Slacker (movie)

Slacker (1991) is an American independent film directed by Richard Linklater. Linklater also wrote the screenplay and starred in the film. Slacker was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival (1991).

The film was shot on location in Austin, Texas with a budget of $23,000. The movie released on July 5, 1991. It did not receive a wide release but went on to become a cult film bringing in a domestic gross of over $1,000,000. The movie released on DVD on August 31, 2004.

Plot Summary

The film follows a day in the life of a group of twenty-something misfits who live in Austin through a series of vignettes. These social outcasts include a UFO buff who insists the U.S. has been on the moon since the 1950s, a conspiracy theorist who spouts about how many people were involved in killing JFK and a Madonna groupie among others. The characters come and go through each others lives throughout the movie.

References

• "Slacker." . Retrieved Aug. 24, 2004.
• "Slacker." . Retrieved Aug. 24, 2004.