“Where were you in ’76?” The newest entrant in Criterion’s 4K disc club is Richard Linklater’s rowdy but affectionate ode to high school nostalgia, Texas-style. It’s a Bicentennial summer update of American Graffiti and in just 14 years the entire face of America has changed. Youth idealism is dead and the main rule is to avoid plans made by parents. Linklater’s graduation night sticks with kids free to roam on their own and have a wild time. He has a terrific way with performances that include a string of memorable faces that became much better-known, plus a couple of future stars.
Dazed and Confused 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 336
1993 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 102 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date February 21, 2023 / 39.96
Starring: Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Wiley Wiggins, Sasha Jenson, Michelle Burke, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Rapp, Matthew McConaughey, Marissa Ribisi, Shawn Andrews, Cole Hauser, Milla Jovovich,...
Dazed and Confused 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 336
1993 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 102 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date February 21, 2023 / 39.96
Starring: Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Wiley Wiggins, Sasha Jenson, Michelle Burke, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Rapp, Matthew McConaughey, Marissa Ribisi, Shawn Andrews, Cole Hauser, Milla Jovovich,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Adolescence gets a loudmouthed love letter with Everybody Wants Some!!, the latest outing from writer/director Richard Linklater. Dropping the grandiose ambition of Boyhood (2014) and returning to his Dazed and Confused (1993) groove, the Texas filmmaker takes fans back to the days of crop tops, Van Halen, and mustaches to die for. Marketed as a “spiritual sequel” to the stoner classic, and swapping out the last day of school for the weekend before class, Everybody Wants Some!! funnels its story through the keg stand of a college baseball team. As such, former athlete Linklater straps the gloves on and knocks this hilarious outing clear over the center field fence.
From the very start, this movie puts out good vibes. With “My Sharona” thumping through stereo speakers, freshman Jake Bradford (Blake Jenner) cruises into college town circa 1980, flowing with loud personas and even louder hairstyles. Put up in a boarding house with his teammates,...
From the very start, this movie puts out good vibes. With “My Sharona” thumping through stereo speakers, freshman Jake Bradford (Blake Jenner) cruises into college town circa 1980, flowing with loud personas and even louder hairstyles. Put up in a boarding house with his teammates,...
- 5/10/2016
- by Danilo Castro
- CinemaNerdz
Out of all the character's Matthew McConaughey has played over the years, few are as beloved as David Wooderson, his smooth operator from Richard Linklater's 1993 stoner classic, Dazed and Confused. Now, McConaughey's original audition tape for the role has surfaced, courtesy of Criterion Collection, further perpetuating the hazy, ageless legend of everyone's favorite mustachioed burnout.
Donning a "Headbangers Ball" T-shirt — because of course he is — McConaughey breezes through what would become two of Wooderson's classic scenes: When he asks Wiley Wiggins' Mitch Kramer if he's got a joint on him,...
Donning a "Headbangers Ball" T-shirt — because of course he is — McConaughey breezes through what would become two of Wooderson's classic scenes: When he asks Wiley Wiggins' Mitch Kramer if he's got a joint on him,...
- 1/13/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Matthew McConaughey may have successfully reinvented himself with projects like “True Detective” and an Oscar win for “Dallas Buyers Club” during the so-called “McConaissance” of the past couple of years, but a new video has surfaced to remind us of the classic McConaughey brand.
Richard Linklater‘s 1993 coming-of-age drama “Dazed and Confused” not only gave McConaughey his breakout role, it also provided a template for the kind of persona the actor would embody for years to come.
Also Read: 19 Best & Worst Golden Globe Awards Moments (Photos)
As can be seen in the newly released video of McConaughey’s audition for the role of David Wooderson,...
Richard Linklater‘s 1993 coming-of-age drama “Dazed and Confused” not only gave McConaughey his breakout role, it also provided a template for the kind of persona the actor would embody for years to come.
Also Read: 19 Best & Worst Golden Globe Awards Moments (Photos)
As can be seen in the newly released video of McConaughey’s audition for the role of David Wooderson,...
- 1/13/2015
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
I can't remember if I saw Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused when Universal unceremoniously dumped it into only 183 theaters on September 24, 1993, but seeing how it topped out at 191 theaters I have to assume I was among the masses that caught it on video shortly thereafter. No matter when I first saw it, I do remember when I fell in love with it. It was 1995, my freshman year in college and while I wasn't a teen of the '70s, it didn't take much to find a connection. My college roommate and I would damn near have this film playing on a loop, and while I can't speak for him, for me it hit home because while the film is centering on a junior high student's initiation into high school, I had a similar experience transitioning from high school to college. While many aspects of Dazed and Confused are teenage dreamworld scenarios,...
- 7/10/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Yes, okay, we get it, technically the 20th anniversary of the theatrical release of Richard Linklater's seminal high school stoner opus "Dazed and Confused" was a few weeks ago. But who says the party has to stop?
Not us.
After all, the New York Film Festival is hosting a special screening tonight, boasting his Linklaterness himself, along with some of the flick's original cast members. If the Film Society of Lincoln Center says it's not over, it ain't over. After all, one of the things we love about 1993's "Dazed and Confused" is that we get older, but it stays the same age. Read on for 20 things you may or may not know about "Dazed and Confused."
1. The character of Wooderson was based on Matthew McConaughey's older brother.
"The first thing you ever told me," Linklater said to McConaughey onstage at a SXSW reunion, "was, 'I'm not this guy.
Not us.
After all, the New York Film Festival is hosting a special screening tonight, boasting his Linklaterness himself, along with some of the flick's original cast members. If the Film Society of Lincoln Center says it's not over, it ain't over. After all, one of the things we love about 1993's "Dazed and Confused" is that we get older, but it stays the same age. Read on for 20 things you may or may not know about "Dazed and Confused."
1. The character of Wooderson was based on Matthew McConaughey's older brother.
"The first thing you ever told me," Linklater said to McConaughey onstage at a SXSW reunion, "was, 'I'm not this guy.
- 10/10/2013
- by Kase Wickman
- NextMovie
Win Win is released in cinemas 20th May, an offbeat comedy where a disheartened attorney – Mike (Paul Giamatti) is struggling for money. He also coaches a wrestling team in his spare time, who haven’t known what it’s like to win a match. Through questionable circumstances Mike stumbles upon a star wrestler, much to his best friend Terry’s (Bobby Cannavale) delight. Mike couldn’t ask for a better wingman, he’s trustworthy, encouraging, funny and positive (the majority of the time!). All the qualities you need from a top wingman.
To celebrate the release of Win Win, we’ve compiled a knockout list of the Top 10 Wingmen in movies!
Goose in Top Gun (1986)
The 80’s classic – Top Gun, where we have Lt Nick Bradshaw, who we’ll remember more recognisably as ‘Goose’. He played alongside Maverick (Tom Cruise) and was always showing his loyalty to the man, whether...
To celebrate the release of Win Win, we’ve compiled a knockout list of the Top 10 Wingmen in movies!
Goose in Top Gun (1986)
The 80’s classic – Top Gun, where we have Lt Nick Bradshaw, who we’ll remember more recognisably as ‘Goose’. He played alongside Maverick (Tom Cruise) and was always showing his loyalty to the man, whether...
- 5/11/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
"The last three months of our lives have been devoted to this night," said Yvonne Lambert, dressed resplendently in a bustier-meets-Wild West parlor dress. She stood behind her keyboard on a circular stage positioned under a giant rectangular tent in the parking lot of Whole Foods. Surrounding her and her three tie-wearing bandmates, collectively an instrumental rock band from Austin called the Octopus Project, were a couple hundred curiosity-seekers gathered last Friday night for show one of a two-show spectacle.
Surrounding them were eight speakers blasting a cacophony of sounds, and above that eight screens transmitting all sorts of psychedelia: rocks piling up in supermarket aisles, animal headshots, cartoon planets, random patterns, the view of a snake slithering through grass, cityscapes, atom signs, pink Grimace-looking figures wearing mirrored masks like those found on the front of astronauts' helmets, and, in the final scene, a pair of girls in matching blond...
Surrounding them were eight speakers blasting a cacophony of sounds, and above that eight screens transmitting all sorts of psychedelia: rocks piling up in supermarket aisles, animal headshots, cartoon planets, random patterns, the view of a snake slithering through grass, cityscapes, atom signs, pink Grimace-looking figures wearing mirrored masks like those found on the front of astronauts' helmets, and, in the final scene, a pair of girls in matching blond...
- 3/22/2010
- by Michael Hoinski
- ifc.com
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