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Howe, Desson (October 22, 1993). "Dazed and Confused". The Washington Post . Retrieved February 10, 2009. a b c Stern, Marlow (September 24, 2013). " 'Dazed and Confused' 20th Anniversary: 20 Craziest Facts About the Cult Classic". The Daily Beast . Retrieved May 7, 2017. a b " "Dazed By Days" By Richard Linklater". Cinephilia & Beyond. 8 April 2015 . Retrieved September 29, 2020.McConaughey was not originally cast in the film, as the role of Wooderson was originally small and meant to be cast locally for budget purposes. He was a film student at the University of Texas in Austin and went out drinking with his girlfriend one night. They ended up at the Hyatt hotel bar since his friend was a bartender there and could get them a discount. [16] He approached casting director Phillips in the bar. [15] Phillips recalls, "The bartender says to him, 'See that guy down there? That's Don Phillips. He cast Sean Penn in Fast Times.' And Matthew goes, 'I'm gonna go down and talk to this guy.'" Phillips also recalls that Linklater didn't like McConaughey at first because he was "too handsome." [9] Filming [ edit ] Development of characters [ edit ] Jason London (pictured in 2008) drew on his own experiences of growing up and playing football in small-town Oklahoma to portray and develop Randall "Pink" Floyd's frustration. [17] In October 2004, three of Linklater's former classmates from Huntsville High School, whose surnames are Wooderson, Slater, and Floyd, filed a defamation lawsuit against Linklater, claiming to be the basis for the similarly named characters on the film. The lawsuit was filed in New Mexico rather than Texas because New Mexico has a longer statute of limitations. [66] The suit was subsequently dismissed. [67] a b c d e f g Spitz, Marc (December 26, 2013). "An Oral History of Dazed and Confused". Maxim . Retrieved May 7, 2017. The Cult 25: The Essential Left-Field Movie Hits Since '83" list". Entertainment Weekly. September 3, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-03 . Retrieved 2008-09-04. Hughes, Sarah Anne (January 23, 2012). "Matthew McConaughey reprises 'Dazed and Confused' role for music video". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014 . Retrieved April 21, 2013.

It is May 28, 1976, the last day of school at Lee High School in Austin, Texas. The next year's group of seniors are preparing for the annual hazing of incoming freshmen. Randall "Pink" Floyd, the school's star football player, is asked to sign a pledge promising not to take drugs during the summer or do anything that would "jeopardize the goal of a championship season". When classes end, the incoming freshman boys are hunted down by the seniors and paddled. The incoming freshman girls are also hazed; they are rounded up in the school parking lot by senior girls, covered in mustard, ketchup, flour and raw eggs and forced to propose to senior boys. When one of the girls, Sabrina, proposes to Tony, rather than add to her humiliation he politely introduces himself. Dazed and Confused". British Board of Film Classification. February 12, 1993 . Retrieved June 24, 2012. To faithfully portray the 1970s, Keith and Melanie Fletcher of the costume department went out to shop for vintage clothes at thrift stores and in small towns. Because most cast members did not have long hair at the time, many, such as Posey Parker and Rory Cochrane wore wigs to replicate hair styles from the era. [19] Special attention was paid to differentiating the cliques of each character by their wardrobe; stoner characters, for instance, were given more layered clothes to appear "not sloppy but comfortable." [20] Shooting [ edit ]Tarantino, Quentin. "Sight and Sound Top Ten Poll 2002". Sight and Sound. Archived from the original on 2008-04-23 . Retrieved 2009-04-21. Maerz, Melissa (2020). Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused. Harper Collins. p.85. How Matthew McConaughey Came Up With 'Alright, Alright, Alright' ". Huffington Post . Retrieved 2014-12-02. Matthew McConaughey might as well trademark "alright, alright, alright," the catchphrase so closely associated with him ...