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Slacker (1991)
Presents a day in the life in Austin, Texas among its social outcasts and misfits, predominantly the twenty-something set, using a series of linear vignettes.Director: Richard Linklater
OVERALL: R1-
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
(1) Audio commentary with Richard Linklater (director)
(2) Audio commentary with cast members Rudy Basquez, Jerry Delony, Scott Marcus, Gina Lalli, Louis Black, Sarah Harman, John Slate, Kathy McCarty, Kallman Spelletich, Scott Rhodes, R. Malice and Wammo
(3) Audio commentary with Richard Linklater (director), Lee Daniel (director of photography) and Clark Walker (co-producer)
“No Longer Not Yet” an early film treatment (text)
“Showing Life” casting tapes featuring select "auditions" from the over one-hundred-member cast, with an essay (text) from production manager/casting director Anne Walker-McBay (14:44)
“Taco-and-a-half after 10” home movies (12:01)
“Les Amis” trailer for a documentary about the landmark Austin café, Les Amis, which served as location for several scenes in "Slacker" (10:31)
“Shooting from the Hip” stills gallery featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production and publicity photos
DISC TWO
* “It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books” (1988), Linklater's first full-length feature, with optional commentary by the director (85:52)
“Woodshock” (1985) an early short 16mm film made by Linklater and Lee Daniel (7:19)
“Austin Film Society” information about this society, founded in 1985 by Linklater with Daniel, including early flyers from screenings
“Ain’t No Film in That Shit!” the working script of Slacker, including fourteen deleted scenes and alternate takes, with optional text notes on context (28:22)
"Slacker Culture" essay by Linklater (text)
Footage from the Slacker tenth-anniversary in Austin, Texas, in 2001 (19:56)
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Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Digipak
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Notes:In cardboard slipcase.
64-page booklet, featuring essays by John Pierson (author and filmmaker) and Michael Barker (head of Sony Pictures Classics), reviews, production notes, a complete cast and crew listing, and an introduction to “It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books” by Monte Hellmann (filmmaker) -
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Extras:Production Notes (5 Text pages)
Photo gallery (Slideshow, 6:37)
Trailer (2:37)
Start up trailers:
- The Counterfeiters (1:35)
- Sherry Baby (2:23)
- Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2:13)
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Trailer
Pictures
Biographies
Production notes
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Now OOP
- Specifications to be confirmed
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (100:03 NTSC)
- R2 United Kingdom- Metrodome Distribution - No cuts (96:07 PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- VCI / Cinema Club - No cuts
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Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 21/03/19UPDATE LOG:
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