Slacker
Directed by	Richard Linklater
Produced by	Richard Linklater
Written by	Richard Linklater
Starring	Richard Linklater Marc James Stella Weir John Slate Louis Mackey Teresa Taylor
Cinematography	Lee Daniel
Editing by	Scott Rhodes
Distributed by	Orion Pictures
Release date(s)	July 5, 1991
Running time	105 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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Slacker (1991) is an influential American independent film written and directed by Richard Linklater, who also appears in the film. Slacker was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival in 1991. Richard Rick Linklater (born July 30, 1961, in Houston, Texas) is an Academy Award nominated American film director and writer. ... Teresa Taylor was the drummer for the band Butthole Surfers from Houston, Texas and featured in the film Slacker selling a Pap smear from Madonna. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1991 in film involved many significant films. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The year 1991 in film involved many significant films. ... An independent film, or indie film, is usually a low-budget film that is produced by a small movie studio. ... Richard Rick Linklater (born July 30, 1961, in Houston, Texas) is an Academy Award nominated American film director and writer. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the state of Utah in the United States. ...

Plot summary

Teresa Taylor and the Madonna pap smear

Slacker is a uniquely-structured and plotless film, following a single day in the life of an ensemble of mostly twenty-something bohemians and misfits in Austin. The film follows various characters and scenes, never staying with one character or conversation for more than a few minutes before picking up someone else in the scene and following them. The characters include Linklater as a miscreant who just steps off a bus, a UFO buff who insists the U.S. has been on the moon since the 1950s, a JFK conspiracy theorist, an elderly anarchist who befriends a man trying to burglarize his house, a serial television set collector and a woman trying to sell a Madonna pap smear. The woman selling the pap smear appears on the movie poster, and was played by Butthole Surfers drummer Teresa Taylor.^[1] A twenty-something is a person in the age group 20 to 29. ... For other uses, see Bohemian (disambiguation). ... UFO redirects here. ... Fans of Janet Jackson, at Much Music in Toronto The word fan refers to someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking of a person, group of persons, work of art, idea, or trend. ... This article is about Earths moon. ... The 1950s decade refers to the years 1950 to 1959 inclusive. ... President Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Nellie Connally and Governor John Connally, shortly before the assassination. ... Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... Television set may refer to: Television, a device to display television programs Television studio, an installation in which television or video productions take place Set construction, theatrical scenery This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... This article is about the American entertainer. ... The pap smear as we know it is an invention of Dr. Georgios Papanikolaou (1883-1962), an American of Greek birth, the father of cytopathology. ... The Butthole Surfers are an American rock band founded in 1981 by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas. ... Teresa Taylor was the drummer for the band Butthole Surfers from Houston, Texas and featured in the film Slacker selling a Pap smear from Madonna. ...

Production

The film was shot on location in Austin, Texas with a budget of $23,000, and 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. Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... A cult film is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans. ...

The movie was released to DVD worldwide on January 13, 2003. A two-disc Criterion Collection boxed-set edition was released on August 31, 2004 in the USA and Canada only. The set has many "extras", including a book on the film and Linklater's first feature film, It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books, on DVD for the first time. A different book (also titled Slacker) containing the screenplay, interviews, and writing about the film was published by St Martin's Press in 1992. DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Criterion Collection logo The Criterion Collection is a privately held company that distributes authoritative consumer versions of important classic and contemporary films on DVD. It was established in 1984 as a joint venture between Janus Films and the Voyager Company. ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Its Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books is the first feature film by Richard Linklater, filmed on 16 mm and edited at a radio station, with Linklater starring and handling all production duties. ... St. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

Impact

The release of the film is often taken as a starting point (along with the earlier Sex, lies, and videotape) for the independent film movement of the 1990s. Many of the independent filmmakers of that period credit the film with inspiring or opening doors for them, perhaps most famously Kevin Smith, who has said on numerous occasions that the film was the inspiration for Clerks. The movie also popularized the use of "slacker" to describe "a person regarded as one of a large group or generation of young people (especially in the early to mid 1990s) characterized by apathy, aimlessness, and lack of ambition".^[2] Linklater, however, has said that he wanted the word to have positive connotations. . The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... This article is about the American screenwriter, film director, actor and comic book writer. ... Clerks. ... Slacking in the park The term slacker was commonly used in the United States in World War I and World War II to describe men who were avoiding the military draft. ...

References

External links

• Slacker at the Internet Movie Database
• Slacker at Rotten Tomatoes
• Criterion Collection essay by John Pierson
• Criterion Collection essay by Ron Rosenbaum
• Salon.com retrospective article
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