sentences:  U.S. Route 65 passes through the city, leading northwest to Pine Bluff and south (with U.S. Route 165) to McGehee.US 165 leads northeast from Dumas to DeWitt.In September 2011 the feature film "Mud", written and directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaughey, was filmed in and around Dumas.