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Slackers

Year:

2002

Duration:

86 min

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

IMDB rate:

5.3

Director:

Dewey Nicks

Details

Country: Canada

Release Date: 2002-02-01

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $11,000,000

Opening Weekend: $2,785,283 (USA) (3 February 2002)

Gross: $4,814,244 (USA) (10 February 2002)

Cast

Actor

Character

Devon Sawa

Slackers

Sara Tanaka

Slackers

Jason Segel

Sam Schechter

Michael C. Maronna

Jeff Davis

Jason Schwartzman

Ethan Dulles

Jaime King

Angela Patton

Laura Prepon

Reanna

Travis Davis

Airborne Express Driver

Jim Rash

Head T.A. Philip

Nat Faxon

Karl, the Grad Student

Don Michaelson

Professor Markoe (as Don Michaelson M.D.)

Retta

Bruna, the Office Manager

Marilyn Staley

Singing Waitress

Jason Garner

Singing Waiter

Gedde Watanabe

Japanese Proctor

Heidi Kramer

Hot Twin #1

Alissa Kramer

Hot Twin #2

Michael McDonald

Economics Professor

Charles Dougherty

Astronomy Professor

Robert B. Martin Jr.

The Gimp

Michael Swiney

Long-Haired Hobo

Shelley Dowdy

Shelley

Jon Kasdan

Barry (as Jonathan Kasdan)

J.P. Coe

Philip (as Japhet 'J.P.' Coe)

Howard Mungo

Doctor

Joanna Sanchez

Nurse

Sam Anderson

Charles Patton

Leigh Taylor-Young

Valerie Patton (as Leigh Taylor Young)

Melanie Paxson

Pissed Off Co-Ed (as Melanie Deanne Moore)

Cameron Diaz

Herself

Kim Stanwood

Dave's Mom

Wesley Mann

Male Executive

Joe Flaherty

Mr. Leonard

Mary Faulkner

Female Executive

Rick Dubov

Security Guard

Margaret Easley

Receptionist

Todd Giebenhain

Stoned Test Taker

Mara Clinch

Dream Girl #1 (uncredited)

Gina Gershon

Girl at Trendy Club (uncredited)

Jason Maddox

Student

Martin Pierron

Student

Laura Renault

Office Executive (uncredited)

Thomas Rosales Jr.

Janitor (uncredited)

Daniel Spink

Student

Mamie Van Doren

Mrs. Van Graaf (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The song "Hey Now Girl" by Jason Schwartzman's band Phantom Planet appears in some versions of the trailer for the film.

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The original name for the movie was "The Undergrads", but, it was changed to avoid any confusion with there being a movie of the popular MTV animated series Undergrads (2001)

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During the "Three is the Magic Number" sequence, there is a shot of the boys performing on stage in tuxedos. Jason Schwartzman can be seen on the drums behind them. This scene was not actually shot for the movie, but rather, footage from a photo shoot.

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Goofs

In the scene where Ethan is being forcibly escorted from the law firm lobby, when he turns his back, his shirt lifts up, exposing a wireless microphone transmitter clipped to the back of his pants.

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When Jack is copying files off Angela's computer, he inserts an Iomega Zip disk, but the screen says "Drive: A". Drives A and B, when present, are always floppy drives (either 3.5" or 5.25"), never Zip drives.

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When Ethan is confronted by Angela with the hair doll that he made, she holds it up and says, "Is this a hair doll?" her lips are clearly not moving.

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Quotes

Dave: [talking to himself] A whore? How am I a whore?

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Ethan: There goes Dave the Liar, I eff-ed his old girlfriend!

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Ethan: [singing] I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I'm the kind of guy who will, not insist that you go on the Pi-ill, I'm cool with splitting the bi-ill, and I'll kill who you want me to KILL! And you can smack my bottom, I don't got no condoms, we've got a lot in common, you and me. Don't you see, don't you see, d-d-d-d-don't you see, my heart is bea-beat-ing, t-t-ting, t-t-t-t-t-t-t-OH! Angela! Oh how I need you so. Cause your eyes are like two shining blue rockets in the night, come to take me away, come abduct me, or maybe you won't, and you'll wake up when I cry, and don't let me hurt you, just by accident, I probably won't, but just in case I do, maybe - AH! Fudge.

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