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Slacker

Jul 27, 1990 · 1h 37m
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Drama
Comedy

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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.

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CAST

Richard Linklater
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Rudy Basquez
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Jean Caffeine
Roadkill
Jan Hockey
Jogger
Stephan Hockey
Running Late
Mark James
Hit-and-Run Son
Samuel Dietert
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Bob Boyd
Officer Bozzio
Directed by Richard Linklater

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$23,000
Revenue
$1,228,108
Production
Detour Filmproduction
Country
US

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