I went to High School in a small rural area in the mid to late 70's. This movie is the closest thing to what I went through that I've seen. The characters are fantastic. And,of course,the music is equally fantastic.
Same here and we did excat same stuff . Except I myself didn’t do the pot . Wasn’t for me . But the beer sure was . But grew up got a degree and family . But boy this movie sure brings back memories.
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.
Loved this movie. I was a teenager in the 70’s and grew up in LA and had some good times. Between the music the cars and the clothes this movie brings back alot of memories.
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.
I grew up in a small town in upstate NY, in the 70's and 80's The party scenes were pretty accurate. Drinking, smoking weed, the music, driving the back country roads like a bat out of hell... I think of some of the things we did back then, and wonder how we survived. But then again, not all of us did.
As a high school senior today. Things have stayed pretty much the same. Drinking, weed, and going as fast as the car can go. Only thing that changes is the music is newer and….sadly…the drugs are harder
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!
I may have watched this movie as much but I was in my 30s, having been a teenager in the 70's and growing up in San Antonio. Now, at age 60, I still listen to my Dazed and Confused CDs. Such great memories. Richard Linklater was a very talented man and he completely captured the time and the teens.
@@gorgonzolastan oh man, I was in high school from 2004-2008 and Fear and Loathing was always on… It kind of annoyed me because I was an still am a huge Hunter S. Thompson fan having read almost everything he has ever written and it annoyed me that he was only known by most people because of that movie and not for his actual writing. I it’s still a great movie though I actually just watched it the other day for the first time in years. Whats funny is that I have probably seen the first half 70+ times and then the full movie only a handful of times because it was a movie my friends would put on and then we would get stoned or do whatever else and sort of lose focus on the movie after awhile
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.
Also I always notice about this movie how the Matthew Mcconahy part is always referred to as this creepy older guy but Mcconahy was born in 1969. Parker Posey and Joey Lawrence Adams who play 2 high school girls were born in 1968.
I didn't know about points 8 and 7. I saw this film one latenight early morning sometime in the 'mid 90s on "Sky TV". It was hypnotic and as soon as it ended I needed to re watch it, but that was' nt possible back then. I was with them in the car driving off to get Aerosmith tickets (already an Aerosmith fan). I was so blown away by it that I had to pop into HMV the next day to buy it on DVD💿. Its been one of my favorite films since then. It speaks to everyone who's ever been a teenager.
Almost identical to how I came across the movie on TV 📺 Back in the day just flicking tru the channels and there it was in all its glory.I have to watch this movie again as its been year's since I watched it and I couldn't take my eye's off it the 1st time I watched it in the 90s. I'm from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪
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 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.
I agree. No paddle hazing at my school but when you were a freshman you were always on the lookout for some seniors to give you some sort of freshman initiation. Everything else is accurate with what I went through. Great music and cars too.
I graduated hs in ‘72, so I was a freshman in ‘68 (god, how the hell did I graduate on time?); we got hazed by being paddled, and were the senior boys’ slaves for a week. At our school, we were the last class to go through hazing like that.
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.
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.
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
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
This guy says the relationship between Andrews and Jovovich is kind of cringe. He was born in 1971 and her in 1975. I mean ok legally she is underaged but it’s not like he is a 30 year old accountant. He probably just started legally being able to drink. They both play high school Kids who look like an average high school couple. Its not really that bad.
Mathew McConaughey is so cool 😎 in this movie that I only came across year's ago on TV 📺 😄 😅 and I still haven't seen it from start to finish as it was just back in the day's of flicking tru the channels to find something good and WALLA I found this super cool movie that I had no idea would become what it has.I didn't even smoke weed at the time I watched it but it was just a cool vibe to the film "Alright, Alright, Alright with that cool Texas accent 😀 and everyone was having a good time.
I graduated in 1997. I was always a goodie two shoes while in high school, never drank, never smoked, never cussed. About a year after high school that changed and became naughty and wild. Had to sow my wild roots, I eventually settled down, got married, had a daughter. This movie really does a goid job of showing what being young free and wild. Its very nostalgic to watch
A little off topic but I didn't find out until this year that Randall "Pink" Floyd and T.S Quint from Mallrats are not the same actor...this blew my mind
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.
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.
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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
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.
John Favreau, nowadays everyone says y'know, he directed iron man. Maybe a reference to Swingers. But I always flash back to "Gutter is a tool!" (During the protest at the unveiling of the Westchester Whooping Crane..)
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.
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
Dumbest lawsuit ever. My hubby’s last name is Smith that makes us MR & MRS SMITH guess I’ll sue the folks who made the Brad Pitt-Angela Jolie movie now 🙄
You absolutely BUTCHERED Milla Jovovich's name! It's pronounced Me-La Yo-vo-vich. She's only one of the hottest women of all-time. Learn to pronounce her name!
