Main Cast: Devon Sawa, Jason Schwartzman, James King, Jason Segel, Michael C. Maronna, Laura Prepon
Release Year: 2002
Country: US
Run Time: 86 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Three lifelong cheaters wise up in this gross-out college comedy, which marks the second feature role for Rushmore star Jason Schwartzman. It's the last semester of senior year for roomies Dave (Devon Sawa), Sam (Jason Segel), and Jeff (Michael C. Maronna), a trio of twenty-somethings whose enthusiasm for higher learning is matched only by their enthusiasm for root canals performed without the aid of anesthesia. As such, their entire collegiate existence has been an elaborate series of cons and scams designed to plagiarize essays, skip midterms, and covertly manipulate bell curves. When deranged geek Ethan (Schwartzman) -- who harbors a psychotic fixation for a flaxen-haired co-ed named Angela (James King) -- gets wind of their scheming, he blackmails Dave and the gang into contriving a date between him and his crush. But as Dave cozies up to Angela, he realizes that no amount of scheming can hide the fact that he's the one that's truly in love. Slackers went by a number of working titles while in production at the ill-fated upstart Destination Films; when Destination went belly-up, the film sat on the shelf for over a year before being picked up for release by Sony's Screen Gems division. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
Sam Anderson - Charles Patton; Leigh Taylor-Young - Valerie Patton; Joe Flaherty - Mr. Leonard; Jim Rash - Philip; Charles Dougherty - Anatomy Professor; Gina Gershon - Woman in bar (Uncredited); Jon Kasdan - Barry; Wesley Mann - Male Executive; Michael McDonald - Economics Professor1; Mamie van Doren - Mrs. Van Graaf; Gedde Watanabe - Japanese Proctor; Howard Mungo - Doctor; Marilyn Staley - Singing Waitress; Cameron Diaz - Movie Star; Joanna Sanchez - Nurse; Tom Retta - Office Manager; Todd Giebenhain - Stoned Testtaker; Don Michaelson - Professor Markoe; Heidi Kramer - Hottie #1; Japhet "J.P." Coe - Phillip; Travis Davis - Airborne Driver; Shelley Dowdy - Shelley; Rick Dubov - Security Guard; Margaret Easley - Receptionist; Mary Faulkner - Female Executive; Nat Faxon - Karl; Jason Garner - Singing Waiter; Alissa Kramer - Hottie #2; Robert B. Martin Jr. - The Gimp; Kim Stanwood - Dave's Mom; Michael Swiney - Homeless Guy; Melanie Deanne-Moore - Pissed Off Co-Ed
Credit
Nilo Otero - Art Director, Carrie Cook - Associate Producer, Dawn Ebert-Byrnes - Associate Producer, Shintaro Shimosawa - Associate Producer, John Papsidera - Casting, Louis G. Friedman - Co-producer, Jennifer Levy - Costume Designer, Nilo Otero - First Assistant Director, Dewey Nicks - Director, Tara Timpone - Editor, Brad Jenkel - Executive Producer, Mark Morgan - Executive Producer, Patrice Theroux - Executive Producer, Joseph L. Altruda - Composer (Music Score), Justin Stanley - Composer (Music Score), Venus Brown & Printz Board - Composer (Music Score), Amanda Scheer-Demme - Musical Direction/Supervision, Bill Arnold - Production Designer, William Arnold - Production Designer, James R. Bagdonas - Cinematographer, Neal H. Moritz - Producer, Erik Feig - Producer, John F. Brown - Set Designer, Andrew Reeder - Set Designer, Lisa K. Sessions - Set Designer, Sound Dogs - Set Designer, FX Solutions - Special Effects, Cameron Hamza - Sound/Sound Designer, Sound Dogs - Sound/Sound Designer, David H. Steinberg - Screenwriter, Ron Trost - Special Effects Coordinator, Yann Delpuech - Supervising Sound Editor, Darren King - Supervising Sound Editor, FX Solutions - Visual Effects, Lisa K. Sessions - Set Decorator, Howard A. Anderson Company - Title Design
