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1990 film by Richard Linklater

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6.8

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.

Released: 1990-07-2797 minDir: Richard LinklaterDrama, ComedyBudget: $23,000Box office: $1.2M

Cast

  • Richard Linklater as Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
  • Rudy Basquez as Taxi Driver
  • Jean Caffeine as Roadkill
  • Jan Hockey as Jogger
  • Stephan Hockey as Running Late
  • Mark James as Hit-and-Run Son

Themes

  • telescope
  • dreams
  • moon
  • atomic bomb
  • burglar
  • philosophy
  • texas
  • tent
  • anarchist
  • hit-and-run

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Ratings

IMDb

7/10

25,366 votes

Year
1990
Runtime
97 min
Genres
Comedy, Drama

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Wikidata facts

Duration
100
FilmAffinity ID
981174
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publication date
1991-01-01
title
Slacker
review score
7.3/10
capital cost
23000
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