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Feature film — 1990

Slacker (1990)

6.71h 37mComedy

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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Director: Richard Linklater

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Cast & crew

Richard Linklater as Should Have Stayed at Bus Station

Richard Linklater

Should Have Stayed at Bus Station

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Rudy Basquez

Taxi Driver

J

Jean Caffeine

Roadkill

J

Jan Hockey

Jogger

S

Stephan Hockey

Running Late

Mark James as Hit-and-Run Son

Mark James

Hit-and-Run Son

S

Samuel Dietert

Grocery Grabber of Death's Bounty

B

Bob Boyd

Officer Bozzio

T

Terrence Kirk

Officer Love

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Keith McCormack

Street Musician

J

Jennifer Schaudies

Walking to Coffee Shop

D

Dan Kratochvil

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