
Slacker
1990 · Movie · R · 97 min · ★ 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.
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Details
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-07-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (335 votes)
- Budget
- $23,000
Themes
- telescope
- dreams
- moon
- atomic bomb
- burglar
- philosophy
- texas
- tent
- anarchist
- hit-and-run
- ufo
- writer
- +11 more
Cast & crew

Richard Linklater
as Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
- RB
Rudy Basquez
as Taxi Driver
- JC
Jean Caffeine
as Roadkill
- JH
Jan Hockey
as Jogger
- SH
Stephan Hockey
as Running Late

Mark James
as Hit-and-Run Son
- SD
Samuel Dietert
as Grocery Grabber of Death's Bounty
- BB
Bob Boyd
as Officer Bozzio
- TK
Terrence Kirk
as Officer Love
- KM
Keith McCormack
as Street Musician
Directed by Richard Linklater