![]() Their inexperience is sometimes endearing, sometimes frustrating their existential boredom and characteristic weirdness provide a glimpse of an Austin that may or may not be apocryphal. Slacker’s amateur actors were selected from an invite-only casting call. Word spread, and the film was accepted to Sundance, picked up for distribution by Orion Classics shortly thereafter, and officially opened in theaters on July 5, 1991. ![]() Undeterred, Linklater and friends put up Slacker stickers, fliers, and murals around Austin and the film opened to record box office sales at the Dobie Theater in July 1990, selling out the first 22 showings. We’ll find ALL of our people elsewhere and do the film a full 100% against the industry way.” Completed in February 1990, Slacker was repeatedly rejected from film festivals that year. As Linklater wrote early in the process, “We’re now more determined than ever to avoid these industry types who have no passion for cinema. Slacker’s quirky non sequiturs and large cast of weird characters didn’t initially connect with studios or distributors. Writer-director Richard Linklater had exhausted family members from which to borrow money, maxed out his credit cards, and at one point didn’t even have enough funds to pay the COD charges on a shipment of prints. ![]() Angus MacDonald Video Playing Store Security Shelly Kristaponis Shoplifter Kathy McCarty Anarchist's Daughter Michael Laird Burglar Clark Lee Walker Cadillac Crook 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 R.Filmed for a reputed $23,000 in summer 1989, Slacker is a film that had the odds stacked against it. Montgomery Rachel Reinhardt Scott Rhodes, Editor Kalman Spellitich Kevin Thompson Scott Van Horn Heather West Rudy Basquez Taxi Driver Jan Hockey Jogger Stephan Hockey Running Late 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 Tom Pallotta Looking for Missing Friend Jerry Deloney Been on the Moon Since the 50's John Spath Co-op Guy Ron Marks Bush Basher Daniel Dugan Comb Game Player Brian Crockett Sadistic Comb Game Player Scott Marcus Ultimate Loser Teresa Taylor Papsmear Pusher Mark Harris T-Shirt Terrorist Greg Wilson Anti-Traveller Debbie Pastor Wants to Leave Country, Art Director Gina Lalli Sidewalk Psychic Sharon Roos Devoted Follower Frank Orrall Happy-Go-Lucky Guy Abra Moore Has Change Lori Capp Traumatized Yacht Owner Gus Vayas Cranky Cook Louis Black Paranoid Paper Reader Don Stroud Recluse in Bathrobe Aleister Barron Peeping Kid Albans Benchoff Coke Machine Robber Nigel Benchoff Budding Capitalist Youth Kevin Whitley Jilted Boyfriend Robert Pierson Based on Authoritative Sources Sarah Harmon Has Faith in Groups Lee Daniel GTO, Cinematographer 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. Cast Richard Linklater Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station, Director, Producer, Screenwriter Mark James Hit-and-run Son Stella Weir Stephanie from Dallas John Slate "Conspiracy A-Go-Go" Author Louis Mackey Old Anarchist Joseph Jones Old Man Recording Thoughts Steve Anderson Jean Caggeine Janelle Coolich Skip Fulton, Jr.
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