Slackers

Slackers (2002)

When all else fails... cheat.

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 final exams, these big-men-on-campus are about to be busted by the most unlikely dude in school. Self-dubbed Cool Ethan, an ambitious nerd with a bad crush, enters their lives one day and everything begins to unravel.

Date of release
2002-02-01
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (227)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Dewey Nicks

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Los Angeles and California

Slackers is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Dewey Nicks in his directional debut and starring Devon Sawa, Jason Schwartzman, Jaime King, Jason Segel, Michael Maronna, and Laura Prepon. Its plot follows a nerdy college student who blackmails a group of young men with his knowledge that they have cheated throughout college, and uses it to get closer to a young woman he is obsessed with.

Production

In September 1999, it was reported that Destination Films had acquired David H. Steinberg's Slackers script for $200,000 against a guaranteed $700,000 following a bidding war with Artisan Entertainment. In March 2000, it was reported that Dewey Nicks would direct Slackers. The following month, it was reported that Devon Sawa was in final negotiations to star in Slackers while negotiations were ongoing with Jason Schwartzman to co-star.

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