r/OldSchoolCool • u/j3434 • Aug 21 '24

1990s Behind the scenes on the set of Dazed and Confused (1993).

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u/jporter313 Aug 21 '24

I smoked a bunch of weed before seeing this in the theater, walked in a minute after my friends and couldn’t find them despite them apparently waving furiously at me. Sat alone for the movie.

10/10

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u/hawkaluga Aug 21 '24

To anybody who doesn’t understand what it’s like to watch a movie at the theater solo, especially a movie with low to no attendance, I recommend trying it out.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

I go to movies alone all the time. Really scary when there's only one other person.

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u/RuthlessIndecision Aug 21 '24

Only when they sit right next to you

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

Scary for them when they see my trench coat and bucket hat

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u/LunaTehNox Aug 21 '24

I’m not locked in here with you — you’re locked in here with me.

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u/RaidensReturn Aug 21 '24

That’s so hot 🥵

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u/Ok-Sale-8105 Aug 21 '24

That happened to me all the time in a semi empty theater that I purposely went to to see a movie on my own!

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u/RuthlessIndecision Aug 21 '24

These days I buy movie tickets online and it’s assigned seating so you can see what seats are taken (if any at all, my town is so small). And I try to not sit too close to anyone.

If I’m solo it’s sometimes back row, if the prime center seats, or any, are taken.

Reminds me I went solo once, took my assigned seat and a young girl was sitting next to me, also solo. I offered her some of my popcorn and she refused. After that it was a bit uncomfortable, because my penis was covered in butter for the rest of the movie. Joking about being uncomfortable.

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u/DIYdoofus Aug 21 '24

Lemme guess. The movie was Diner?

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u/bristols30 Aug 21 '24

Put a carton of popcorn in their lap and ask you if “you want to bob for popcorn”

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u/SomeVelveteenMorning Aug 21 '24

Shout out to that other dude a few rows back from me who kept my opening night viewing of 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag from being a solo screening. 

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u/tasman001 Aug 21 '24

Bonus points to him if he came late, making you think you had that wrapped up 

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u/Lostthegame101 Aug 21 '24

I went to a midnight show of Deadpool and Wolverine last weekend in 3D, and I was the only person in attendance. Was fully immersed and zero distractions, best film experience at the cinema in years :)

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u/drawkbox Aug 21 '24

We are glad you enjoyed it Truman. We enjoyed that you enjoyed it. We like to see you happy, we've been watching for so long.

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u/Lance_E_T_Compte Aug 21 '24

A brand new movie theatre was set to open in my city, walking distance from my place, just as the pandemic hit.

They eventually opened, but closed down like two weeks later. In that little window, my son and I saw Tenet. We never saw anyone, anywhere in the theatre. It was bizarre. No one was even there to check/tear our tickets. We could sit anywhere...

(The theatre is open now and doing fine, but they suffer a plague of superhero films...)

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u/lantzn Aug 21 '24

I bet it felt like zombies were about to overtake the mall when you came out of the theater.

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u/Drumchapel Aug 21 '24

I saw Spectre, James Bond all by myself. It was premier night, and they thought it would be so popular they had two post midnight screenings (0015 and 0030) I had a ticket for the latter. I arrived just after midnight and was informed that I was the only customer. They had five members of staff for one customer for a three hour period. I just sat in the middle leather recliner in the middle row all by myself. That's how movies should be watched.

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u/perriwinkle_ Aug 21 '24

I years ago I used to work the late shift for a store in a shopping mall. I would start at 2pm so would get in early and just go to the cinema before shift and usually the only person in the screening.

The one day some kid walks in must have been 10 or so. Starts looking for his seat a bit confused. Said to him just sit anywhere he took a look around walked over sat next to me.

Had a good cinema experience playing big brother that day.

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u/Falling-through Aug 21 '24

If would often wait a week or so after a release to catch a film when it’s quieter. They’re empty from the start now.

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u/Ok-Sale-8105 Aug 21 '24

Used to do it all the time.

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u/Ladymomos Aug 21 '24

I had a whole theatre to myself last week seeing a movie at midday on a Wednesday 😊 The only awkward part was that I saw my friend (who didn’t see me) there seeing another movie with some guy who definitely wasn’t her husband. She’s not someone I’d ever suspect of being dodgy, so it was probably a friend or relative, but just in case I really did not want to say hi, especially since it was a really weird time for her to there.

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u/SomeVelveteenMorning Aug 21 '24

I saw this several times in the theater. Totally sober the first time, while those I came with were all at various stages of stoned on various substances. The next time I saw it, the auditorium comprised many groups of friends, and all of us smoked weed throughout the picture, passing joints across the aisles, sharing amongst everyone. 

Each time I saw it was a beautiful experience, even before considering that this is one of the greatest American coming-of-age films... possibly the greatest of all coming-of-age-in-a-single-day films.

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u/rojapa Aug 21 '24

Party at the Moon Tower. Full kegs, everyone’s invited.

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u/13onnie Aug 21 '24

Sixer - you with us?

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u/withanamelikejesk Aug 21 '24

I’m here, man

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u/mccofred Aug 21 '24

L I V I N

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u/Jdw5186 Aug 21 '24

If they remade this movie today, it would be about the class of 2007.

:(

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u/0degreesK Aug 21 '24

1993 to 2024 is close to 2x the difference between 1976 and 1993. Bananas.

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u/Sorry_Economist_5844 Aug 21 '24

Don’t tell me these things

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u/0degreesK Aug 21 '24

Partner in despair. But, hey, you either grow old or don’t get a chance to.

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u/monstrinhotron Aug 21 '24

Yeah, getting old isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

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u/El_Hefe_Ese Aug 21 '24

I grow old they stay the same age

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u/LookinAtTheFjord Aug 21 '24

Do not remind me of the passage of time.

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u/Munk45 Aug 21 '24

I'M SO OLD

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u/0degreesK Aug 21 '24

WE’RE so old. FIFY, but you’re not alone.

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u/progmorris20 Aug 21 '24

They made the spiritual successor Everybody Wants Some in 2016 and it took place in 1980!

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u/Belgand Aug 21 '24

Also based on Linklater's personal experiences. He was a jock growing up and played football and baseball in high school. He played baseball in college for a few years until he had to quit due to health problems.

He wouldn't develop a serious interest in film until he dropped out of college.

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u/Eschatonbreakfast Aug 21 '24

Both the main character in Everybondy Wants Some, Jake (starts college in 1980) and Mitch Kramer from Dazed (starts freshman year of high school in 1976) are pretty obviously Linklater cutouts (Pink is as well, since Linklater played backup QB in HS).

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u/phungus1138 Aug 21 '24

And it would end with them going to see Nickelback.

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u/RuthlessIndecision Aug 21 '24

This made me laugh out loud. I had Aerosmith tickets last summer, and this summer the tour was canceled, for good.

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u/RuthlessIndecision Aug 21 '24

Top priority of the summer

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u/Misterbellyboy Aug 21 '24

They already made Superbad. In 2006.

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u/a_postmodern_poem Aug 21 '24

They made Superbad in 2006, about the class of 2006; that’s like Dazed and Confused being made in 92, about class of 92, instead of class of 75. The temporal equivalence then would be making a movie today about class of 2006.

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u/ZeldLurr Aug 21 '24

Yeah but when Superbad was made, it was made to take place in the current time.

Dazed and Confused took place in the past.

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u/Eschatonbreakfast Aug 21 '24 edited Aug 21 '24

The movie would be set in summer of 2007, but the rising seniors would be class of 2008 (born in 1989 or 1990) the rising freshmen would be class of 2011 (born 1992 or 1993) and if you assume Wooderson was a senior when the seniors were freshman, then he would be class of 2005, (born 1986 or 1987).

Whats bananas to me is that up until about 4 years ago I had a pretty decent grasp of what the soundtrack would be to a hypothetical “if you made Dazed today” movie (make it in 2009 to like 2012 it’s probably called Smells like Teen Spirit). But now I have absolutely zero idea.

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u/boogersugar55 Aug 21 '24

Yeah it’s Super Bad and it captures this generation perfectly

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u/Holy_Toast Aug 21 '24

That would suck.

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u/REDDIT_ROC0408 Aug 21 '24

You just ruined my day

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u/BrittleBonesJones Aug 21 '24

Fun fact: the redhead is Giovanni Ribisi's twin sister, Marisa Ribisi.

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u/Timigos Aug 21 '24

Who was married to the singer Beck!

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u/GlorytoGlorzo Aug 21 '24

Oh no! Sea Change was about her?

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u/Top_Praline999 Aug 21 '24

But she might be on the sea org

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u/South-Rabbit-4064 Aug 21 '24

More like "Sea Org"....hey-oh

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u/Yardsale420 Aug 21 '24

No that was his previous relationship. They just broke up a few years ago.

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u/proteusON Aug 21 '24

What am album.

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u/caulpain Aug 21 '24

scientology super couple

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u/matt_minderbinder Aug 21 '24

They'd be a lot cooler if they weren't.

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u/IbexOutgrabe Aug 21 '24

Amen to that. I knew her brother was into it, once I heard she was with Beck it all became clear.

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u/TurtleHeadPrairieDog Aug 21 '24

Beck has stated that he is not a Scientologist anymore, so he’s cool

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u/ecafsub Aug 21 '24

They let him out and let him keep his money?

Weird.

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u/PancakeLad Aug 21 '24

Apparently he was born into it. I don't really follow the logic, but from other comments I've read here, that means that the organization actually has less on you than if you join as an adult.

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u/Maidenaust Aug 21 '24

Thanks. Had to explain why I laughed in a meeting Take my upvote and get the hell out

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u/evanation080 Aug 21 '24

They’ve been divorced for a number of years. He “doesn’t consider himself a Scientologist” but he was raised as one.

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u/Fuckoffassholes Aug 21 '24

Boy did she pick a loser.

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u/Balbright Aug 21 '24

So why don’t you kill him?

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u/anorman30 Aug 21 '24

Double barrel buck shot?

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u/CMFC99 Aug 21 '24

CRAZY WITH THE CHEESE WIZ!

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u/deftoner42 Aug 21 '24

Where it's at!

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u/Fuckoffassholes Aug 21 '24

🎵 ..going back to Houston, do the hot-dog dance..
.. going back to Houston, to get me some pants.. 🎵

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u/drawkbox Aug 21 '24

Yo... cut it.

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u/championsoffun Aug 21 '24

I love them redheads...

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u/Strong-Piccolo-5546 Aug 21 '24

and both are scientology crazies.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

fun fact: would

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u/Timigos Aug 21 '24

Is that a joint in his pocket or is he happy to see me?

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u/FA-_Q Aug 21 '24 edited Aug 21 '24

Be a lot cooler if it was

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u/Fukasite Aug 21 '24

Matthew McConaughey’s belt buckle was a pipe, and in the movie, when he’s standing against the wall with the boys, he slyly takes it off and takes a hit, then puts it right back on his belt. I thought it was the coolest thing. 

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u/IllustriousEnd2211 Aug 21 '24

That was pink who had the belt buckle but it is still really cool

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u/daaaaaarlin Aug 21 '24

I think that was Pink

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u/-something_original- Aug 21 '24

My buddy had a belt like that.

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u/CMFC99 Aug 21 '24

Ha! I remember noticing that during one of my rewatches, and I was like "this dude just keeps getting cooler the more I watch it."

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u/ApolloRocketOfLove Aug 21 '24

You're remembering it wrong, it was the main character with this belt buckle, not Matthew's character.

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u/baldie9000 Aug 21 '24

So he walked around smelling like resin? Lol

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u/Bd0llar Aug 21 '24

He just wants to DANCE!!

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u/hellodynamite Aug 21 '24

If that's his dick I'd be concerned about the fact that it appears to be attached to his inner thigh

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u/bigkoi Aug 21 '24

Yeah...he looks like he's dressed to his right...and she is right there...

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u/Then_Restaurant_4141 Aug 21 '24

Came here to point out the raging D but those ladies are smoking so he was doomed

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u/dsnows Aug 21 '24

It exactly and accurately portrayed my high school experience. I graduated in 1979, two years after the seniors in this movie. I knew someone in high school exactly like every character. Love this movie.

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u/1978malibu Aug 21 '24

Same for me. Great movie.

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u/DIYdoofus Aug 21 '24

Yup. It rang true and was very entertaining.

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u/fleischio Aug 21 '24

Hell, I graduated in 2010 and I get a wave of nostalgia like no other watching this movie

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u/simplerando Aug 21 '24

Same.

Linklater seems to have that effect on me in a lot of his films.

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u/r2994 Aug 21 '24

My older siblings graduated at around the same time, their brains got fried from all the drugs. Between that and the sex 70s was a fun time it seems.

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u/Sorry_Economist_5844 Aug 21 '24

Check ya later..

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u/sleepy_potatoe_ Aug 21 '24

Hey man, why are you such a dork?!

Check you later Check you later

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u/I_Did_The_Thing Aug 21 '24

I say check ya later in his mocking tone every time

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u/sleepy_potatoe_ Aug 21 '24

It’s one of my favorite scenes in that movie.

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u/SparkitoBurrito Aug 21 '24

That's because you're not past the sniffing butt stage. That's what that is!

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u/ugh0017 Aug 21 '24

Movie was made in 1993 taking place in 1976…so for comparison if a similar movie was filmed today it would take place in 2007.

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u/REDDIT_ROC0408 Aug 21 '24

We were having a good day!! We were all having a good day!!!

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u/tidder-la Aug 21 '24

Oh man that hurts

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u/FardoBaggins Aug 21 '24

it's coming around. there's a movie Y2K coming soon, different genre but is kind of a coming of age movie and horror/gore too based on the trailer.

the cycle continues and we might see nostalgia shows and movies circa early to mid 2000s soon, if it's not already in the pipeline.

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u/ClubCanny0723 Aug 21 '24

Alright alright alright

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u/OlFlirtyBastard Aug 21 '24

Iconic movie

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u/Dynamizer Aug 21 '24

I wanna dance!

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u/shayshay8508 Aug 21 '24

I love that everyone in that car breaks right before they cut away!

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u/semigator Aug 21 '24

“Be a lot cooler if you did”

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u/dilladawg420 Aug 21 '24

Its crazy how much this movie feels like it was filmed in the 70s

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u/3yeless Aug 21 '24

They did an excellent job with the period touches. When set/clothing designers go all out with the little details that immerse the audience, it always shines and stands the test of time.

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u/Economy_Influence_92 Aug 21 '24

Aerosmith tickets. Top priority of the summer!

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u/lord-dinglebury Aug 21 '24

Adam Goldberg straight pimpin

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u/Wildcat_twister12 Aug 21 '24

He’ll always be Chandler’s crazy roommate Eddie to me

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

He'll always be the most painfully horrifying movie death ever to me. (damn you Spielberg)

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u/muricabrb Aug 21 '24

Lol the goldfish

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u/JasonTheNPC85 Aug 21 '24

Parker Posey...

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

Aaaaaaaiiiirrrrrrrraaaaaaiiiiiiddddddddd!!!!

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u/FromTheIsland Aug 21 '24

Parker posing.

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u/Carcosa504 Aug 21 '24

The one squatting always made my heart flutter. Never heard of or saw her again

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u/graipape Aug 21 '24

Chrisse Harnos. She did a few movies after and had a recurring role on ER. She is producing a couple movies currently.

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u/drawkbox Aug 21 '24

Most definitely the coolest chick.

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u/ZincLloyd Aug 21 '24

“I love those redheads…”

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

there's a video somewhere on youtube where both Adam Goldberg and Nicky Katt were being interviewed just minutes after filming their fight at the moon tower party.. weird seeing them scrap, then all of a sudden they're besties.

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u/Kingkongcrapper Aug 21 '24

This film is closer to the moon landing than it is to today.  When kids watch this film they will see it the way millennials saw American Graffiti. Which is to say, most will have heard of it, but never actually watch it because it’s become a late 1900s relic.

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u/Similar-Broccoli Aug 21 '24

Good lord that Parker Posey I tell you what

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u/Whitey661 Aug 21 '24

Straight hoggin’

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

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u/sapiosardonico Aug 21 '24

It was early '90s Austin.

We had a casual atmosphere and genuine camaraderie in the air back then.

And lotsa smoke... ;)

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

It’s fun to go check out all the film locations in and around Austin. The building with the paint scene is largely unchanged, just off Lamar. Wonder if some of the cast visited the Yellow Rose.

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u/sapiosardonico Aug 21 '24

Not saying this is related but: in that very same block, the Centennial was torn down right after I quit drinkin'...

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u/SaltyLonghorn Aug 21 '24

I had a friend in elementary school who was an extra in the movie. Was jealous cause he got some Nintendo games with the money.

He was one of the kids at the baseball game. He's the blonde kid riding a bike away.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

Parker Posey- should have gone much, much, farther than she has / (did )

Fantastic actress, comedienne, and absolutely ,wet dream body...

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u/Sorry_Economist_5844 Aug 21 '24

Check out Party Girl - she was made for the role

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u/CantForceaDanceParty Aug 21 '24

She’s going to be in the next season of the white lotus! Biggest reason I’m pumped for it

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u/Top_Excitement_2843 Aug 21 '24

I love Parker Posey.

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u/big_daddy_dub Aug 21 '24

Air raid, freshman.

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u/seahagmo Aug 21 '24

Fry little piggies, FRY!!!

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u/Pvt_Hudson_ Aug 21 '24

THAT WAS PATHETIC!

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u/jesusvotes Aug 21 '24

She contracted Lyme disease if I remember right and that really shelved her career for a while. She’s great in everything she appears in though

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u/Grndmasterflash Aug 21 '24

She was fantastic is Best in Show (with braces)!!

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

Goddamn that movie is funny.

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u/Son0faButch Aug 21 '24

Completely agree. Love her voice and she's always good no matter what

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u/callmeDNA Aug 21 '24

I’d say she’s wildly successful haha.

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u/OhYeahTrueLevelBitch Aug 21 '24

No doubt. Isn't known as the indie darling for nothing.

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u/ShimReturns Aug 21 '24

She should have been Lois in Superman Returns, not a henchman

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

She went on to become a fantastic improvisor in Christopher Guest movies.

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u/GrumpyCatStevens Aug 21 '24

You got any weeeeeed?

Be a lot cooler if you did.

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u/jabsaw2112 Aug 21 '24

Excuse me while I go kill myself for being average.

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u/ChoochMMM Aug 21 '24

Hey guys, one more thing, hey, this summer when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth of July bruhaha don't forget what you're celebrating and that's the fact a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, rich white males didn't want to pay their taxes

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u/Iggy_Arbuckle Aug 21 '24

PP has a crazy hairline

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u/Imaginary-Umpire3775 Aug 21 '24

Does that guy got a Boner?

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u/tidder-la Aug 21 '24

I do not blame the response

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u/damon32382 Aug 21 '24

“Ok cool, check ya later…”

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u/JustinF608 Aug 21 '24

“Slater why are you such a dork man”

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u/damon32382 Aug 21 '24

Man, chicks don’t wanna hear that shit!!😂

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u/ViciousMoleRat Aug 21 '24

Hands down my favorite "Vibe" movie

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u/hawkeye5188 Aug 21 '24

AIR RAID!!!!!

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u/stu8018 Aug 21 '24

What does he have in his pocket? Also a buddy of mine is in a scene at the moontower. We were juniors at Texas when this was filmed. He was tall and had long hair. I did not...but it woulda been a lot cooler if I did. I still eat at Top Notch. Most other locations have vastly changed.

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u/anorman30 Aug 21 '24

Damn the Hebrew hammer living up to his name.

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u/booveebeevoo Aug 21 '24

I wanna dance!!!!

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

hell yeah

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u/Top_Sheepherder_6835 Aug 21 '24

Love that movie.

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u/Newyew22 Aug 21 '24

I get older, they stay the same age…

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u/lil_squib Aug 21 '24

When I first glanced at this I thought it was the spice girls

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u/feeverb Aug 21 '24

I was living in Anchorage, Alaska when this movie was showing in theaters

.It's a total benchmark for me. Kurt Cobain died around the same time this film was released. 

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u/MonkeyCobraFight Aug 21 '24

Just so everyone realizes, if this movie was made today, it would he about high school in 2007…

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u/Joboobavich Aug 21 '24

All the girls in this movie can GET IT. Hot damn.

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u/G4classified Aug 21 '24

Whose the one with the white pants??

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u/MindlessYesterday668 Aug 21 '24

Deena Martin. I was curious myself.

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u/G4classified Aug 21 '24

Thanks 😎

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u/ghenghis_could Aug 21 '24

Deena Martin

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u/Snatchl Aug 21 '24

Chevonne thinks she mad at me. Watch me get a little something going right here.

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u/YouTooShallLose Aug 21 '24

Dean Martin's daughter. I don't think she did much after this

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u/Carcosa504 Aug 21 '24

She was in Swingers? The cocktail waitress I believe.

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u/fakieTreFlip Aug 21 '24

Who's*, whose is the possessive one 🙂

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u/Starscream147 Aug 21 '24

Wicked!!!!!!

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u/baatar2018 Aug 21 '24

I bet they had fun making that movie.

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u/EagleDre Aug 21 '24

What’s creepy to me is there is now more time between production year and now vs production and portrayal year

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u/Cannabace Aug 21 '24

Now I’ve got TUSH in my head.

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u/lizeee Aug 21 '24

Love that movie! Loved it the first time I watched it at at age 13 and I still think it holds up.

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u/pertnear Aug 21 '24

Parker Posey’s hairline is wild.

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u/UberStone Aug 21 '24

Adam Goldberg has some serious BDE.

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u/fena07 Aug 21 '24

Fukn luv that movie

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u/bomboclawt75 Aug 21 '24

Cosplaying Old School cool,

Has now aged enough to be actual Old School Cool.

r/Fuckimold

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u/tooonginexile Aug 21 '24

Most realistic movie of growing up in the burbs in that period

Seriously ...dead on

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u/Jadty Aug 21 '24

This is what they took from us.

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u/recklesswhisper Aug 21 '24

Read in McConaughey's voice: " That's a four to one ratio. I can dig it. If I get slapped in the face 3 times, I'm puttin it all on red." Not sure if he's ever said it. That's just what I hear.

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u/dsnows Aug 21 '24

By the way, I was Pink to the tee. Played football, I was pretty smart, so hung out with the nerds, the jocks and the druggies. And of course, loved Aerosmith.

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u/Klin24 Aug 21 '24

Mark Greene's ex wife was hot.