Slacker [DVD video kit]

Richard Linklater's Slacker presents a day in the life of a subculture of marginal, eccentric, and overeducated citizens in and around the University of Texas; a prescient look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants.

General Note:

Title from disc surface.

1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital stereo.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.

Special features: Audio commentaries featuring Richard 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 Linklater; rare casting tapes featuring select "auditions" from the over one hundred member cast; deleted scenes and on-set footage; footage from the Slacker 10th Anniversary Reunion in Austin, Texas in 2001; original theatrical trailer; stills gallery featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production and publicity photos, and early script versions; booklet featuring reviews, essays, production notes, an introduction to Plow by director Monte Hellmann, an essay by John Pierson and a complete cast and crew listing; RSDL dual-layer edition.

Performers:

Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine, Jan Hockey, Stephan Hockey.

Contents:

Special features: disc 1. Three audio commentaries featuring Richard Linklater and members of the cast and crew ; Casting tapes featuring select "auditions" from the over one-hundred-member cast, with an essay from production manager/casting director Anne Walker-McBay ; An early film treatment ; Home movies ; Ten-minute trailer for a documentary about the landmark Austin cafe, Les Amis, which served as location for several scenes in "Slacker" ; Stills gallery ; Language: English Dolby digital stereo -- Subtitles: English -- disc 2. "It's impossible to learn to plow by reading books (1988)" Linklater's first full-length feature, with commentary by the director ; "Woodshock" an early short 16mm film made by Linklater and Lee Daniel in 1985 ; "The Roadmap, " a working script of "Slacker" including fourteen deleted scenes and alternate takes ; Footage from the "Slacker" tenth-anniversary reunion in Austin, Texas, in 2001 ; Slacker cluture essay by Linklater ; Information about the Austin Film Society, founded in 1985 by Linklater ; English subtitles for the deaf aqnd hearing impaired.

Genre:

Feature films.

Comedy films.

Independent films.

Language:

English

Additional Language:

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Added Corporate Author:

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)

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