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Slacker (1991) 6.9
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Metascore: 69/100
Reviews: 65 user | 42 critic | 16 from Metacritic.com Presents a day in the life in Austin, Texas among its social outcasts and misfits, predominantly the twenty-something set, using a series of linear vignettes. These characters, who in some ... See full summary » Director:Richard LinklaterWriter:Richard Linklater |
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Grocery Grabber of Death's Bounty
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Walking to Coffee Shop
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Looking for Missing Friend
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Presents a day in the life in Austin, Texas among its social outcasts and misfits, predominantly the twenty-something set, using a series of linear vignettes. These characters, who in some manner just don't fit into the establishment norms, move seamlessly from one scene to the next, randomly coming and going into one another's lives. Highlights include a UFO buff who adamantly insists that the U.S. has been on the moon since the 1950s, a woman who produces a glass slide purportedly of Madonna's pap smear, and an old anarchist who sympathetically shares his philosophy of life with a robber. Written by Rick Gregory <rag.apa@email.apa.org>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 July 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Richard Linklater's Slacker See more »Box Office
Budget:
$23,000 (estimated)Gross:
$1,227,508 (USA)Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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Hitchhiker: Hell, no... I've got less important things to do.
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Written by Nico Carstens
Full Keel Music Co., on behalf of Shisa Intl.
Courtesy of Larry Hall/Harry Maselow (Strand Records)
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The text read by the Old Anarchist is from Nietzche's "The Will to Power". See more »Goofs
In the pap smear scene the street sign for 2nd Street is facing the wrong way. See more »Quotes
Video Interviewer: So, did you vote in the most recent election?Hitchhiker: Hell, no... I've got less important things to do.
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Crazy Credits
At the end of the credits, the usual disclaimer is replaced with: "This story was based on fact. Any similiarity with fictional events or characters is entirely coincidental." See more »Soundtracks
"Die Graskop Polka"Written by Nico Carstens
Full Keel Music Co., on behalf of Shisa Intl.
Courtesy of Larry Hall/Harry Maselow (Strand Records)
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it's not often that a movie can keep you guessing from beginning to end. slacker is the movie that will stretch your mind past the boundaries of traditional thought. if you are able to fully immerse yourself into the story, you will begin to think like the characters. You will start questioning governmental activity, development conspiracy theories of your own, and possibly give up all hope in the realm of collective action. The director uses spontaneous, free-flowing dialogues to convey a realistic approach to what its like to be a drifting, free-thinking individual in Austin. The movie never grows tiresome because of the fact that the moment you start to figure out a character, you are left hanging to make your own conclusions of what happened to them. Without a second thought, the film immediately pursues the life of a new "slacker". Look for the creepy aspects in the film as well: subtle, missing children flyers are scattered throughout the backdrop of the scenes; and the schizophrenic cafe are a couple that stood out for me. this is a movie that you could watch a hundred times and still find a something new to walk away with. a modern classic.