Dazed and Confused
Dazed and Confused is a 1993 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The film features a large ensemble cast of actors who would later become stars, including Jason London, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Cole Hauser, Parker Posey, Adam Goldberg, Joey Lauren Adams, Matthew McConaughey, Nicky Katt, and Rory Cochrane. The plot follows different groups of Texas teenagers during the last day of school in 1976.
Plot
It's May 28, 1976, the last day of school at Lee High School in Austin, Texas. The next year's group of seniors are preparing for the annual hazing of incoming freshmen. Randall "Pink" Floyd, the school's star football player, 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 freshman girls are also hazed; they are rounded up in the school parking lot by senior girls, covered in mustard, ketchup, flour and raw eggs and forced to propose to senior boys.
More details
author | Richard Linklater |
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contentLocation | Austin |
director | Richard Linklater |
editor | Sandra Adair |
genre | comedy |
keywords | aerosmith austin texas baseball game best friend cannabis coming home cruise drive through even first time foghat force hamburger drive-in hang out haze high school student hunt injured last day mailbox baseball make out marijuana middle school paddle parking lot pick up pink floyd pool hall rock music school friend slow ride suffer tackle tough guy |
musicBy | Alan Silvestri |
producer | James Jacks Sean Daniel |
productionCompany | Alphaville |
publisher | Gramercy Pictures |
theme | high school independent stoner |