Slackers (2002)

Director:

Dewey Nicks

Writer (WGA):

David H. Steinberg (written by)

Release Date:

1 February 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Higher Education Just Hit A New Low

Plot:

When the school geek discovers three fellow college students scamming the system, he blackmails them to win over the school's most popular girl.

Plot Keywords:

Nose Bleed | Female Nudity | Lesbian | Caught Masturbating | Cheating

Cast

Devon Sawa	...	Dave Goodman
Jason Segel	...	Sam Schechter
Mike Maronna	...	Jeff Davis (as Michael Maronna)
Jason Schwartzman	...	Ethan Dulles
Jaime King	...	Angela Patton (as James King)
Laura Prepon	...	Reanna
Travis Davis	...	Airborne Express Driver
Jim Rash	...	Head T.A. Philip
Nat Faxon	...	Karl, the Grad Student
Don Michaelson	...	Professor Markoe
Retta	...	Bruna, the Office Manager
Marilyn Staley	...	Singing Waitress
Jason Garner	...	Singing Waiter
Gedde Watanabe	...	Japanese Proctor
Heidi Krämer	...	Hot Twin #1

Also Known As:

Complices, Les (Canada: French title)
Hooking Up Ethan (USA) (working title)
Scam (USA) (working title)
The Best and Brightest (USA) (working title)
The Hook-Up (USA) (working title)
The Undergrads (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language and sexual content, and for brief drug use.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | France:U | Norway:15 | Singapore:R(A) | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Australia:MA | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Trivia:

Originally in the singing penis scene, Mike Maronna's own naked penis was used with a CGI mouth added in. After being screened for the MPAA however, the filmmakers were told to put a sock on it (literally).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where the guys are getting Carl to fill out the Physics test, they pass him a joint, but it the next shot Sam is holding it and in the shot after Carl is passing it back to Sam.

Quotes:

Ethan: Angela? Weird!
Angela: Ethan? What are you doing here?
Ethan: Well, I'm in the food service industry, and I like bums, so it's kinda my duty.

Movie Connections:

References "Dark Angel" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Lohengrin

Whats wrong with you people?!

Worst movie of the year? Ok...the name is SLACKERS! Not Schindlers List Part 2. Why do you people try to pull so much meaning out of these stoner flicks? What are you thinking when you rent these movies? That you'll find a diamond in the rough? A Spielbergian classic?!? I like stupid humor. Sue me. I can laugh dumb nonsense. I've shown this to a ton of people and they all found humor in it. Cool Ethan is quite possibly the craziest character ever written and what his face from Rushmore pulls it off perfectly. Plus whats his face from that Stan video is PIMP in this movie. Seriously...take notes from STAN, eminems greatest fan.

My advice to you critics that downplay a stupid script in the first place is to stop watching comedy's. Stop now while you're ahead. Thank you and good day.