Slacker

Jul 5 1991 R 1h 37m
Comedy, Drama

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.

Plot

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

Richard Linklater

Directed by

Richard Linklater

Cast

Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Detour Filmproduction

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations

Trailers
Slacker (1991) Trailer #1 - Richard Linklater Movie
Slacker (1990) Original Trailer [HD]
Scores
# of Votes
25,110
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
69
Popularity
NA