15 Slacker Movies With Eyebrow-Arching Backstories

As these stories show, making a slacker movie takes a lot of work.
15 Slacker Movies With Eyebrow-Arching Backstories
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They’ve got a real attitude problem, these kids. They’re slackers, they’ll always be slackers. No slacker has ever amounted to a single thing in the history of cinema. From Ferris Bueller to Marty McFly, slackers are famous for doing basically nothing, unless they occasionally play in a band, so, nothing.  

Slacker films are like stoner films, but only instead of horrible jokes, the movies are populated by long boring shots of a street while someone talks about how the shark in Jaws is a metaphor for incest, or a dog poops on someone’s art homework, metaphorically, in black and white. Some of America’s favorite films are slacker films – including former President Clinton, whose favorite film is Ferris Bueller; and President Obama, whose favorite film is The Godfather, which is kinda like the Italian version of a slacker film, if you think about it. 

Here are some facts about some of the best, weirdest, or most memorable slacker films since before the term was even coined.

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE The two actors were cast as the other role... but it wasn't cleared up until the costume fitting. Alex Winter said that Keanu Reeves was like, These clothes don't fit me! What is this half-shirt sweater thing, I can't fit in this!

Source: Express

The first draft of Superbad was written when writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were 13 years old

SUPERBAD If Superbad felt immature and juvenile, there's a good reason for that. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg wrote the first draft when were only 13 years old. There was even a reading of the film back in 2001.

Source: Decider

Slacker had a remake in 2011, with various filmmakers redoing the different segments

SLACKER After twenty-some years, Slacker was reborn as Slacker 2011-a remake that had each segment created by a different team of filmmakers. Despite not being involved, director Richard Linklater said it would be against the slacker ethics to stand against such a film.

Source: The New York Times

Scott Pilgrim’s Michael Cera was the only choice for the role

SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD Michael Cera was the only choice for Scott Pilgrim. According to director Edgar Wright, he never envisioned anyone else in the role - even wanting Cera during his Arrested Development years.

Source: Looper

Harold and Kumar Went to White Castle Instead of Krispy Kreme

HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE There was a subplot about Harold and Kumar's friends going to Krispy Kreme, but the company refused to allow their name to be used, so it had to be changed to a nonexistent food chain. We lost what could've been a more perfect film.

Detroit Rock City features Gene Simmons’ wife Shannon Tweed in a small role

DETROIT ROCK CITY The cougar in the bar? That's KISS frontman Gene Simmons' own wife, Shannon Tweed. No wonder Hawk is so excited.

Source: Ultimate Classic Rock

A sequel to Dude, Where’s My Car? is coming. Maybe.

DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR? Darker and bleaker, the sequel to Dude, Where's My Car was in consideration as recently as the mid 2010s! If they ever get the script down, we'll be seeing those guys again.

Source: The Independent

Eric Stoltz recorded footage before Michael J. Fox was brought in to replace him

BACK TO THE FUTURE There was a different Marty for the first six weeks of production. Eric Stoltz was in the role but the film just didn't work with him. So Michael J Fox was brought in, and the rest is history.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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