Slacker
Slacker, directed by Richard Linklater, presents a day in the life of a loose-knit Austin, Texas, subculture populated by eccentric and overeducated young people. Shooting on 16 mm for a mere $23,000, writer-producer-director Linklater and his crew of friends threw out any idea of a traditional plot, choosing instead to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters, each as compelling as the last. Slacker is a prescient look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants, and one of the key films of the American independent film movement of the 1990s.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored high-definition digital film transfer, supervised by director Richard Linklater and director of photography Lee Daniel, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Three audio commentaries, featuring Linklater and members of the cast and crew
- It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988), Linklater’s first full-length feature, with commentary by the director
- Woodshock, a 1985 16 mm short by Linklater and Daniel
- Casting tapes featuring select “auditions” from the more-than-100-member cast
- Deleted scenes and alternate takes
- Footage from the Slacker tenth-anniversary reunion
- Early film treatment
- Home movies
- Ten-minute trailer for a 2005 documentary about the landmark Austin café Les Amis
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author and filmmaker John Pierson, an introduction to It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books by director Monte Hellman, an essay by Michael Barker, reviews by critics Ron Rosenbaum and Chris Walters, and production notes by Linklater
New cover by Marc English
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored high-definition digital film transfer, supervised by director Richard Linklater and director of photography Lee Daniel, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Three audio commentaries, featuring Linklater and members of the cast and crew
- It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988), Linklater’s first full-length feature, with commentary by the director
- Woodshock, a 1985 16 mm short by Linklater and Daniel
- Casting tapes featuring select “auditions” from the more-than-100-member cast
- Deleted scenes and alternate takes
- Footage from the Slacker tenth-anniversary reunion
- Early film treatment
- Home movies
- Ten-minute trailer for a 2005 documentary about the landmark Austin café Les Amis
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author and filmmaker John Pierson, an introduction to It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books by director Monte Hellman, an essay by Michael Barker, reviews by critics Ron Rosenbaum and Chris Walters, and production notes by Linklater
New cover by Marc English
Cast
- Richard Linklater
- Should have stayed at the bus station
- Kathy McCarty
- Anarchist’s daughter
- Rudy Basquez
- Taxi driver
- Jean Caffeine
- Roadkill
- Jan Hockey
- Jogger
- Stephen Hockey
- Running late
- Mark James
- Hit-and-run son
- Sam Dietert
- Grocery grabber of death’s bounty
- Bob Boyd
- Officer Bozio
- Terrence Kirk
- Office Love
- Keith McCormack
- Street musician
- Jennifer Schaudies
- Walking to coffee shop
- Jerry Delony
- Been on the moon since the ’50s
- Teresa Taylor
- Pap smear pusher
- Dan Burrows
- Quotes Hitler
- John Slate
- Conspiracy A-Go-Go author
- Louis Mackey
- Old anarchist
- Kendal Smith
- Post-modern Paul Revere
- Regina Garza
- Smoking writer
Credits
- Director
- Richard Linklater
- Screenplay
- Richard Linklater
- Producer
- Richard Linklater
- Cinematography
- Lee Daniel
- Editing
- Scott Rhodes
- Production manager/casting
- Anne Walker-McBay
- Dolly grip/ assistant cameraman
- Clark Walker
- Sound
- Denise Montgomery
- Script supervisor
- Meg Brennan
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