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It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988)
Richard stars as a no named man who goes from Austin to see his friend by train, bus, and car during summer break from school. Minimal dialogue and mostly serene vistas of America from the window of a train.Director: Richard Linklater
OVERALL: R1-
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Extras:DISC ONE
* "Slacker" (1991) (100:03)
(1) Audio commentary with Richard Linklater (director)
(2) Audio commentary with cast members Rudy Basquez, Jerry Delony, Scott Marcus, Gina Lalli, Louis Black, Sarah Harman, John Slate, Kathy McCarty, Kallman Spelletich, Scott Rhodes, R. Malice and Wammo
(3) Audio commentary with Richard Linklater (director), Lee Daniel (director of photography) and Clark Walker (co-producer)
“No Longer Not Yet” an early film treatment (text)
“Showing Life” casting tapes featuring select "auditions" from the over one-hundred-member cast, with an essay (text) from production manager/casting director Anne Walker-McBay (14:44)
“Taco-and-a-half after 10” home movies (12:01)
“Les Amis” trailer for a documentary about the landmark Austin café, Les Amis, which served as location for several scenes in "Slacker" (10:31)
“Shooting from the Hip” stills gallery featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production and publicity photos
DISC TWO
* “It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books” (1988) (with optional commentary by the Richard Linklater) (85:52)
“Woodshock” (1985) an early short 16mm film made by Linklater and Lee Daniel (7:19)
“Austin Film Society” information about this society, founded in 1985 by Linklater with Daniel, including early flyers from screenings
“Ain’t No Film in That Shit!” the working script of Slacker, including fourteen deleted scenes and alternate takes, with optional text notes on context (28:22)
"Slacker Culture" essay by Linklater (text)
Footage from the Slacker tenth-anniversary in Austin, Texas, in 2001 (19:56)
Original theatrical trailer (2:48) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Digipak
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Notes:In cardboard slipcase.
64-page booklet, featuring essays by John Pierson (author and filmmaker) and Michael Barker (head of Sony Pictures Classics), reviews, production notes, a complete cast and crew listing, and an introduction to “It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books” by Monte Hellmann (filmmaker) -
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OVERALL: R1
Only version currently available
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CUTS:
- R1 Slacker America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (85:52 NTSC).
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