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I graduated High School in 1976 and I can testify to the state that the movie is totally spot on except we had no hazing in High School that I know about.

I was a bit surprised that the fact Marissa Ribisi subsequently married Beck didn't get mentioned and her history with Scientology.

Although it's a movie that takes place in the 70's, it's a 90's movie and I was 22 and loved it. I don't think there a single day in the 90's I wasn't high on something. Screw you haters.

Great video. When it was released I was a teenager in highschool and we all loved it. Didn't see it until it came out on VHS but once it did we were watching it every weekend. We saw ourselves as the characters and I wonder if the film didn't do so well at the box office due to the fact it was most likely aimed at people who were teenagers in the 70's who would of been late 30's or so when the film came out and failed to interest them but rather interested younger people who thought life would of been a lot more fun had we'd come of age then? I don't know but all these years later and its still a favorite.

10/10 Classic piece of American cinema. Period.

I wanna know do you use a script or do you just talk?

There is a everlasting play out of each character in the movie even to this day. Legends never die

Great choice .u can't go wrong .love it

When I was a kid growing up in the 80s my neighbor that was much older than me told me that seniors with paddle freshmen like they did in that movie

This movie it's like going back in time and witnessing the 70s. It's great down the every little detail including the paddling and hazing. The hazing was so bad where we lived that the junior high become 7th 8th and 9th Graders and then high school started at 10th 11 + 12 grades. Just give the freshman and opportunity to grow up a little bit physically to be able to handle high School. Also our principles and assistant had a fascination with the paddles. It caused a lot of trouble.

It was my 1stt Linklater film,and the 1st time i worked with matthew and ben. It was a fun project. I knew all 10 things.👍🏼👍🏼😁 And did ya know for the hazing scene of the girls getting washed off at the touchless carwash, touchless carwash places didnt come out until the early 2000s. 😂😂😂 Matthew was cool on set,as well.

Loved the movie, loved the list! I started high school in the late 70s. I went to school with those people! Thanks so much for the memories!

I have never tried to ask the director but I believe the line “gimmie drugs” is from a Welcome Back Kotter episode where John Travolta’s Vinnie Barbarino character is acting in an anti drug school performance. After that episode aired lots of people I knew were going around saying that line. The authenticity of the writing is unreal on this film.

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Yeah I honestly think the only thing about this movie that ever bothered me was the main character and his acting ability or lack thereof. He would touch his face in the middle of one of his lines so often

Cool thing is my mom was in the exact same grade as they were in 76. She had one of those a glocking chairs that has the speakers inside of it just like in the movie. And this movie might have the best freaking soundtrack of any movie

I’m 40 y/o and I always tell my son he should have went to high school in the 90’s… I should have went to high school in the 70’s lol!

Also, Linklater hates the smiley face. It was actually designed by the marketing department or something and he said that he absolutely hates it.

I was a 13 year old paper boy in suburban north Jersey at the time this movie portrays. Because of my daily trips through my area of the town I was acquainted with all the older cool kids. One of my favorite memories was a day I had a baseball game so I was delivering newspapers in my baseball uniform. One of those older cool kids saw me pedaling around at top speed because I was running late for the game. He said something like "Hey kid, ditch your bike in my garage and I'll give you a ride. ". We finished my paper route and he dropped me off at the baseball field. I felt so cool arriving in that 68 Chevelle SS 396 with the air shocks, mags and fat back tires. The look on my teammates faces was priceless. I think about that any time this movie is mentioned.

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Listen up Pilgrims, this movie was filmed in Austin, Texas but it was about what went on at Huntsville High School in Huntsville, Texas in the '70's. I was a student at nearby Sam Houston State University from 1975 to the end of 1978 and I witnessed alot of what is in this film. I used to hang out at the Emporium and play pool some but mostly Foosball. I would hang out outside too watching the girls go in and out. I also would frequent the Sound Machine and the Jolly Fox. The parties out in the woods were called Fire Tower parties because there was this huge Fire Tower out there that I was forced to climb to be initiated the first time I went to one of those parties. There were girls pretty much everywhere, both college and high school....with lots of kegs and plenty of mayhem. Back then there was no internet and we would go to tons of concerts in Houston mainly at the Summit. To get tickets, you had to drive down to this big mall in north Houston to a Tickemaster outlet. We did that all the time.......and it's in the movie. When I first saw this movie, I didn't know much about it. About haflway through I was thinking......man, I liived this shit...;) Alright, alright, alright.......

I used to watch it every last day of school to celebrate and rewatch it every few months, I love it! Didn’t have the chance to live through the 70’s, so I live vicariously through it!

My father was 19 in 76 and looked just like wooderson

I was 23 when it came out.

Naeblis Review, unknown actors….. hm? Sounds like American Graffiti: Unknown actors: Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfus, Mackenzie Phillips, etc.

I was stationed in the UK with the Air Force when this came out. I thought the paddles were cricket bats.

I went to high school as well as Junior High in a small town in Idaho. The characters in the movie do not represent me but they represent a lot of my classmates. I did have a ferocious car, and that was necessary and I remember racing around the back roads in other people's parents car and muscle cars. I don't think it has to match exactly what my class did, but it's pretty darn close to what people actually did. Matthew McConaughey did what I did after I got out of high school but I would never dare do it during High School

Graduated H.S. in 1974. This movie soooo reminded me of my senior year. Couldn’t smoke dope because I was going into a service academy. But I drank beer like they were gonna stop making it. Owned a 68 Mustang Fastback all tricked out. The best thing about the car was the fold down back seats. Love this movie, high school had to be the best years of my life.

FMK Fuck pink (Obviously) Marry slater ( he seems like a super sweet guy)😂 And kill wooderson😩

I was in high school when this came out. Love this movie.

That was a good 10 thing u dont know vid. I love that movie and i did not know a lot of it.

Never knew it was even available, little lone popular on LaserDisc

A Masterpiece!

I started HS in Sept of 88 and the seniors still hazed us like they did in this movie.

Just watched this in highschool and I'm a big fan of the film. Great video 👍👍

this movie was filmed in austin right? i found that amazing i was born and raised here.

i earned the name slater for my bong making skills in woodwork class

I grew up in the heart of the City of Chicago, graduated from grammar school in 77 high School 81. Every single character in this movie reminds me of somebody that I went to school with this is the most accurate representation of what our lives were at that time. ❤️ We didn't go to the moon tower we went till labagh woods or school yards. We didn't have the rec center we had a little corner storefront that was called Jack's, pinball foosball buying beer cigarettes weed everything.

I graduated the same year, 1976, and can really relate to this movie. In fact, the first time I saw it on the big screen in 1993, it was pretty unsettling. Almost like a time warp. This is the most authentic High School movie I've ever seen, and at least one of the best on the 1970s as a whole. The cast is incredible and Linklater did a brilliant job. The music is awesome and brings back memories of its own. Not to mention a lot of the plot elements (and trouble), characters and scenes. Genius dialogue as well. Trust me: this is a time capsule and if you like that sort of thing, or are curious about being young in the 70s, watch Dazed and Confused! Ironically, just today (Oct. 15, 2022) I had a book of Aussie short stories published (I grew up in Australia) and it has high school stories and other "adventures" that hark back to the 1970s. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BHL2XLY5/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0

I always put this movie into the teen slice of life category. The movie "American Graffiti" is about teens in the early 60's, "Dazed and Confused" is about teens in the mid-70's, and "Fast Times at Ridgemont HIgh" is about teens in the 80's.

The open ended movie is infinitely rewatchable. Link later is brilliant.

i've got "TEXAS" and "LIVIN" engraved on my motorcycle's leather grips inspired by Matt's speech and i'm an Austinite and life-long Texan

The Paddle hazing was the only thing in the movie that didn't happen in my HS,.Otherwise, the WHOLE MOVIE WAS SPOT ON : )

This movie was me and my friends in high school but in the 90's I had a fucking blast!!!💯❤️❤️❤️

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Getting nostalgic about a '90s movie that was nostalgic about the '70s

I was 14 in 1976 so this movie really captures many of the nuances of the time period. I was living many of the things that were in the movie, so it brought back lots of cool memories.

Great vid. It just makes want to kickback with friends if I had any lol but yea. That's all

I may or may not have rented and never returned this movie in 94... LIVIN