Slacker  

Fri Jul 05 1991

Overview,

Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the dangerously apathetic. Here, the nobly lazy can eschew responsibility in favor of nursing their esoteric obsessions. The locals include a backseat philosopher who passionately expounds on his dream theories to a seemingly comatose cabbie, a young woman who tries to hawk Madonna's Pap test to anyone who will listen and a kindly old anarchist looking for recruits.

The Movie Database: 6.748/10

Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 82%

Metacritic: 69/100

Cast and Crew

Directed By, Richard Linklater |

Screenplay By,

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Richard Linklater

Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
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Rudy Basquez

Taxi Driver
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Jean Caffeine

Roadkill
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Jan Hockey

Jogger
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Stephan Hockey

Running Late
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Mark James

Hit-and-Run Son
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Samuel Dietert

Grocery Grabber of Death's Bounty
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Bob Boyd

Officer Bozzio
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Terrence Kirk

Officer Love
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Keith McCormack

Street Musician
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Jennifer Schaudies

Walking to Coffee Shop
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Dan Kratochvil

Espresso Czar / Masonic Malcontent
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Maris Strautmanis

Giant Cappuccino
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Brecht Andersch

Dostoyevsky Wannabe
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Tommy Pallotta

Looking for Missing Friend
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Jerry Delony

Been on the Moon Since the 50's
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Heather West

Tura Satana Look-Alike
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John Spath

Co-op Guy
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Ron Marks

Bush Basher
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Daniel Dugan

Comb Game Player
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Brian Crockett

Sadistic Comb Game Player
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Scott Marcus

Ultimate Loser
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Stella Weir

Stephanie from Dallas
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Teresa Taylor

Pap Smear Pusher
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Mark Harris

T-Shirt Terrorist
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Greg Wilson

Anti-Traveller
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Deborah Pastor

Wants to Leave Country
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Gina Lalli

Sidewalk Psychic
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Sharon Roos

Devoted Follower
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Frank Orrall

Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
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Skip Fulton Jr.

Two for One Special
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Abra Moore

Has Change
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Lori Capp

Traumatized Yacht Owner
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Gus Vayas

Cranky Cook
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Louis Black

Paranoid Paper Reader
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Don Stroud

Recluse in Bathrobe
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Janelle Coolich

Shut-in Girlfriend
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Aleister Barron

Peeping Kid
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Albans Benchoff

Coke Machine Robber
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Nigel Benchoff

Budding Capitalist Youth
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Zara Barron

Coke Heist Accomplice
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Kevin Whitley

Jilted Boyfriend
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Steven Anderson

Guy Who Tosses Typewriter
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Robert Pierson

Based on Authoritative Sources
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Sarah Harmon

Has Faith in Groups
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David Haymond

Street Dweller
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John Slate

'Conspiracy A-Go-Go' Author
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Scott Van Horn

Nova
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Lee Daniel

GTO
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Charles Gunning

Hitchhiker Awaiting 'True Call'
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Tamsy Ringler

Video Interviewer
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Luke Savisky

Video Cameraman
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Meg Brennan

Sitting at Cafe
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Phillip Hostak

Hit Up for Cigarettes
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D. Angus MacDonald

Video Playing Store Security
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Shelly Kristaponis

Shoplifter
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Louis Mackey

Old Anarchist
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Kathy McCarty

Anarchist's Daughter
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Michael Laird

Burglar
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Jack Meredith

Get-Away Accomplice
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Clark Walker

Cadillac Crook
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Kalman Spelletich

Video Backpacker
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Siqgouri Wilkovich

Slapping Boyfriend
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John Hawkins

Choking Girlfriend
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Scott Rhodes

Disguntled Grad Student
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D. Montgomery

Having a Breakthrough Day
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Mimi Vitetta

Teacup Sculpter
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Susannah Simone

Working on Same Painting
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Bruce Hughes

Card Playing Waiter
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Keith Fletcher

Cafe Card Player #1
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Eric Buehlman

Cafe Card Player #2
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Seth Maxwell Malice

Scooby Doo Philosopher
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Mark Quirk

Papa Smurf
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Kim Krizan

Questions Happiness
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Annick Souhami

Has Conquered Fear of Rejection
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Regina Garza

Smoking Writer
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Stephen Jacobson

S-T-E-V-E with a Van
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Eric Lord

Doorman at Club
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Kelly Linn

Bike Rider with Nice Shoes
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Athina Rachel Tsangari

Cousin from Greece
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Stewart Bennet

Sitting on Ledge
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Kevin Thomson

Handstamping Arm Licker
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Nick Maffei

Pixl-Visionary
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Nolan Morrison

To Be Buried by History
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Kyle Rosenblad

Going to Catch a Show
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Ed Hall

Band Playing at Club
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Lucinda Scott

Dairy Queen Photographer
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Wammo

Anti-Artist
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Marianne Hyatt

Late Night Pick-Up
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Gary Price

Watching Early Morning TV
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Joseph Jones

Old Man Recording Thoughts
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Kendall Smith

Post-Modern Paul Revere
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Sean Coffey

Super 8 Cameraman
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Jennifer Carroll

All-Night Partier
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Patrice Sullivan

Day Tripper
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Greg Ward

Tosses Camera Off Cliff
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Mike Enright

Bicyclist (uncredited)
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Robert Jacks

Club Owner (voice) (uncredited)
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Details

Rating

Not Adult

Genres

Drama
Comedy

Tagline

Not found

Langauge

en

Production Companies

Detour Filmproduction

Runtime

97 minutes

Budget

23.000 Thousand $

Box-Office

1.228 Million $

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