Slacker [videorecording] / Detour Filmproduction presents ; producer, writer, director, Richard Linklater.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1559409533
- ISBN: 9781559409537
- Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (62 chiefly unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
- Edition: Director approved special edition ; full screen.
- Publisher: [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2004]
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Full screen (1.33:1).Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.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 -- 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.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Cinematographer, Lee Daniel ; editor, Scott Rhodes.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine, Jan Hockey.
- Target Audience Note:
- MPAA rating: R.
- System Details Note:
- DVD; region 1, 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital stereo.
- Language Note:
- In English; optional English SDH for the hard-of-hearing.
- Awards Note:
- Named to the National Film Registry in 2012 by the Library of Congress.
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- Subject:
- University of Texas > Drama.
Subculture > Texas > Austin > Drama.
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- Comedy films.
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Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Fort Branch Library | DVD SLA (Text) | 37810435658892 | Adult Video | Available | - |
