Slacker
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
98 people
Richard Linklater
Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
Known for
Spy Kids
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Rudy Basquez
Taxi Driver
Jean Caffeine
Roadkill
No other roles listed
Jan Hockey
Jogger
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Stephan Hockey
Running Late
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Mark James
Hit-and-Run Son
Also in
The White Shadow
The Love Boat
Samuel Dietert
Grocery Grabber of Death's Bounty
No other roles listed
Bob Boyd
Officer Bozzio
Also in
The Incredible Hulk
The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt
Terrence Kirk
Officer Love
No other roles listed
Keith McCormack
Street Musician
Also in
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
Jennifer Schaudies
Walking to Coffee Shop
No other roles listed
Dan Kratochvil
Espresso Czar / Masonic Malcontent
Also in
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
Richard Linklater Director · Lee Daniel Cinematographer Scott Rhodes Editor
Worldwide gross $1.2M · Budget $23K · United States release July 27, 1990
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Budget
$23,000
Worldwide gross
$1,228,108
Gross vs. budget
53.4×
Production
Detour Filmproduction
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 21, 1990
Premiere · USA Film Festival
United States · July 27, 1990
Limited theatrical · Dobie Theater
United States
March 22, 1991 · Premiere · New York New Directors and New Films Festival
July 5, 1991 · Theatrical
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