Dazed and Confused 1993

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 98 min

genre: comedy

theme: high school

director: Richard Linklater

Score: 8 / 10

Dazed and Confused is a 1993 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The film follows a variety of teenagers on the last day of school in 1976. Although the film was shot in Austin, it was inspired by Linklater's time growing up in East Texas and no town name is ever given. The film has no single protagonist or central conflict; rather, it follows interconnected plot threads among different social groups and characters, such as rising ninth graders undergoing hazing rituals, a football star's refusal to sign a clean-living pledge for his coach, and various characters hanging out at a pool hall. The film features a large ensemble cast of actors who would later become stars, including Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Cole Hauser, Parker Posey, Adam Goldberg, Matthew McConaughey, Nicky Katt, Joey Lauren Adams, Rory Cochrane, and Anthony Rapp.

Plot

On May 28, 1976, the last day of school at Lee High School in an unnamed Texas town where next year's group of seniors commence the annual hazing of junior high students that are to be freshmen. Randall "Pink" Floyd, the school's star quarterback, is asked to sign a pledge promising not to take drugs during the summer or do anything that would "jeopardize the goal of a championship season". When classes end, the incoming freshman boys are hunted down by the seniors and paddled. The incoming girls are rounded up in the school parking lot by senior girls (led by Darla), covered in mustard, ketchup, flour, and raw eggs, and forced to propose to senior boys.

Cast

More details

author	Richard Linklater
contentLocation	Austin
director	Richard Linklater
editor	Sandra Adair
genre	comedy social
keywords	aerosmith baseball game beat best friend cannabis coming home cruise even first time foghat force hang out haze high school student hunt injured last day lee mailbox baseball make out marijuana middle school paddle parking lot pick up pink floyd pool hall quarterback rock music school friend slow ride suffer tackle texas tough guy
musicBy	Alan Silvestri
producer	James Jacks Sean Daniel
productionCompany	AFI Catalog of Feature Films Richard Linklater
publisher	Gramercy Pictures
theme	high school independent stoner