Slacker
1991 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 24,286 VOTES · DIR. Richard Linklater
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,497 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:07 Now boarding for Bastrop, Smithville...
00:04:06 I move in with her, you know.
00:12:50 Take my dictation.
00:15:40 While we're out here with some serious social diseases and everything
00:18:23 - I just thought you had the right to know. - Thanks.
00:22:15 "He doesn't see his parents much anymore.
00:25:59 goin' about a hundred miles an hour down the freeway...
00:29:23 Okay.
00:33:34 You should never- You should never-
00:37:21 Well, buy a boomerang.
00:41:29 - Hey, how's it going? - Hi. Okay. Where have you been?
00:44:46 No, what class?
00:47:40 I've just expanded and expanded upon it, you know. And I went on -
00:51:07 - I'm going. Free ride. - Okay.
00:57:19 - I don't know what you're talking about. - Ma'am, I'm gonna have to ask
01:01:26 - Back in a minute, Delia. - Have fun, Dad.
01:05:12 "because I wish them the only thing that can prove today...
01:08:58 Uh, anyway, he made this tape.
01:12:51 Well, the wall doesn't exist. It's not there, you know.
01:15:59 - Answering to Papa Smurf. - Yeah, it's safety in numbers.
01:19:16 And I could take some other people with me...
01:22:09 - This band's gonna be great? I hope so. - Yeah, check it out. You're gonna
01:26:02 Hey, I'll tell you what. Why don't one of you take it?
01:29:55 I like to destroy other people's artwork.
Cast & Characters
Richard Linklater
Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
Rudy Basquez
Taxi Driver
Jean Caffeine
Roadkill
Jan Hockey
Jogger
Stephan Hockey
Running Late
Mark James
Hit-and-Run Son
Samuel Dietert
Grocery Grabber of Death's Bounty
Bob Boyd
Officer Bozzio
Terrence Kirk
Officer Love
Keith McCormack
Street Musician
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,497
Dialogue density15.4 lines / min
First line00:01:07
Final line01:29:55
Production Record
DirectorRichard Linklater
LanguageEnglish
Budget$23,000
Revenue$1,228,108
IMDb votes24,286