Dazed and Confused

UPC: 715515018425

Studio: Criterion

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Profanity, Drug Content, Watch With Your Teen, Youth Substance Use]

Summary: Like George Lucas' American Graffiti, Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused is an affectionate look at the youth culture of a bygone era. While Lucas took aim at the conservative 1950's, Linklater jumps ahead a generation to the bicentennial year of 1976 to celebrate the joys of beer blasts, pot smoking and Frampton Comes Alive. Set on the last day of the academic year, the film follows the random activities of a sprawling group of Texas high schoolers as they celebrate the arrival of summer, their paths variously intersecting at a freshmen hazing, a local pool parlor and finally at a keg party. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Features: Disc 1:
All-new high-definition Digital transfer, supervised by director Richard Linklater and cinematographer Lee Daniel
Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 soundtracks
Audio commentary by Linklater
Deleted scenes
Original trailer
Optional English subtitles
Disc 2: Making "Dazed," a 50-minute documentary by filmmaker Kahane Corn
Rare-on-set interviews and behind-the-scenes footage
Footage from the ten-year anniversary celebration
Audition footage
Plus: A 72-page book featuring new essays by Kent Jones, Jim DeRogatis, and Chuck Klosterman; memories of the film from cast and crew; and character profiles
And the original film poster designed by Frank Kozik

Dazed and Confused

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 06/06/2006

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Digital Theater Systems

Runtime: 102 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Dazed and Confused
1. Last Day of School, May 28, 1976, 1:05 P.M. [10:52]
2. "Get Your Priorities Straight" [3:34]
3. "Twenty-Five of You Ain't Coming Back" [5:49]
4. "Air Raid." [5:31]
5. "Inconvenience for You" [5:20]
6. Mitch Gets Busted [7:29]
7. Cruisin' [2:50]
8. The Emporium [4:33]
9. Last Junior High Party [6:46]
10. "I Get Older, They Stay the Same Age" [8:39]
11. O'Bannion's Paint Job [:30]
12. "A New Fiesta in the Making" [4:24]
13. The Moon Tower [4:31]
14. "That's What I'm Talking About" [5:36]
15. 'Dominant Male Monkey Motherfucker" 00:04:28
16. End of the Night [2:15]
17. Joint Subcommittee Meeting [3:24]
18. L-i-v-i-n [5:33]
19. "Slow Ride" [2:44]
20. Color Bars [7:20]
1. Greatest Hits [10:52]
2. Questioning Everything [3:34]
3. Absolute Glee [5:49]
4. Initiation Rituals [5:31]
5. "Nothing Ever Changes" [5:20]
6. Flavor of the Scene [7:29]
7. The Lowrider [2:50]
8. A Night in '75 [4:33]
9. "Take a Swig on That" [6:46]
10. Property Damage [8:39]
11. Teenage Fantasy [:30]
12. "Taking it to the Grave" [4:24]
13. Nostalgia? [4:31]
14. Cliques [5:36]
15. Full-On Brawl [4:28]
16. Lynyrd Skynyrd to the Rescue [2:15]
17. Finding an Ending [3:24]
18. What Would Pink Do? [5:33]
19. Series of Denials [2:44]
20. Color Bars [7:20]

Matthew Doberman

Dazed and Confused is an American Graffiti for the 1990s, set in the 1970s. Though not quite up to the high standard of its spiritual predecessor, it does an excellent job of following an ensemble cast, who, through the course of one day, enjoy the myriad emotions and experiences that compose the teenage years. Writer/director Richard Linklater does not force the film to follow one storyline in particular, and this choice helps him avoid the conventions of the teen genre, in which the kids learn a big lesson after a series of wacky misdeeds. Indeed, the film is notable for its refreshing lack of sentiment. This isn't a movie interested in leading us through standard character arcs, and it gives us a portrait of youth that is surprisingly realistic, wiping away much of the gloss with which we often remember "the best years of our lives," but never going too far in the other direction by indulging in too much grittiness. Dazed and Confused is also remarkable for its sheer number of young actors who went on to big careers, including Milla Jovovich, Jason London, Joey Lauren Adams, Adam Goldberg, Ben Affleck, Parker Posey, and Matthew McConaughey, as the memorable Wooderson ("That's what I like about these high school girls: I keep getting older; they stay the same age"). Dazed and Confused offers neither a warmly reminiscent nor an intentionally bleak picture of high school. It is a uniquely astute portrait of those teenage years, which at times seem full of magic and energy and at other times feel as anticlimactic and banal as adulthood. ~ Matthew Doberman, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Christine Harnos  Actor 
Richard Dillard  Actor 
David Blackwell  Actor 
Zack Taylor  Actor 
Diane Perella  Actor 
Christin Hinojosa  Actor 
Erika Geminder  Actor 
Don Phillips  Actor 
Esteban Powell  Actor 
Zeke Mills  Actor 
Doug Taylor  Actor 
Mona Lee Fultz  Actor 
Kim Krizan  Actor 
Fred Lerner  Actor 
John L. Martin  Actor 
Shawn Andrews  Actor 
Julius Tennon  Actor 
Sean Daniel  Producer 
Richard Linklater  Director 
Richard Linklater  Producer 
Richard Linklater  Screenwriter 
James Jacks  Producer 
Jason London  Actor 
Wiley Wiggins  Actor 
Rory Cochrane  Actor 
Milla Jovovich  Actor 
Joey Lauren Adams  Actor 
Marissa Ribisi  Actor 
Adam Goldberg  Actor 
Anthony Rapp  Actor 
Sasha Jenson  Actor 
Parker Posey  Actor 
Matthew McConaughey  Actor 
Ben Affleck  Actor 
Michelle Burke  Actor 
Cole Hauser  Actor 
Jason Smith  Actor 
Nicky Katt  Actor 
Deena Martin  Actor 

Country: USA