Slacker · 1990

Slacker

Richard Linklater · 97 min · United States of America

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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Budget

US$23,000

Worldwide revenue

US$1,228,108

Profit

US$1,205,108

Box office (US)

$1,228,108

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations total

Production companies

Detour Filmproduction

Locations

• Exact location
• Approximate: the city or region
• Filming
• Setting

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Setting

Austin

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Cast

• 

  Richard Linklater

  Should Have Stayed at Bus Station

• Rudy Basquez

  Taxi Driver

• Jean Caffeine

  Roadkill

• Jan Hockey

  Jogger

• Stephan Hockey

  Running Late

• 

  Mark James

  Hit-and-Run Son

• Samuel Dietert

  Grocery Grabber of Death's Bounty

• Bob Boyd

  Officer Bozzio