Slacker Blu-ray

Release Year: 1991

Runtime: 97 min

Director: Richard Linklater

Cast: Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine, Jan Hockey, Stephan Hockey

Studios: Detour Filmproduction

Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the dangerously apathetic. Here, the nobly lazy can eschew responsibility in favor of nursing their esoteric obsessions. The locals include a backseat philosopher who passionately expounds on his dream theories to a seemingly comatose cabbie, a young woman who tries to hawk Madonna's Pap test to anyone who will listen and a kindly old anarchist looking for recruits.

Special Features:

Restored high-definition digital film transfer

Supervised by director Richard Linklater and director of photography Lee Daniel, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master audio soundtrack.

Three audio commentaries

Featuring Linklater and members of the cast and crew.

It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988)

Linklater's first feature, with commentary by the director.

Woodshock (1985)

A 16 mm short by Linklater and Daniel.

Casting tapes

Featuring select "auditions" and footage from the Slacker tenth-anniversary reunion.

Early film treatments

Home movies

Ten-minute trailer

For a 2005 documentary about the landmark Austin café Les Amis.

Deleted scenes and alternate takes

Trailer

PLUS: A booklet

Featuring essays by author and filmmaker John Pierson and Sony Pictures Classics copresident Michael Barker; reviews by critics Ron Rosenbaum and Chris Walters; production notes by Linklater; and an introduction to It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books by director Monte Hellman.

Technical Specifications:

• 2.0 Surround DTS-HD Master Audio