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Dazed and Confused, 1993
English
USA
Profile of Dazed and Confused
The mood of Dazed and Confused is feel good, witty, and offbeat. The plot centers around adolescence vs. adulthood, Americana, and social relations. It features irreverent humor. Dazed and Confused is a comedy, independent, and drama movie. Stylistically, it stars an ensemble cast and is talky. In approach, it is realistic. Dazed and Confused takes place, at least partly, at a high school and in a small town. The setting is Texas. It happens in the 20th century. The musical score of Dazed and Confused is rock. The movie is known for being essential viewing, critically acclaimed, and a cult favorite. It is especially suggested for teens. Note that Dazed and Confused includes drugs/alcohol and profanity.
Summary of Dazed and Confused
Richard Linklater's DAZED AND CONFUSED takes a hysterical, nostalgic cross-clique look at high school social development. On the last day of school in May 1976, students at a suburban Texas high school wait, lackadaisically, for classes to end. The restless almost-seniors--an eclectic group of stone-heads, fraternal jocks, and snobby sorority girls--can't wait to haze the incoming freshman, an annual event as harrowing for freshman boys as it is humiliating for girls. Amidst this teenage wasteland of drugs, partying, and rock and roll is football star Pink (Jason London), who saves scrawny pre-frosh Mitch (Wiley Wiggins) from being paddled to oblivion by upper-classmates. But Pink has his own battles: he's struggling over the head coach's demand that football players sign a pledge to abstain from sex and all psychoactive substances. When a wild end-of-the-year party is cancelled, the students end up congregating at a beer-blast in the back woods, organized by aging hang-about Wooderson (Matthew McConaughey). In the same way that George Lucas assembled a cast of fresh young faces for AMERICAN GRAFFITI, Linklater here creates an unforgettable cast of characters that are immediately familiar to anyone who has ever been through high school.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 24 September 1993 |
| Runtime: | 102 min |
Cast and Crew
as Randall 'Pink' Floyd
as David Wooderson
as Mitch Kramer
as Ron Slater
as Simone Kerr
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- by: Peter Travers
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- by: Ty Burr
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- by: Phillip anderson
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