Slacker

Slacker (1991)

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.

star 6.7 7.0 69 82%
  • Release Date: 1991-07-05
  • Runtime: 1h 37min
  • Director: Richard Linklater

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  • Trailer

    Cast

    • 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

    • Jennifer Schaudies

      Walking to Coffee Shop

    • Dan Kratochvil

      Espresso Czar / Masonic Malcontent

    • Maris Strautmanis

      Giant Cappuccino

    • Brecht Andersch

      Dostoyevsky Wannabe

    • Tommy Pallotta

      Looking for Missing Friend

    • Jerry Delony

      Been on the Moon Since the 50's

    • Heather West

      Tura Satana Look-Alike

    • John Spath

      Co-op Guy

    • Ron Marks

      Bush Basher

    • Daniel Dugan

      Comb Game Player

    • Brian Crockett

      Sadistic Comb Game Player

    • Scott Marcus

      Ultimate Loser

    • Stella Weir

      Stephanie from Dallas

    • Teresa Taylor

      Pap Smear Pusher

    • Mark Harris

      T-Shirt Terrorist

    • Greg Wilson

      Anti-Traveller

    • Deborah Pastor

      Wants to Leave Country

    • Gina Lalli

      Sidewalk Psychic

    • Sharon Roos

      Devoted Follower

    • Frank Orrall

      Happy-Go-Lucky Guy

    • Skip Fulton Jr.

      Two for One Special

    • Abra Moore

      Has Change

    • Lori Capp

      Traumatized Yacht Owner

    • Gus Vayas

      Cranky Cook

    • Louis Black

      Paranoid Paper Reader

    • Don Stroud

      Recluse in Bathrobe

    • Janelle Coolich

      Shut-in Girlfriend

    • Aleister Barron

      Peeping Kid

    • Albans Benchoff

      Coke Machine Robber

    • Nigel Benchoff

      Budding Capitalist Youth

    • Zara Barron

      Coke Heist Accomplice

    • Kevin Whitley

      Jilted Boyfriend

    • Steven Anderson

      Guy Who Tosses Typewriter

    • Robert Pierson

      Based on Authoritative Sources

    • Sarah Harmon

      Has Faith in Groups

    • David Haymond

      Street Dweller

    • John Slate

      'Conspiracy A-Go-Go' Author

    • Scott Van Horn

      Nova

    • Lee Daniel

      GTO

    • Charles Gunning

      Hitchhiker Awaiting 'True Call'

    • Tamsy Ringler

      Video Interviewer

    • Luke Savisky

      Video Cameraman

    • Meg Brennan

      Sitting at Cafe

    • Phillip Hostak

      Hit Up for Cigarettes

    • D. Angus MacDonald

      Video Playing Store Security

    • Shelly Kristaponis

      Shoplifter

    • Louis Mackey

      Old Anarchist

    • Kathy McCarty

      Anarchist's Daughter

    • Michael Laird

      Burglar

    • Jack Meredith

      Get-Away Accomplice

    • Clark Walker

      Cadillac Crook

    • Kalman Spelletich

      Video Backpacker

    • Siqgouri Wilkovich

      Slapping Boyfriend

    • John Hawkins

      Choking Girlfriend

    • Scott Rhodes

      Disguntled Grad Student

    • D. Montgomery

      Having a Breakthrough Day

    • Mimi Vitetta

      Teacup Sculpter

    • Susannah Simone

      Working on Same Painting

    • Bruce Hughes

      Card Playing Waiter

    • Keith Fletcher

      Cafe Card Player #1

    • Eric Buehlman

      Cafe Card Player #2

    • Seth Maxwell Malice

      Scooby Doo Philosopher

    • Mark Quirk

      Papa Smurf

    • Kim Krizan

      Questions Happiness

    • Annick Souhami

      Has Conquered Fear of Rejection

    • Regina Garza

      Smoking Writer

    • Stephen Jacobson

      S-T-E-V-E with a Van

    • Eric Lord

      Doorman at Club

    • Kelly Linn

      Bike Rider with Nice Shoes

    • Athina Rachel Tsangari

      Cousin from Greece

    • Stewart Bennet

      Sitting on Ledge

    • Kevin Thomson

      Handstamping Arm Licker

    • Nick Maffei

      Pixl-Visionary

    • Nolan Morrison

      To Be Buried by History

    • Kyle Rosenblad

      Going to Catch a Show

    • Ed Hall

      Band Playing at Club

    • Lucinda Scott

      Dairy Queen Photographer

    • Wammo

      Anti-Artist

    • Marianne Hyatt

      Late Night Pick-Up

    • Gary Price

      Watching Early Morning TV

    • Joseph Jones

      Old Man Recording Thoughts

    • Kendall Smith

      Post-Modern Paul Revere

    • Sean Coffey

      Super 8 Cameraman

    • Jennifer Carroll

      All-Night Partier

    • Patrice Sullivan

      Day Tripper

    • Greg Ward

      Tosses Camera Off Cliff

    • Mike Enright

      Bicyclist (uncredited)

    • Robert Jacks

      Club Owner (voice) (uncredited)

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