Dazed and Confused
It was the last day of school in 1976. A time they'd never forget. (If only they could remember)
Country
Production
Budget
$6 900 000
Box office
$7 993 039
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Richard Linklater, Sean Daniel, James Jacks
Camera operator
Lee Daniel
Composer
Artist
John Frick, D. Montgomery
Audition
Don Phillips
Editing
Sandra Adair
Whole Team (43)
Whole Team (43)
Short description
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
What's left behind the scenes
- The name of Matthew McConaughey's company, JKL Productions, comes from Wooderson's motto, "Just Keep Livin'."
- Pink's belt buckle is a real smoking pipe.
- The song Milla Jovovich plays on the guitar is an excerpt from a song on her 1994 album, "The Divine Comedy."
- In October 1992, Milla Jovovich married Sean Andrews, whom she met on the set of the film. They divorced a month later.
- The people who served as the prototypes for Slater, Wooderson, and Floyd sued director Linklater in 2004, accusing him of invasion of privacy.
- Milla Jovovich (who played Michelle) appears on the posters, but almost all scenes with her character were cut from the film. Jovovich was so upset by this that she decided to take a break from her acting career and focus on music. Jovovich returned to acting when Luc Besson cast her in the lead role in the science fiction action film “The Fifth Element” (1997). In this film as well, her screen time was limited to two minutes.
- When Wiley Wiggins was cast as Mitch Kramer, he lied about his ability to play baseball, and specifically to pitch. Director, screenwriter, and producer Richard Linklater had to find a stunt double for the actor and film him from the back in the corresponding scenes.
- During filming, Ben Affleck (who played Fred O'Bannon) injured himself with a cricket bat, but he finished filming the scene.
- Matthew McConaughey's company, JKL Productions, is named after Woodson's motto, “Just Keep Livin’.”
- All actors, except for the minors, drank real beer. Jason London refused to drink on set.
- Matthew McConaughey's company, JKL Productions, takes its name from Wooderson's motto, "Just Keep Livin'."
- The people who served as the prototypes for Slater, Wooderson, and Floyd sued director Richard Linklater in 2004, accusing him of invasion of privacy.
- At the very beginning of filming, Matthew McConaughey (who played David Wooderson) lost his father. Work on the film was suspended for a time while McConaughey attended the funeral.
- During filming, Sean Andrews (who played Kevin Pickford) and Jason London (who played Randall "Pink" Floyd) did not get along. At one point, they even got into a scuffle right on set, and director and screenwriter Richard Linklater had to break them up. As a result of this incident, it was decided to change the finale, which originally planned for Pickford's participation instead of Matthew McConaughey's David Wooderson. Additionally, this explains the almost complete lack of dialogue between the actors in these roles, even when they appear in the same scene.
- Milla Jovovich (who played Michelle) appears on the posters, but almost all of her character's scenes were cut from the film. Jovovich was so upset by this that she decided to take a break from her acting career to focus on music. She returned to acting when Luc Besson cast her as the lead in the sci-fi action movie "The Fifth Element" (1997). In this film, her screen time was limited to two minutes.
- When Wiley Wiggins was cast as Mitch Kramer, he lied about his ability to play baseball, specifically regarding pitching. Director, screenwriter, and producer Richard Linklater had to find a stunt double for the actor and film him from behind in the corresponding scenes.
- During filming, Ben Affleck (who played Fred O'Bannon) injured himself with a cricket mallet, but he still finished filming the scene.
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