'll look for Tex in Blockbuster soon. I hope it will be in there. Did Marks former friend die?

[thetallships]

No, but you don't find out in this film- this is the only scene with Mark, and the book doesn't talk much about him either. The novel written before Tex, "That Was Then This Is Now" is actually about Mark and his friend (named Bryon).

[snoochy2]

"The Soldier" is the first movie Zeljko was in. Why was Mark hitchiking across the state line? Who messed with him?

[thetallships]

is it? I was going off an NYT interview I read, I'll check IMDB...says they came out in the same year, hmm. I'll take your word for it :)

Mark was a drug dealer who was turned in by one of his friends. He shot his friend in retaliation for turning him in, and is trying to escape the police.

[Megafoxy]

@snoochy2 Bryon the main character from That was then this is now turned Mark in for dealing acid and he hated him for it. After getting out of prison is geuss he came after Bryon but didn't finish him off.

[IeroBlaaa]

lmfao. matts all smilie and then gets all serious and confused.

[whiskbizqit]

I love Jim Metzler, and I thought he brought a lot of humanity to the character. In the book, Mason finally breaks down when Tex gets shot, but in the film, Metzler's expressions show the complexity of his emotions.

[thetallships]

I have to say, I was initially a little skeptical since he looks quite a bit older than 18, but I thought he did an excellent job. Mason was by far the most sympathetic to me, even with Tex getting shot!