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Slacker

1990 · Movie · R · 97 min · ★ 6.8

DramaComedy

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

Directed by Richard Linklater