A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn them into a rock band.
A day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs.
Director:
Richard Linklater
Stars:
Richard Linklater,
Rudy Basquez,
Jean Caffeine
It's the last day of school at a high school in a small town in Texas in 1976. The upperclassmen are hazing the incoming freshmen, and everyone is trying to get stoned, drunk, or laid, even the football players that signed a pledge not to.Written by
Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
Rory Cochrane, who played Slater in the movie, actually wore a long-hair wig in the film. He said that he'd never had long hair before and that, despite the "cosmopolitan" atmosphere of Austin, Texas, he still got a lot of strange looks from people outside the set. See more »
Goofs
When O'Bannion jumps out of the car to chase Mitch and Carl, you will hear the sounds of both cars speeding away, but if you actually watch behind O'Bannion, you will see that Benny's truck is still there, even after both tire squeal sounds can be heard, even after the rumbling sounds of the truck starts. See more »
Quotes
Freshman Girl:
Will you marry me?
Dawson:
I don't know. What's in it for me?
Freshman Girl:
Anything you want?
Dawson:
Anything?
Freshman Girl:
Anything.
Dawson:
[opening his mouth wide]
Go like this. Do you spit or swallow?
Freshman Girl:
Whatever you like.
Dawson:
Whatever I like? I would definitely marry you.
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Alternate Versions
An earlier cut of the film opens with Randal and others stealing the statues that would later be painted. See more »
This movie had absolutely no point. No plot, no climax.. A buncha kids get out of school and go to a party and do a lot of drinking and drugs. Flat liner from beginning to end. Good depiction of the 70's.
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This movie had absolutely no point. No plot, no climax.. A buncha kids get out of school and go to a party and do a lot of drinking and drugs. Flat liner from beginning to end. Good depiction of the 70's.