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Dazed and Confused

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Dazed and Confused (1993)

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Reviews Counted: 41 Fresh: 40  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.9/10
 
Consensus: A funny, affectionate, and clear-eyed look at high school life. Featuring an excellent ensemble cast, a precise feel for the 1970s, and a killer soundtrack, Dazed and Confused is a funny, affectionate, and clear-eyed look at high school life. more
 
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Synopsis:
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... [More]
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. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Jason London, Matthew McConaughey, Wiley Wiggins, Rory Cochrane, Joey Lauren Adams

Director: Richard Linklater
Screenwriter: Richard Linklater
Producer: Anne Walker-McBay, James Jacks, Sean Daniel

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 9, 2007

[DVD Details]

HD-DVD Hybrid Features:

  • note: This is an HD-DVD/DVD hybrid, playable on HD-DVD and standard DVD players.
  • Red HD Case

SIDE A (HD-DVD):

  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround Sound Plus 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Surround Sound Plus 2.0 - French, Spanish
  • Dolby Digital Surround Sound Mono 2.0 - Spanish
  • Subtitles - English SDH, French, Spanish - Optional

SIDE B (DVD):

  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • DTS 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Surround Sound 2.0 - French, Spanish
  • Subtitles - English SDH, French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurettes - 1. Deleted Scenes
  • 2."The Blunted Truth"
  • 3. "Retro Public Service Announcements"

Text and Photo Galleries:

  • Production Notes

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08/16/07 03:16 AM
Time Out
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An affectionate but unsentimental recreation of suburban teen culture in the rock -- and pot -- drenched 70s.

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07/19/07 12:13 AM
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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A better-than-average teen movie but not much more, at least if you aren't a member of Linklater's generation.

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07/19/07 12:10 AM
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Blissful, prelapsian adolescent endangerment, familiar to a bygone era before the country became so uptight about everything and anything that could maybe, possibly, under the right circumstances, kill you.

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06/13/07 04:06 PM
Kevin Koehler
Pretentious Musings
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A slightly above average plotless teen film filled with nostalgia.

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10/17/06 07:10 PM
Dennis Schwartz
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Linklater's first masterpiece--possibly his best film--presents an accurate collective portrait of youth circa 1976, which unfolds in a casual, spontaneous, and charming manner as interlaced tales of pranks and adventures.

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06/10/06 01:09 PM
Emanuel Levy
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Dazed and Confused is a perfect movie. It flawlessly captures the spirit of the '70s while arguing for a clear universality in the high school experience.

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05/27/06 09:03 PM
Bill Gibron
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O tom nostálgico, embalado por uma trilha impecável, confere um charme irresistível ao filme.

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05/15/06 11:36 PM
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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Seriously funny, and shorn of any hint of nostalgia or wish-fulfilment, this is pretty much where it's at.

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01/26/06 03:16 AM
Time Out New York
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06/18/05 02:09 PM
Emanuel Levy
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Hysterically Funny and ultimately enriching, "Dazed and Confused" takes some pretty genuine themes - rebelling, the thought of growing up too fast, and life after school - and spices it with a nice blend of wired humour.

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05/06/05 02:48 AM
Clint Morris
Film Threat
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Not only portrays flawlessly a 24-hour period on the last day of school in 1976, but it captures the crushing boredom of a small town.

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01/15/05 10:33 PM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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Classic Linklater high schooler story with great characters.

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12/27/04 09:07 PM
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
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Linklater ... examines a period when indulging in vices was viewed as a coming-of-age rite of passage rather than a life-threatening act of immorality.

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11/09/04 02:45 PM
Matt Brunson
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05/24/04 06:33 AM
Robin Clifford
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01/12/04 03:38 PM
Bill Chambers
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11/26/03 12:16 PM
Spence D.
IGN Movies
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Maybe the best movie ever made about American teenagers, casual and funny in a totally unique way.

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11/04/03 10:40 AM
Blake Davis
KFOR Channel 4 News
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Shows the aimlessness and amorality of youth who don't have a clue to the rituals that could give their lives meaning.

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07/19/03 08:00 AM
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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Dazed and Confused has an enjoyably playful spirit, one that amply compensates for its lack of structure.

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05/20/03 05:15 PM
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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