Slacker (film)

Not to be confused with the 2002 film Slackers.

Slacker
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Linklater
Written byRichard Linklater
Produced byRichard Linklater
Starring
CinematographyLee Daniel
Edited byScott Rhodes
Distributed byOrion Classics
Release dates
  • April 21, 1990 (1990-04-21) (USA Film Festival)
  • July 5, 1991 (1991-07-05) (United States)
Running time
97 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$23,000[2]
Box office$1.2 million[2]

Slacker is a 1990[3] American comedy drama film written, produced, and directed by Richard Linklater, who also stars in it. Filmed around Austin, Texas on a budget of $23,000, the film follows an ensemble cast of eccentric and misfit locals throughout a single day. Each character is on screen for only a few minutes before the film picks up someone else in the scene and follows them.

Slacker premiered at the USA Film Festival on April 21, 1990,[4] and was released in the United States on July 5, 1991, by Orion Classics. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $1 million against a production budget of $23,000. In 2012, Slacker was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5]

  1. ^ "Slacker (15)". British Board of Film Classification. November 16, 1992. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Whittaker, Richard (July 24, 2020). "In 1990, Austin Audiences Watched Slacker... and Saw Themselves". Austin Chronicle. Austin, Texas: Austin Chronicle Corp. Retrieved October 13, 2022. It's a conspiracy. Whatever IMDB or Wikipedia tells you, don't believe it. Slacker did not open on July 5, 1991. That's the corporate line they want you to swallow.… On July 27, 1990, Slacker opened on one of the two screens at the now-defunct Dobie Theater, in the food court on the second floor of the 27-story Dobie Center dorms, just off the UT-Austin campus at the end of the section of Guadalupe known as the Drag.
  4. ^ "1990 Movie Releases". Collider. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  5. ^ King, Susan (December 19, 2012). "National Film Registry selects 25 films for preservation". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. Retrieved November 8, 2018.