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Slacker
Running Time: 105 min.
MPAA Rating: R
Sound By: Ultra-Stereo
Produced By: / Detour Films / Orion Classics
Released: July 05, 1991 (USA)
Release By: Orion Classics

Summary:
One of the key American independent films of the 1990s, Richard Linklater's feature debut is an audacious look at the twentysomething culture in the college town of Austin, Texas. Set over the course of a 24-hour period, the film is a collection of s... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew:
Richard Linklater (Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station)
Mark James (Hit-and-run Son)
Stella Weir (Stephanie from Dallas)
John Slate ("Conspiracy A-Go-Go" Author)
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Review:
History may be written by the winners, but in movies like Slacker we learn that life's lovable losers often have a far more engaging story to tell. The spiritual anomie afflicting the generation of the then-29-year-old director Richard Linklater pro ... Continue >>