Dazed - 50 years ago today (May 28, 1976)

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In reply to AgNav93 • 10:32a, 6/3/26
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AgNav93 said:
That was filmed at Travis HS in Austin. I did a summer semester there in '86. Still brings back memories every time I see it.

I believe the opening scenes were filmed at Bedichek Middle School and the "middle school" in the film was actually an elementary school. Not sure that Travis made it into the production, but I could be wrong. Although Bedichek and Travis have a VERY similar feel.

A lot of my peers at Austin High were also cast/extras in the movie...including the girl that Mitch ended up with. Football field scenes at the end were filmed at Burger Center a few minutes from where I lived back then.
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10:50a, 6/3/26
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I mentioned earlier I always wanted to see the opening scene set to LZs "Rock and Roll" which was Linklaters initial vision for it.

Perhaps I'll go create that myself - cuz I tried it and played the song on my own while watching the scene but I need to line it up so it fades out as the bell rings like the movie does - it will fit nicely to right about the point in R&R when it transitions out of the guitar solo around 2:13
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In reply to Prosperdick • 11:02a, 6/3/26
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...wtf.

I had no idea. I've seen Dazed and Confused an unhealthy number of times and watched all of Yellowstone, except for this last season. This blows my mind.

He also gives one of the most authentic drunk performances when he gets up and realizes "oh sh*t, I'm f'd up" and sits back down. Classic.

I laugh at this scene every time.
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11:48a, 6/3/26
Benny played a pretty convincing neo-nazi/skinhead a few yrs later in "Higher Learning"




Also I don't know if she's in many other movies, but I have always thought this girl was the best of the bunch in Dazed...

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In reply to Hardcore Greg • 1:33p, 6/3/26
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Oh man...I forgot about the Higher Learning role for Benny. He had the best acting in the entire movie.

That was also a great "solidly 90s" soundtrack
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2:15p, 6/3/26
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For those that like to read and love this movie, I can't recommend enough the oral history book that came out a few years ago. Tons of behind the scenes, interviews, drama, love, and how all this got thrown together by an unknown filmmaker.

https://www.amazon.com/Alright-History-Richard-Linklaters-Confused/dp/0062908502
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3:38p, 6/3/26
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I only realized this year (I saw a reaction video to this movie which was fun) that Cynthia the redhead was Giovanni Ribisi's sister Marissa.

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3:43p, 6/3/26
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Also found this great cast photo that was supposed to be yearbook photos.

The guy Shawn Andrews who played Pickford was supposedly a giant ass on set. He insisted on smoking for this shot even though it was supposed to be for a yearbook which would never be allowed. He was married to Milla Jovovich at the time and thought he was hot **** and one upped the rest of the cast all the time. He thought he was going to be the big star out of this movie. And he even got into an on set fight with Jason London (Pink). The marriage lasted less than a year.

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In reply to Zombie Jon Snow • 5:02p, 6/3/26
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I only realized this year (I saw a reaction video to this movie which was fun) that Cynthia the redhead was Giovanni Ribisi's sister Marissa.


Interesting, she was also married to Beck from 2004-2021.

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5:12p, 6/3/26
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Absolute classic movie with a killer soundtrack
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In reply to Backyard Gator • 6:15p, 6/3/26
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A Chevrolet Suburban being crashed through the front door of the school in the morning before school started

Know how I know you never taught English?
Ha Ha - troof

Back then, RRISD had a sophisticated phone system for substituting where you could put in which subjects you were willing to teach.

Believe me, English was not on my list.
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In reply to Zombie Jon Snow • 6:16p, 6/3/26
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Also found this great cast photo that was supposed to be yearbook photos.

The guy Shawn Andrews who played Pickford was supposedly a giant ass on set. He insisted on smoking for this shot even though it was supposed to be for a yearbook which would never be allowed. He was married to Milla Jovovich at the time and thought he was hot **** and one upped the rest of the cast all the time. He thought he was going to be the big star out of this movie. And he even got into an on set fight with Jason London (Pink). The marriage lasted less than a year.


Yup I heard the same stuff about him and Linklater quickly pivoted away from his storylines. It certainly helped when they realized they had lightning in a bottle with McConaughey and started coming up with new scenes to feature him.

Affleck's pic is chef's kiss. Also you couldn't ask for a more typical yearbook pic than Sasha Jenson's.
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In reply to Btron • 6:28p, 6/3/26
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Btron said:
For those that like to read and love this movie, I can't recommend the oral history book that came out a few years ago. Tons of behind the scenes, interviews, drama, love, and how all this got thrown together by a unknown filmmaker.

https://www.amazon.com/Alright-History-Richard-Linklaters-Confused/dp/0062908502

Thanks for the recommendation. Just downloaded the audio book.
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In reply to Prosperdick • 6:40p, 6/3/26
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Prosperdick said:
Zombie Jon Snow said:
Also found this great cast photo that was supposed to be yearbook photos.

The guy Shawn Andrews who played Pickford was supposedly a giant ass on set. He insisted on smoking for this shot even though it was supposed to be for a yearbook which would never be allowed. He was married to Milla Jovovich at the time and thought he was hot **** and one upped the rest of the cast all the time. He thought he was going to be the big star out of this movie. And he even got into an on set fight with Jason London (Pink). The marriage lasted less than a year.


Yup I heard the same stuff about him and Linklater quickly pivoted away from his storylines. It certainly helped when they realized they had lightning in a bottle with McConaughey and started coming up with new scenes to feature him.

Affleck's pic is chef's kiss. Also you couldn't ask for a more typical yearbook pic than Sasha Jenson's.


Agreed for the girls Shavonne Wright (bottom right) and Kaye Faulker (top right) are perfection. Although Jodi Kramer (Mitch's sister second row next to Parker Posey) is also great. I think. the ones I know better just look too much like the actresses I know but are still great in this sort of time capsule.

Funny but I suppose it is accurate that Mitch is left out since he would just be a freshman and his buddies are not there either. Nor Wooderson of course.
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In reply to Zombie Jon Snow • 6:50p, 6/3/26
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Zombie Jon Snow said:
Prosperdick said:
Zombie Jon Snow said:
Also found this great cast photo that was supposed to be yearbook photos.

The guy Shawn Andrews who played Pickford was supposedly a giant ass on set. He insisted on smoking for this shot even though it was supposed to be for a yearbook which would never be allowed. He was married to Milla Jovovich at the time and thought he was hot **** and one upped the rest of the cast all the time. He thought he was going to be the big star out of this movie. And he even got into an on set fight with Jason London (Pink). The marriage lasted less than a year.


Yup I heard the same stuff about him and Linklater quickly pivoted away from his storylines. It certainly helped when they realized they had lightning in a bottle with McConaughey and started coming up with new scenes to feature him.

Affleck's pic is chef's kiss. Also you couldn't ask for a more typical yearbook pic than Sasha Jenson's.


Agreed for the girls Shavonne Wright (bottom right) and Kaye Faulker (top right) are perfection. Although Jodi Kramer (Mitch's sister second row next to Parker Posey) is also great. I think. the ones I know better just look too much like the actresses I know but are still great in this sort of time capsule.

Funny but I suppose it is accurate that Mitch is left out since he would just be a freshman and his buddies are not there either. Nor Wooderson of course.

Probably a good thing Mitch isn't in it, he'd be covering his face with his hand anyway.
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In reply to Zombie Jon Snow • 8:29p, 6/3/26
Zombie Jon Snow said:
Also found this great cast photo that was supposed to be yearbook photos.

The guy Shawn Andrews who played Pickford was supposedly a giant ass on set. He insisted on smoking for this shot even though it was supposed to be for a yearbook which would never be allowed. He was married to Milla Jovovich at the time and thought he was hot **** and one upped the rest of the cast all the time. He thought he was going to be the big star out of this movie. And he even got into an on set fight with Jason London (Pink). The marriage lasted less than a year.


In 1992, he was 20 and Milla Jovovich was 16, which is why her mother had the marriage annulled after two months.

Honestly surprised he thought such a minor role would launch him.
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In reply to Backyard Gator • 8:38p, 6/3/26
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The role wasn't supposed to be minor. It got downgraded significantly due to him being a huge jerk to everyone. That's the legend at least.
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In reply to Zombie Jon Snow • 8:45p, 6/3/26
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Agreed for the girls Shavonne Wright (bottom right)

She had a nice role in Swingers a few years later. Vegas cocktail waitress that gets the 50 cent piece from Trent.
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Agreed for the girls Shavonne Wright (bottom right)

She had a nice role in Swingers a few years later. Vegas cocktail waitress that gets the 50 cent piece from Trent.

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In reply to Backyard Gator • 9:16p, 6/3/26
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Backyard Gator said:
Zombie Jon Snow said:
Also found this great cast photo that was supposed to be yearbook photos.

The guy Shawn Andrews who played Pickford was supposedly a giant ass on set. He insisted on smoking for this shot even though it was supposed to be for a yearbook which would never be allowed. He was married to Milla Jovovich at the time and thought he was hot **** and one upped the rest of the cast all the time. He thought he was going to be the big star out of this movie. And he even got into an on set fight with Jason London (Pink). The marriage lasted less than a year.


In 1992, he was 20 and Milla Jovovich was 16, which is why her mother had the marriage annulled after two months.

Honestly surprised he thought such a minor role would launch him.

Wasn't the first actor to have delusions of grandeur and certainly won't be the last. Nature of the beast.
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In reply to Prosperdick • 9:19p, 6/3/26
Prosperdick said:
Backyard Gator said:
Zombie Jon Snow said:
Also found this great cast photo that was supposed to be yearbook photos.

The guy Shawn Andrews who played Pickford was supposedly a giant ass on set. He insisted on smoking for this shot even though it was supposed to be for a yearbook which would never be allowed. He was married to Milla Jovovich at the time and thought he was hot **** and one upped the rest of the cast all the time. He thought he was going to be the big star out of this movie. And he even got into an on set fight with Jason London (Pink). The marriage lasted less than a year.


In 1992, he was 20 and Milla Jovovich was 16, which is why her mother had the marriage annulled after two months.

Honestly surprised he thought such a minor role would launch him.

Wasn't the first actor to have delusions of grandeur and certainly won't be the last. Nature of the beast.

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In reply to Prosperdick • 1:20a, 6/4/26
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Still shocked that Cole Hauser is in this movie:

He looks so different as Rip:




I couldn't believe when a buddy told me Rip was the same guy as the antagonist in 2 Fast 2 Furious
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11:20a, 6/4/26
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Man, I lived this movie: Beer busts, pot smoking football players ( Well it was only Mexican Shake and some Columbian) crushing and drinking cheap beer.

Great times.
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11:54a, 6/4/26
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This is a good time to advocate for Linklater's film Boyhood.

It is as amazing as Dazed and Confused but for different reasons. Both capture Texas like very few films can though.
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In reply to Mega Lops • 12:52p, 6/4/26
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Same goes for his animated film Apollo 10 1/2
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4:16p, 6/4/26
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I think Linklater uses his childhood experiences for inspirations for many of his movies. Maybe more than any other director.
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5:40p, 6/4/26
Every time "Sweet Emotion" plays I just imagine a GTO Judge slowly driving through a parking lot.

This movie came out my sophomore year (three year HS), so just made the junior high to high school switch. I do not think I saw it in theaters since it was R-rated, probably rented the VHS first then later bought it and the two soundtrack CDs
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5:41p, 6/4/26
I'm a 90's kid but this is one of my favorite movies. When Mcconaughey walks into the emporium with Hurricane playing is such a great scene.
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In reply to Charlie Conway • 6:18p, 6/4/26
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Absolutely. I was telling a friend the other day that that scene is the best use of music in the movie.
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Used the same convenience store to buy beer at. Go around to the back
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Mega Lops said:
This is a good time to advocate for Linklater's film Boyhood.

It is as amazing as Dazed and Confused but for different reasons. Both capture Texas like very few films can though.

He has two incredible, under-appreciated films on Netflix that came out last year. Blue Moon staring Ethan Hawke and Nouvelle Vague.
I loved both. Nouvelle Vague is all in french and is about the making a french new wave film, Breathless. If you haven't seen that movie or researched it, this Linklater film might not land.
But Blue Moon- Ethan Hawke is incredible. He was nominated for an Oscar and I thought he should have won over Michael B Jordan in Sinners. This is also great "hang" movie. Takes place in a NYC bar following the hit play Oklahoma's opening night and the relationship of a songwriter and composer.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31688586/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32536315/
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I FINALLY DID IT!!!!!

Here is the Dazed and Confused movie opening scene set to a couple of Led Zeppelin tracks.



The first I prefer and is set to the title song "Dazed and Confused" I think it has a much better vibe for the movie. If you ask me it works pretty perfectly with D&C as the songs kicks in to gear right as the parking lot crawl of the Pontiac GTO shows up. And it hits a crescendo and then fades out right as the hallway scene and school bell rings (I had to add my own).


The second is set to "Rock and Roll" as envisioned by Linklater originally for the movie but he could not get the rights from LZ of course (he later successfully got the rights for Immigrant Song to use in School of Rock). Of course he may have edited it different where it kicks in etc... but it hits a good point the way it is when it fades to the school bell. Although I think it's almost too much of the song before the Pontiac shows up.




Blasphemy - maybe? Sure the opening with Sweet Emotion is great I don't deny it. But I always wanted to see how it felt with the LZ track instead. So I made these myself.

Youtube says the copyright infringement here is ok as long as I don't start making money from this which is not the case so.... hopefully it does not get taken down.

But I must admit I kinda love these. I'm just a huge LZ fan and much more so than Aerosmith. But just a little what if....

The Dazed and Confused version:




The Rock and Roll version:


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In reply to Zombie Jon Snow • 3:25p
Nice work Zombie Jon!!! It also fits in with the timeline since R&R was released in 1971 on Led Zep IV. Very cool!
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LandArchSA said:
Oh man...I forgot about the Higher Learning role for Benny. He had the best acting in the entire movie.

That was also a great "solidly 90s" soundtrack


Benny trying to stand up in the back of the truck, realizing he's too drunk, and sitting back down deserved an Oscar on its own. Absolute masterpiece.
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