Dazed and Confused (1993)

7.3 | Sep 24, 1993 (US) | Comedy, Drama | 01:42

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Budget: 6 900 000 | Revenue: 8 259 076

It was the last day of school in 1976. A time they'd never forget. (If only they could remember)

The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.

Featured Crew

Richard Linklater

Producer, Director, Writer

Alicia Stevenson

Foley Artist

Cast

Jason London

Pink

Matthew McConaughey

Wooderson

Joey Lauren Adams

Simone

Rory Cochrane

Slater

Wiley Wiggins

Mitch

Adam Goldberg

Mike

Anthony Rapp

Tony

Sasha Jenson

Don

Shawn Andrews

Pickford

Milla Jovovich

Michelle

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Reviews

Filipe Manuel Neto

3 | Mar 08, 2023

A nostalgic film, aimed at those who lived through that time and those experiences, but which was not intended for other audiences and ended up fatally forgotten.

I'm not sure what Richard Linklater was thinking when he decided to make a comedy film about the last day of school for a group of teenagers in 1976.

Wuchak

8 | Mar 05, 2023

_The last day of school in 1976_

In the Austin, Texas, area, several youths complete their last day at school and celebrate through the night.

"Dazed and Confused" failed at the box office in 1993-94, but has gone on to achieve a deserved cult status. It's one of the best high school comedy-dramas, along with "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982). The difference between these two is that "Fast Times" contains more goofy antics whereas "Dazed" is more of a docudrama with amusing flashes.

Reno

7 | Dec 14, 2016

The final day of the school, but it's just the beginning!

I won't lie that I watched it after I saw 'Everybody Wants Some!!' from the same director. Because I liked that film and I heard that was a spiritual sequel to this one. So there goes my reason. I usually love the 80s and 90s teen films, you can't compare them to what they make now. The film was from the edge of before my generation began, but I'm very related that time than the other end.

talisencrw

9 | Jul 06, 2016

Really solid sophomore effort by Linklater.

Loved his Hitchcock homage, especially.

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N/A | Jan 09, 2015

for so long its not true

I only saw it once. I dare not watch this again. For some reason it was playing at a dingy burlesque-haunted cinema on old Granville Street in Vancouver on a Sunday afternoon in 1993 where wasted men usually shuffle in to deposit their sperm. (Not enough credit goes to internet porn for cleaning up the streets). Richard Linkater wasn't a story at the time. The guy who made Slackers. The bastard love child of Jim Jarmusch and Chrissie Hynde for all I knew.