Richard Linklater's SLACKER presents a day in the life of a loose-knit subculture of marginal, eccentric, and overeducated citizens in Austin, Texas. Shooting the film on 16mm for a mere $23,000, writer/producer/director Linklater and his crew of friends eschewed a traditional plot, choosing instead to employ long takes and fluid transitions to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters, each as unique as the last, culminating in an episodic portrait of a distinct vernacular culture and a tribute to bohemian cerebration. SLACKER is a prescient look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants, and one of the key films of the American independent film movement of the 1990s.
Production Year:
1991
Released:
Tue, 08/24/2004
Run Time Minutes:
100
Genres:
Comedy
Genres:
Drama
Trailer:
No
Format Aspect Ratio:
4x3-Full Screen
Resolution:
480x720 LowRez
More Information:
HiDef-3 [d]
Audio Language:
English
Audio Format:
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels:
Dolby Surround
Actors:
Richard Linklater - Should have stayed at bus station
Actors:
Rudy Basquez - Taxi driver
Actors:
Jean Caffeine - Roadkill
Actors:
Jan Hockey - Jogger
Actors:
Stephan Hockey - Running late
Actors:
Mark James - Hit-and-run son
Actors:
Samuel Dietert - Grocery grabber of death's bounty
Actors:
Bob Boyd - Officer Bozzio
Actors:
Terrence Kirk - Officer Love
Actors:
Keith McCormack - Street musician
Actors:
Jennifer Schaudies - Walking to coffee shop
Actors:
Dan Kratochvil - Espresso Czar
Actors:
Maris Strautmanis - Giant cappuccino
Actors:
Brecht Andersch - Dostoyevsky wannabe
Actors:
Tom Pallotta - Looking for missing friend
Actors:
Jerry Delony - Been on the moon since the 50's
Actors:
Heather West - Tura Satana look-alike
Actors:
John Spath - Co-op guy
Actors:
Ron Marks - Bush basher
Actors:
Daniel Dugan - Comb game player
Actors:
Brian Crockett - Sadistic comb game player
Actors:
Scott Marcus - Ultimate loser
Actors:
Stella Weir - Stephanie from Dallas
Actors:
Teresa Taylor - Pap smear pusher
Actors:
Mark Harris - T-Shirt terrorist
Actors:
Greg Wilson - Anti-traveller
Actors:
Deborah Pastor - Wants to leave country
Actors:
Gina Lalli - Sidewalk psychic
Actors:
Sharon Roos - Devoted follower
Actors:
Frank Orrall - Happy-go-lucky guy
Actors:
Skip Fulton, Jr. - Two for one special
Actors:
Abra Moore - Has change
Actors:
Lori Capp - Traumatized yacht owner
Actors:
Gus Vayas - Cranky cook
Actors:
Louis Black - Paranoid paper reader
Actors:
Don Stroud - Recluse in bathrobe
Actors:
Janelle Coolich - Shut-in girlfriend
Actors:
Aleister Barron - Peeping kid
Actors:
Albans Benchoff - Coke machine robber
Actors:
Nigel Benchoff - Budding capitalist youth
Actors:
Zara Barron - Coke heist accomplice
Actors:
Kevin Whitley - Jilted boyfriend
Actors:
Steven Anderson - Guy who tosses typewriter
Actors:
Robert Pierson - Based on authoritative sources
Actors:
Sarah Harmon - Has faith in groups
Actors:
David Haymond - Street dweller
Actors:
John Slate - "Conspiracy A-Go-Go" author
Actors:
Scott Van Horn - Nova
Actors:
Lee Daniel - GTO
Actors:
Charles Gunning - Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
Actors:
Tamsy Ringler - Video interviewer
Actors:
Luke Savisky - Video cameraman
Actors:
Meg Brennan - Sitting at cafe
Actors:
Phillip Hostak - Hit up for cigarettes
Actors:
D. Angus MacDonald - Video playing store security
Actors:
Shelly Kristaponis - Shoplifter
Actors:
Louis Mackey - Old anarchist
Actors:
Kathy McCarty - Anarchist's daughter
Actors:
Michael Laird - Burglar
Actors:
Jack Meredith - Get-away accomplice
Actors:
Clark Lee Walker - Cadillac crook
Actors:
Kalman Spelletich - Video backpacker
Actors:
Siqgouri Wilkovich - Slapping boyfriend
Actors:
John Hawkins - Choking cirlfriend
Actors:
Scott Rhodes - Disgruntled grad student
Actors:
D. Montgomery - Having a breakthrough day
Actors:
Mimi Vitetta - Teacup sculptor
Actors:
Susannah Simone - Working on same painting
Actors:
Bruce Hughes - Card playing waiter
Actors:
Keith Fletcher - Cafe card player #1
Actors:
Eric Buehlman - Cafe card player #2
Actors:
R. Malice - Scooby Doo philosopher
Actors:
Mark Quirk - Papa Smurf
Actors:
Kim Krizan - Questions happiness
Actors:
Annick Souhami - Has conquered fear of rejection
Actors:
Regina Garza - Smoking writer
Actors:
Stephen Jacobson - S-T-E-V-E with a van
Actors:
Eric Lord - Doorman at club
Actors:
Kelly Linn - Bike rider with nice shoes
Actors:
Rachael Reinhardt - Cousin from greece
Actors:
Stewart Bennet - Sitting on ledge
Actors:
Kevin Thomson - Handstamping arm licker
Actors:
Nick Maffei - Pixl-Visionary
Actors:
Nolan Morrison - To be buried by history
Actors:
Dan Kratochvil - Masonic malcontent
Actors:
Kyle Rosenblad - Going to catch a show
Actors:
Ed Hall - Band playing at club
Actors:
Lucinda Scott - Dairy Queen photographer
Actors:
Wammo - Anti-artist
Actors:
Marianne Hyatt - Late night pick-up
Actors:
Gary Price - Watching early morning TV
Actors:
Joseph Jones - Old man recording thoughts
Actors:
Kendall Smith - Post-modern Paul Revere
Actors:
Sean Coffey - Super 8 cameraman
Actors:
Jennifer Carrol - All-night partier
Actors:
Charlotte Norris - Convertible driver
Actors:
Patrice Sullivan - Day tripper
Actors:
Greg Ward - Tosses camera off cliff