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Slackers (2002)

R  |   |  Comedy, Romance  |  1 February 2002 (USA)
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When geeky Ethan discovers three fellow students scamming the examination system, he blackmails them to win over the college's most popular girl.

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Storyline

Dave, Sam and Jeff are about to graduate from Holden University with Honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed their way through the last four years of college and now, during the final exams, these big-men-on-campus are about to be busted by the most unlikely dude in school. Written by Screen Gems

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Rated R for strong language and sexual content, and for brief drug use | See all certifications »

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1 February 2002 (USA)  »

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Hooking Up Ethan  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$2,785,283 (USA) (1 February 2002)

Gross:

£294,776 (UK) (17 May 2002)
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Jason Segel and Cameron Diez later stared together, along with Nat Faxon in Sex Tape 2014 and Bad Teacher 2011. Jaime King and Laura Prepon were in Love Bites 2011 as well. Jason Segel was in Freaks and Geeks 1999 and The Undergrads 1999 with Jason Schwartzman. Devon Sawa and Jason Segel were in SLC Punk 1998. Walk Hard - The Dewy Cox Story 2007 had Jason Schwartzman and Nat Faxon. Jason Segel and Laura Prepon were also in How I Met Your Mother 2005. Jim Rash and Nat Faxon acted in Reno 911! 2003. That 70's Show 1998 stared Laura Prepon with Jim Rash. See more »

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In the last shot of the film, as credits begin to roll and Ethan has finished singing his song, you can see several feet of the dolly track on the floor of the diner. One of the extras sitting in a booth even comes close to tripping over it. In the wide screen version of this film the dolly track is not visible. See more »

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Ethan: You're smart. I like you. I'll probably give you a nickname.
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Pomp & Circumstance
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Arranged by John Fox
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another cheap story...
22 May 2002 | by (Earth, Europe) – See all my reviews

Love, hate, fun, blackmail, cheating, slacking, faking, should be good huh ?! Well, once again, WRONG. It's another cheap story, with no action, low humor and some collage underlife. Waste your money on something else, this sucks. I'm sorry for the casting, maybe in some other screenplay they would be better...


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