Cast
Richard Linklater Rudy Basquez Jean Caffeine
Credits
Written by: Richard Linklater
Plot
A day in Austin, Texas, as the camera follows one eccentric character to the next, picking up the conversations of drifters and dreamers.
Sinekatalog’s take
Richard Linklater's debut drifts through a day in Austin from one eccentric to the next. Plotless and talky, it captured a generation's mood and helped launch the American indie boom.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (25,775 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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