Slacker (1991)

07/05/1991 (US) • 1h 37m

Drama, Comedy

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Richard Linklater

Should Have Stayed at Bus Station

Rudy Basquez

Taxi Driver

Stephan Hockey

Running Late

Mark James

Hit-and-Run Son

Samuel Dietert

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Bob Boyd

Officer Bozzio

Terrence Kirk

Officer Love


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$23,000.00

Revenue

$1,228,108.00

Keywords

telescope

dreams

moon

atomic bomb

burglar

philosophy

texas

tent

anarchist

hit-and-run

ufo

writer

cafe

sunglasses

pap smear

austin, texas

twenty something

moon walk

1990s

anarchic comedy

slacker culture

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