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Slacker

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

Year

Genre

Box Office

$1,228,108

Production

Detour Filmproduction

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations

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Should Have Stayed at Bus Station

Richard Linklater

Taxi Driver

Roadkill

Jogger

Running Late

Hit-and-Run Son

Grocery Grabber of Death's Bounty

Officer Bozzio

Officer Love

Street Musician

Keith McCormack

Walking to Coffee Shop

Jennifer Schaudies

Espresso Czar

Giant Cappuccino

Maris Strautmanis

Dostoyevsky Wannabe

Brecht Andersch

Looking for Missing Friend

Been on the Moon Since the 50's

Tura Satana Look-Alike

Co-op Guy

Bush Basher

Comb Game Player

Sadistic Comb Game Player

Ultimate Loser

Stephanie from Dallas

Pap Smear Pusher

T-Shirt Terrorist

Anti-Traveller

Wants to Leave Country

Sidewalk Psychic

Devoted Follower

Happy-Go-Lucky Guy

Two for One Special

Skip Fulton Jr.

Has Change

Traumatized Yacht Owner

Cranky Cook

Paranoid Paper Reader

Recluse in Bathrobe

Shut-in Girlfriend

Janelle Coolich

Peeping Kid

Aleister Barron

Coke Machine Robber

Albans Benchoff

Budding Capitalist Youth

Coke Heist Accomplice

Jilted Boyfriend

Guy Who Tosses Typewriter

Steven Anderson

Based on Authoritative Sources

Has Faith in Groups

Street Dweller

'Conspiracy A-Go-Go' Author

Nova

GTO

Hitchhiker Awaiting 'True Call'

Charles Gunning

Video Interviewer

Video Cameraman

Sitting at Cafe

Hit Up for Cigarettes

Video Playing Store Security

D. Angus MacDonald

Shoplifter

Shelly Kristaponis

Old Anarchist

Anarchist's Daughter

Burglar

Get-Away Accomplice

Cadillac Crook

Video Backpacker

Kalman Spelletich

Slapping Boyfriend

Siqgouri Wilkovich

Choking Girlfriend

Disguntled Grad Student

Having a Breakthrough Day

Teacup Sculpter

Working on Same Painting

Susannah Simone

Card Playing Waiter

Cafe Card Player #1

Cafe Card Player #2

Scooby Doo Philosopher

Seth Maxwell Malice

Papa Smurf

Questions Happiness

Has Conquered Fear of Rejection

Smoking Writer

S-T-E-V-E with a Van

Stephen Jacobson

Doorman at Club

Bike Rider with Nice Shoes

Cousin from Greece

Athina Rachel Tsangari

Sitting on Ledge

Handstamping Arm Licker

Pixl-Visionary

To Be Buried by History

Going to Catch a Show

Band Playing at Club

Dairy Queen Photographer

Anti-Artist

Late Night Pick-Up

Watching Early Morning TV

Old Man Recording Thoughts

Post-Modern Paul Revere

Super 8 Cameraman

All-Night Partier

Jennifer Carroll

Day Tripper

Patrice Sullivan

Tosses Camera Off Cliff

Bicyclist

Club Owner

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[Man On P.A. Speaking Spanish] - Slacker

[Man On P.A. Speaking Spanish]

Man I just had the weirdest dream back on the bus there - Slacker

Man I just had the weirdest dream back on the bus there

- [Thudding]
- [Tires Screeching] - Slacker

- [Thudding] - [Tires Screeching]

Whose body is this? - Slacker

Whose body is this?

[Sirens Approaching] - Slacker

[Sirens Approaching]

[Knocking On Door] - Slacker

[Knocking On Door]

[Knocking] - Slacker

Who's ever written the great work about the immense effort required - Slacker

Who's ever written the great work about the immense...

Yeah this drug takes away your long term memory - Slacker

Yeah this drug takes away your long term memory

See, he's gone.
All his stuff's gone. - Slacker

See, he's gone. All his stuff's gone.

Hey, where you headed? - Slacker

Hey, where you headed?

Terrorism's the surgical strike capability of the oppressed - Slacker

Terrorism's the surgical strike capability of the...

The next person who passes us - Slacker

The next person who passes us

- Paper?
- No, thank you. - Slacker

- Paper? - No, thank you.

[Chuckles] - Slacker

You should never traumatize a woman sexually I should know - Slacker

You should never traumatize a woman sexually I should know

You should quit You should quit - Slacker

You should quit You should quit

[Tires Screech, Horn Honks] - Slacker

[Tires Screech, Horn Honks]

Come on, guys.
We're wasting time. - Slacker

Come on, guys. We're wasting time.

- Hey, you want a Coke?
- Half price. - Slacker

- Hey, you want a Coke? - Half price.

This is it.
Put the typewriter right there. - Slacker

This is it. Put the typewriter right there.

Why in the hell is he throwing it in It's a perfectly good typewriter - Slacker

Why in the hell is he throwing it in It's a perfectly...

You know that's what I hate When you start talking like this - Slacker

You know that's what I hate When you start talking like...

Yeah, the tripower linkage
never worked out on that Goat. - Slacker

Yeah, the tripower linkage never worked out on that Goat.

- What did you get?
- Distributor. - Slacker

- What did you get? - Distributor.

- You gonna pay for that?
- Uh-huh. - Slacker

- You gonna pay for that? - Uh-huh.

- How about a lift back into town?
- Yeah. - Slacker

- How about a lift back into town? - Yeah.

That's our last one. - Slacker

That's our last one.

I'll probably go back next week
and dance on his grave. - Slacker

I'll probably go back next week and dance on his grave.

Hey, you got a cigarette? - Slacker

Hey, you got a cigarette?

Did you vote in the most recent election - Slacker

Did you vote in the most recent election

Did you vote in the most recent election - Slacker

Did you vote in the most recent election

I may live badly but at least I don't have to work to do it - Slacker

I may live badly but at least I don't have to work to...

Every single commodity you produce is a piece of your own death - Slacker

Every single commodity you produce is a piece of your own...

Oh, shit. - Slacker

So why don't you let me
put that up for you? - Slacker

So why don't you let me put that up for you?

Man And remember the passion for destruction is also a creative passion - Slacker

Man And remember the passion for destruction is also a...

Man And remember the passion for destruction is also a creative passion - Slacker

Man And remember the passion for destruction is also a...

Like how Well like to me my thing is - Slacker

Like how Well like to me my thing is

Every action is a positive action - Slacker

Every action is a positive action

It's like I've had a total recalibration of my mind you know - Slacker

It's like I've had a total recalibration of my...

Oh that's all right Time doesn't exist - Slacker

Oh that's all right Time doesn't exist

So we gotta like totally roll Do you have a car - Slacker

So we gotta like totally roll Do you have a car

So what do you fancy yourself as some sort of artist or what - Slacker

So what do you fancy yourself as some sort of artist or what

No I'm kidding I don't do much really - Slacker

No I'm kidding I don't do much really

[Engine Starts] - Slacker

[Engine Starts]

♪♪ [Big-Band Swing On TV] - Slacker

♪♪ [Big-Band Swing On TV]

♪♪ [Continues] - Slacker

♪♪ [Continues]

When young we mourn for one woman - Slacker

When young we mourn for one woman

♪♪ ['50s Rock] - Slacker

♪♪ ['50s Rock]

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Richard Linklater

Writer: Richard Linklater

Production: Detour Filmproduction

Genre: comedy, drama

Year: 1990

MetaScore: 69/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: $1,228,108

Released: 05 Jul 1991

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

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