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Slacker

Movie·1990·Drama, Comedy·1h 37m·6.8 (335)·Directed by Richard Linklater

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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.

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Richard LinklaterRichard LinklaterShould Have Stayed at Bus Station
Rudy Basquez
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Jean Caffeine
Jean CaffeineRoadkill
Jan Hockey
Jan HockeyJogger
Stephan Hockey
Stephan HockeyRunning LateMark JamesMark JamesHit-and-Run Son
Samuel Dietert
Samuel DietertGrocery Grabber of Death's Bounty
Bob Boyd
Bob BoydOfficer Bozzio

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