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Slacker
Movie Details

Title: Slacker

Release Date: 5 Jul 1991

Runtime: 1h 37m

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Director: Detour Filmproduction

Production Companies: Detour Filmproduction

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.708 (300 votes)

Cast

  • Should Have Stayed at Bus Station: Richard Linklater
  • Taxi Driver: Rudy Basquez
  • Roadkill: Jean Caffeine
  • Jogger: Jan Hockey
  • Running Late: Stephan Hockey
  • Hit-and-Run Son: Mark James
  • Grocery Grabber of Death's Bounty: Samuel Dietert
  • Officer Bozzio: Bob Boyd
  • Officer Love: Terrence Kirk
  • Street Musician: Keith McCormack
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