Slackers (2002)

When geeky Ethan discovers three fellow students scamming the examination system, he blackmails them to win over the college's most popular girl.

Director:

Dewey Nicks

Writer:

David H. Steinberg

Stars:

Devon Sawa, Robert B. Martin Jr., Jason Segel

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Devon Sawa	...	Dave Goodman
Jason Segel	...	Sam Schechter
Michael C. Maronna	...	Jeff Davis (as Michael Maronna)
Jason Schwartzman	...	Ethan Dulles
Jaime King	...	Angela Patton (as James King)
Laura Prepon	...	Reanna
Travis Davis	...	Airborne Express Driver
Jim Rash	...	Head T.A. Philip
Nat Faxon	...	Karl, the Grad Student
Don Michaelson	...	Professor Markoe (as Don Michaelson M.D.)
Retta	...	Bruna, the Office Manager
Marilyn Staley	...	Singing Waitress
Jason Garner	...	Singing Waiter
Gedde Watanabe	...	Japanese Proctor
Heidi Kramer	...	Hot Twin #1

Storyline

Dave, Sam and Jeff are about to graduate from Holden University with Honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed their way through the last four years of college and now, during the final exams, these big-men-on-campus are about to be busted by the most unlikely dude in school.

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Plot Keywords:

nerd | blackmail | slacker | hot | sexy | 

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Taglines:

Higher Education Just Hit A New Low

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong language and sexual content, and for brief drug use

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 February 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Scam

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,785,283, 3 February 2002, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$4,814,244, 10 February 2002

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alliance Atlantis Communications, Destination Films, Original Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally in the singing penis scene, Michael C. Maronna's own naked penis was used with a CGI mouth added in. After being screened for the MPAA, however, the filmmakers were told to put a sock on it (literally).

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Goofs

In the scene where Dave finally comes clean, when Angela is shown the photo of Ethan's shrine to her, her image on the screen in the photo is moving.

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Quotes

Dave: [to himself] FUCK! How am I a whore?

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Crazy Credits

Outtake footage featuring Jason Schwartzman and Cameron Diaz is shown after the end credits. She looks at the camera and says, "I've never done a porno before". He responds, "Until now, bitch!".

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Connections

Referenced in 3 Idiots (2009)

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Soundtracks

No Hay Problema
Written by Jacques Marray
Performed by Pink Martini
Courtesy of Heinz Records

User Reviews

stupid! and a waist of time!

This movie is very forgetful. Nothing really makes you want to remember this as a great movie!

The story is nothing original at all. It is nothing that has not been done before in other movies, only this time they only changed the names of the characters.

The film holds very little laughs, relying only on gross-out humor to fuel all of the jokes. This would not be so bad had they threw in a little bit of variety. I do not mind a little gross-out humor, but this movie has nothing but, and it is annoying.

please skip this movie and spend your time doing your taxes, which is more enjoyable.