Slacker (film)
1990 film by Richard Linklater / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Directed by | Richard Linklater |
Written by | Richard Linklater |
Produced by | Richard Linklater |
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Cinematography | Lee Daniel |
Edited by | Scott Rhodes |
Distributed by | Orion Classics |
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Running time | 97 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $23,000[2] |
Box office | $1.2 million[2] |
Slacker premiered at the USA Film Festival on April 21, 1990,[citation needed] 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".[4]