Slacker

1990 1h 37m EN

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6.7

SOLID

★6.7TMDB · 355

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Richard Linklater
Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
Rudy Basquez
Taxi Driver
Jean Caffeine
Roadkill
Jan Hockey
Jogger
Stephan Hockey
Running Late
Mark James
Hit-and-Run Son
Samuel Dietert
Grocery Grabber of Death's Bounty
Bob Boyd
Officer Bozzio

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Richard Linklater
Writers: Richard Linklater
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $1M — a 53.4× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Richard Linklater, shot by Lee Daniel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Scott Rhodes shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Richard Linklater and Rudy Basquez and Jean Caffeine carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0102943 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Richard Linklater directs. Lee Daniel behind the camera. Scott Rhodes cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $1M — a 53.4× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
336 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Directed by Richard Linklater, shot by Lee Daniel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Scott Rhodes shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Richard Linklater and Rudy Basquez and Jean Caffeine carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0102943 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 23 themes, including "telescope", "dreams", "moon", "atomic bomb".