DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993) |FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993) |FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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[@brianm523]

They made this movie at my middle school in Austin. I remember how excited everyone was that a “real movie” was being made in our school. They had repainted the hallways to have the wall of presidents and the school liked it so much they kept it. The movie shop teacher was our actual shop teacher from class. Whenever I watch this I can say “there’s my locker, and there’s my class, and there’s that spot where we broke the window!” Lol

[@satyadasgumbyji8956]

Alright, alright, alright! ☁️ 😎👌 ✌🌎❤

[@joshsmith302]

@@satyadasgumbyji8956 beat me to it. One of the best soundtracks in my opinion. 😎❤️

[@MrParkerman6]

Incorrect, dumbass. NO ONE called it Middle school when this film was made. EVERYONE called it Junior High. Welcome to The Mandela Effect, dipshit!

[@kenttaylor9238]

Bedichek Jr High isn't it?

[@garyarnett1220]

That's cool. Gotta be fun seeing it again.

[@thomasflynn5366]

I'm not going to lie. Going to High School in the 70s was great. We had so much freedom. Parents weren't all over where we were, the teachers didn't care what we did, the police didn't make a federal case out of minor infractions. I feel sorry for kids today.

[@gracebudgell77]

And there was nobody shooting at you.........

[@Kanieht.L]

I completely agree… I was just telling my 16 yr old the same thing ….

[@ericthomas917]

Unfortunately you got too many kids joining street gangs and teen violence getting worse

[@smokingthereefer92]

I feel sorry for the kids that don't know how give the officers the middle finger today. "Fuck you officer, I'm not going to school today. Because i said."

[@Wrangzilla]

Late 80's, early 90's was the same.... We had a good time...

[@bigtankatx]

I was born and raised here in austin texas where this movie was shot I went to Bedichek Middle School where they shot the high school scenes my old teacher Mr. McFarland was the wood shop teacher in the scene asleep in class moontower was a real spot and Burger stadium out in sunset valley was where they shot the smoking on the 50 yard line this movie takes me back every time I see it

[@janegherardi]

I grew up in this time, and in this place. Top Notch Drive-In, cruising around with friends is exactly what we did. Top Notch is still there. This film totally catches the vibe of high school in the 70s.

[@xephrenata]

The parties in the woods of the 70s and 80s were the best of times. Plus NO cell phones to incriminate anyone 😂😂😂🍻🍻

[@danelicker317]

The best part of this movie for us who were actually alive back then is how accurate it is about the times. The clothes, the cars, the music, the hairstyles. It's all so spot on. Plus, I knew people who was exactly like every single character in this movie. The 70's were a blast. We had jamming tunes, kick ass muscle cars, and horrible styles.

[@7thkansascav468]

I was going to say the same thing, I can identify every person in the movie with someone I knew back then. It was truly a great time.

[@jefflancaster5291]

100% agree. I was 16 in 1976. This movie is spot on and really takes me back to that time. I could live the '70's all over again!

[@spookym123]

Cool styles!

[@Kanieht.L]

Life was better … the greatest era ….

[@erindiazmclaughlin]

Ben Affleck did play O'Bannion. Obviously you recognized Matthew McConaughey. But the guy who played Pink is Jason London. His last name in the movie was Floyd. So they called him Pink. Pink Floyd. Such an iconic movie. I watched it for my first time right before going into High School. So I was prepared to fight. However, my freshman year did not go down like that. Thank God. I love your reactions. You have the best channel. In my opinion. Keep the vids coming. Thank you for entertaining me. Much love and respect. 😊

[@mdehe]

I graduated in '79. This movie could not have been more accurate. Everything, every bit of it, from the clothes, the language, the music, the pool hall/pinball machines, the kegger parties, the random fights, the cruising, the hazing... everything about this movie was perfect. I've watched this movie dozens of times. Glad you had an opportunity to review it and also glad you enjoyed it.

[@ericelander9936]

Class of 79 as well. Movie is spot on. I even had a Chevelle.

[@bauertime]

@@ericelander9936 I was also class of 79 and I don't remember ether one of you.

[@tristramcoffin926]

The difference is why today's kids are pussies. They have never faced adversity.

[@ContrarianCorner]

@@bauertime Lol! I don't remember any of you guys either. Class of '80 here. It's incredible how accurate this film is! I went to H.S. in a SoCal beach town and my experience was almost identical to the one portrayed in this film. We didn't do the hazing but, other than that, it was spot on. S3x, drugs & rock 'n' roll... and a little bit of school and sports in between. Funny to see some of the younger generation "shocked" by our behavior back then. ; ) In spite of the usual teenage dramas, everything and everyone was so chill. When I'd watch other so-called "teenage" movies, I never understood the animosity between different groups. In my school athletes, A-students, stoners, surfers, gear heads, etc. all hung out together. We also had the full socio-economic and racial spectrum in our student body. Nobody gave a shit about any of that and we all got along just fine. I literally just dropped into a theater one day when I had some time off and knew absolutely nothing about this film other than it was directed by Linklater. I loved "Slackers" so I thought I'd take a chance on it. I was just blown away and told all my friends about it. Still one of my favorite films for the nostalgia alone.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

The hazing was not realistic, it was way exaggerated in this picture. Particularly the girl hazing. Everything else was authentic.

[@markmcelligott2542]

I was 15 at the end of the school year in 1976... This was very much the way life was in my town. The music, the weed, the abuse, and the parties. I have to say, I never tossed any bowling balls through any windows, but a decent amount of property damage did occur. This is a favorite go to movie for me and I watch it at least once a year

[@_pepperz7455]

Same kinda but I wasn’t in high school in 76

[@EleanorofAquitaine42]

My mom told me that everything was pretty spot on in this movie, except they didn’t cuss nearly as much. 😅

[@hitmixhyepock9405]

I graduated in 93...it was the same at my school, minus the hazing and style of clothes.

[@JenniferMcMahonhawaii78]

The soundtrack is still killer as hell. I had the soundtrack ON CASSETTE back in 93. I can’t believe this movie is 30 years old; I was 15 when it came out. 😂

[@Mattical1980]

Same! Cassette soundtrack and my Sony Walkman! I think I wore the tape out.

[@michaelblaine6494]

I was 13,it’s cool that this brings back memories for people from 2 separate generations. It’s weird it makes me think of middle school but it depicts my parents high school days,such a mindfuck🤣

[@DustinHawke]

Best soundtrack ever in my opinion.

[@DustinHawke]

Well, Judgment Night comes close.

[@DanMcClinton]

McConaughy isn’t just a Texas fan, he graduated from Texas. This movie was filmed in Austin and he was “found” in a local bar and cast for this role.

[@mhill781]

He not only graduated, he teaches a film class there on occasion. One of my favorite movies of his and he's only in it briefly is Wolf of Wall Street. And when he won an Oscar for his role in Dallas Buyers Club, he started out his speech with Alright, Alright, Alright.

[@michaelshelton5488]

I graduated in 91 and I remember watching this when it came out in 93. It was on a constant loop in the chow hall in Okinawa 🤣 All my buddies in the Marines knew every line of this movie by heart. This was THE movie that made Matthew McConaughey a star. The lines "alright alright alright" and "It'd be a lot cooler if you did." will live forever

[@Bravespop]

A bunch of young actors got their start or near start in this nostalgic film. Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich (of Resident Evil fame), Cole Hauser (Yellowstone), Parker Posey and Adam Goldberg (many many movies), and Rory Cochrane (many things, including CSI Miami), and of course Matthew McConaughey (alright alright alright). The list goes on. I grew up in the 70s in a small town, so this movie was pretty iconic for many of us, and of course, the sound track is top notch. In my high school, if you played sports, as a freshman you had to join the P Club, and that mean horrific hazing for a whole week. It was a blast!

[@austinysla6331]

They probably remember Cole in 2 Fast 2 Furious

[@RocketmanS2K]

Y'all were asking if this is really what it was like growing up in the 70's? If you were in a small-ish town, then yes, this movie really does a good job of portraying high school in the mid/late 70s. Also, pool was a big deal back then. The main hangout was the arcade, and between pool tables and pinball machines (video games were still very new and not very good), the arcade was the place to see and be seen on a weekend evening. Yes, we did have giant beer parties out in the woods. Good times! The song you were asking about at the party was The Balinese by a very young ZZ Top.

[@Verlopil]

Was that before or after the young ZZ Top guys toured pretending they were the Zombies? 🤣

[@Sebuin]

Yeah small town Friday/Saturday in the summer, I think if you grew up back then we all had one or a few of those nights that seemed to be an an adventure and last forever. No social media to muck it up either or cell phones. We were so much more independent.

[@sallyatticum]

Everything was spot on for my school in Florida, except we didn't have the hazing. No paddling or pacifiers. But the keg parties and byob clubs, definitely.

[@josephrotenberry6837]

This movie is almost exactly what it was like when I was in High School in the early 1980's in southern West Virginia too.

[@boki1693]

I grew up on Long Island in the 70's about a 45 minute train ride from Manhattan. And Long Island towns in the populated areas on the south shore where I lived were and are a string of medium sized to large towns that their shopping, bar, movie, restaurant areas ran right into each other. So much so you often didn't know where one town ended and the next town started. It was and is sort of like one giant town with lots of trees and parks in the residential areas.. But this movie pretty much hit the nail on the head for me as to what it was like. The sports rivalry between the local towns. You nailed it about the pool halls and arcades and the parties in the woods. We also had several lakes in the area that were next to the woods or in them that kicked things up a notch. And being on the South Shore of Long Island, we had lots of beach parties in the warmer weather as well. The opening scene of Jaws nailed what the beach parties were like pretty well. Except it could be more rowdy than the mellowness in that scene. Not always but sometimes. Most of us had fake ID's that we got in the city so we were also in the bars and rock clubs a lot. And discos because thats where the girls wanted to go all the dam time. LOL. Drinking age was 18 then and they wern't too strict about it if you had any sort of ID. I can't count how many times we saw Twisted Sister at "Speaks," a local band, before they made it famous. Also The Ramones, Talking Heads, Blondie among many others. But that was more in the city and My group liked classic rock more than their type of music. And then throw in the Son of Sam was running around shooting people in my Jr and Senior year. He never came to Long Island but Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx where he did all of his shootings are less than 30 minutes away by car. We had hazing but it wasn't anything to do with pacifiers. LOL.

[@paine254]

I like how Randall "Pink" Floyd was friends with all cliques. Can relate.

[@LondonPride25]

I liked to hear the lady on here say it felt like you were just hanging out with the characters. That's exactly how Quentin Tarantino described this movie, one of his top 20 favourites of all time.

[@gizmoswr679]

Graduated June 75, my gf in 76 .. we love this movie, flashbacks everytime we see it.

[@shawnnixon2811]

Most of this movie was really spot on. Hazing was definitely a thing in the 70s. Most schools had a smoking area. You cruised. You hung out in parking lots. You hung out at arcades and pool halls. Every coach I had wore those dang Bike polyester athletic shorts. And every male kid (and some girls) were used to paddling you got em Most days from teachers, coaches and principles.

[@longfootbuddy]

hazing was, paddling wasnt

[@IrritationX]

When I got to middle school (it was connected to the high school) the smoking area was the lobby right in front of the principal's office. That's how cool everyone was with smoking at the time. But by the time I graduated from high school, there was a no tolerance policy in place.

[@brucew7062]

@@longfootbuddypaddling was permitted and done at my elementary school in the early 70s. My mom gave them permission to do so. Just having permission was enough of a deterrent for me, but others actually got paddled by the principal for discipline.

[@1177kc]

We didn’t have hazing like that at my school

[@sandman_says_runrunner4701]

@@brucew7062 It was double trouble, since back then if we got a paddle at school we would get it twice as bad back home. None of this, "My Angel can do no wrong, now give him a participation award." crap that goes on now.

[@phillipbradford6976]

OMG...Dazed & Confused...my favorite movie. The 70s was the best. I was only 11 in '76...but my most vivid memory that summer is of all my brothers friends stopping in front of the house...smoking their tires...and driving my dad crazy...me and my friends would just sit there as cars came by one by one in the afternoon. Good Times....

[@jamessimmons1486]

This movie brings back sooooooooo many memories. Everything in this movie was pretty much every weekend in the middle to late 70’s.

[@tinylvis1]

I turned 10 the summer of ‘76 and had a sister who just finished 8th grade. Our neighborhood was full of high schoolers . This movie is a perfect Time Capsule of what it was like being a kid in the 70s and early 80s.

[@chrisrowe2308]

If there was ever a movie that could simply be described as a straight up vibe it's this one.

[@CPny65]

Detroit Rock City does a good job at that too.

[@KennyTaylor_JesusIsLord]

I graduated the same year as depicted in the movie from a small town in South Texas.There is literally not one scene that I can’t relate to. To be there when all this great music was being pumped out, and seeing so many of the bands that made the music was awesome. It was every bit like this in the 70’s. Love you both, and love the reaction.

[@markwilliams6394]

You're right. It sums up the 70's. I also grew up in a small South Texas town. But I more the late 70's early 80's in high school but it was still pretty much like this then.

[@neonoires]

Discovered your channel after watching your reaction to this. This is one of my favorite movies of all time. This is an American classic and kickstarted so many people's careers. I was born the same year this movie came out and we're both celebrating our 30th year this year lmao

[@nahkohese555]

I graduated in 73. The freshman hazing was only starting then and it was more screwing around with them on the first day of school, not the last. But otherwise, yeah this is pretty accurate. Alice Cooper's Schools Out was our class song. And yes, we made them play it at graduation, even though principal originally wasn't going to - we told them no class song, no class. Almost the whole class was ready to walk out on the ceremony if they didn't play it. My best friend was basically the Matthew McConaughey character - still coming around chasing the high school girls long after he graduated. One of the girls he was running around with was a girl who had "friend-zoned" me, because I was a nice guy and she like the bad boys. But, after he broke her heart, she came looking for a friendly shoulder to cry on. And I guess she decided bad boys weren't all that great after all. We've got 4 kids, 6 grandkids, and will be celebrating our 48th wedding anniversary this year. It's true, nice guys do finish last. 😁

[@PinkMartiniAZ]

Before the internet, before cell phones, before email, before texting, before social media…. Generations of teens were truly LIVING. Kids today just sit on their butts and on the internet. This movie was pretty spot on for the 70’s. Another one is “Everybody Wants Some” and I believe it’s directed and written by the same guy who did this movie. My husband and I couldn’t stop laughing at that one too. I don’t think it’s as well known as this one but it’s great. You guys would also really love “That 70’s Show” as well. Spot on 70’s teens/parents and funny. So glad you did this reaction.

[@jracee1]

To be fair to the kids these days, if they did this stuff, they'd be arrested and expelled.

[@Yawnzee_]

@@jracee1 it didn't stop us back then

[@dreamweaver1603]

Everybody Wants Some! is billed as "the spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused." Both are semi-autobiographical movies of Richard Linklater. He played baseball in high school and college. I think he would be the kid with the long hair who got the swats and then Randall "Pink" Floyd invited him to go out. He would have started high school in the fall of 1976 and started college in the fall of 1980 just like in those two movies.

[@SuburbanSavage]

Well, I was in high school when this came out, but a lot of this still rang true for my school experience. It was normal to just pile into cars and drive around, looking for something to do. I think that all teenagers had a secret partying spot in their hometown; in mine, it was a wooded area between the school and a McDonald's, that was called "The Log." It was dark and swampy, so adults did not bother going back there. I'm actually surprised that we all weren't overrun with Lyme disease, but when you're 17, you're practically immortal. My mom actually has a photo of herself from the day before I was born and it's basically a picture of what NOT to do whilst pregnant; she's holding a beer, a cigarette in her mouth, and bowling with a 16lb ball. It was common for obstetricians to recommend that women should smoke cigarettes so they wouldn't gain too much weight. I kid you not! We all survived!

[@dreamweaver1603]

Haha, I was born in 1968, and my mom said she started smoking when she was pregnant with me. My dad was in a rock band and they were always in smoke filled bars, which made my mom feel especially sick. Her friends told her smoking cigarettes would help make it more bearable at the bar.

[@BigBass-xf5yi]

The best of music,cars,people and the best of times. Born in 69 I got to experience the 70s and 80s during the heart of their greatness. I would do anything to go back. Humanity was still at its best back then. Now it’s failing. But it’s real cool to see you guys enjoying these time pieces and music. You 2 are certainly one of the best reaction teams out there. Open minded,down to earth and intelligent

[@kellifranklin9872]

As a teenager in the 70s myself this was absolutely how we acted and the club I was initiated into in high school hazed us exactly like these senior girls did. It was so much more fun back then. We got out and lived for the moment! Great movie, music and fun in this film. Great reaction and commentary as always.

[@brucedillinger9448]

Class of '76 here. Yes, to answer your question, things really were like this. Crazy times filled with crazy deeds! And the music?? Pretty much every song from this soundtrack has gone on to become a classic. ✌

[@brundlefly4294]

There's a movie from the 90s called Empire Records about a group of kids who work in a music store. The stoner from Dazed and Confused is in it as well as Liv Tyler. It kind of has a breakfast club feel to it.

[@notmyrealname1730]

Rory Cochrane is als the character named Tim Speedle (Speed) in CSI Miami.

[@glenbmc3734]

Empire Records is a great movie.

[@Flodro250]

Rex manning day😏

[@PrestonCovell]

The guy who plays Rip from Yellowstone is the senior in the truck @34:36

[@davidlongo7391]

This is such a time we had back then. This movie was dead on how life was for so many of us. Thanks for your reactions. We had a BLAST.

[@nfindc]

This film is a staple of the 90's. I was 18 when this film dropped and it became a cult classic. One of the best movies to ever be released and be appreciated by future generations.

[@mikewingate284]

I graduated high school in the 70's. This movie is pretty accurate. We didn't have seniors running around trying to paddle freshmen, but the rest of it is pretty spot-on. I think every small town had the one guy who was that Matthew McConaughey character. I do have to say that we had some pretty awesome music, and I may. or may not have made a couple of "vases" in school. LOL Cruising up and down the main drag was real. A huge kegger was always held after school let out for summer. It was typically on somebody's farm, and it was open to all. Everyone knew where you could buy beer without being carded, and if they were being cautious, there was always a bootlegger to pay a premium price to.

[@sisterdebmac]

"Vases". LOL!

[@TheMadeofhonor]

Every day after School we would hang out near the Liquor store and wait for someone we knew that could buy us some booze or find someone to buy us a few bunker's of beer, some Boone's Farm, and a pint of whatever we were in the mood for that day. Then we would go hang out in the woods and party. We were never approached by a cop and hastled. Good times for sure. If you're wondering where we got our money from, the guy's would do odd jobs like mowing lawns, paper route, etc. The girls would babysit, clean houses, get paid for doing chores etc. Some had rich parents and got an allowance. I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to live in those days and times. The music was phenomenal! It was great to be alive in those Fantastic times!

[@ShaunHensley]

It was very much the same in the 80s

[@Joe-hh8gd]

@@ShaunHensley And the 60s, per American Graffiti.

[@paulcollinsyoga]

This film is a moment in time. Yes, that film captured it for a generation. So many of us can identify with so many of the characters. Even MM's character, the guy that just can't leave High School behind.

[@inspectorvol951]

It surely did capture a moment in time. Remember it well.

[@sisterdebmac]

Yeah, I don't find Wooderson to be a creep really. Sure he was cracking jokes about high school girls and he macked on the cute readhead. But he was very nice, and respectful, and one might even say it's cool in that he didn't hit on some barbie doll and act as sleazy as Dom. Plus, I knew a guy named Tommy when I was in high school who was in his 20's and would hang with anyone he found common ground with, even a 16 year old girl who was into guitar and movies. He was also a gear head and even looked a bit like Matty Mac in this movie. My parents even liked him. So I had a frame of reference going in. I actually saw this in the theater when it opened.

[@El-ingobernable]

Yes, this is where "alright, alright, alright" started. It wasn't part of the script. It was improvised. Actually a lot of McConaughey's lines were improvised. He said he was only suppose to have a small role but the director or someone kept wanting him in the movie. His dad passed away while filming was happening. He left to attend the funeral and went back to finish the movie. He's got a lot of good movies but this is my favorite one that he's a part of.

[@joseesparza7488]

This movie I never get tired of. First because of how awesome it is. Second, love the soundtrack. The soundtrack was so popular they had to release a volume 2 with the rest of the songs. And 3. I lived in an era when being a freshman in high school meant you had to go through hazing day. You guys grew up in a different generation. Not dissing you. Back then it was a right of passage that’s obviously frowned upon now, but back then you went through it and then you did it to others. And it sounds stupid but it was the thing back then. And let me tell you, after that experience you do become friends with al lot of other older classes.

[@solidsnake58]

I just realized you guys have to watch American Graffiti (1973). It's the first movie George Lucas made before Star Wars and it inspired Dazed and Confused. Filmed in 1972 but takes place in 1962 on the last evening of summer vacation before high school graduates leave town to go off to coffee. Great music, great cars, lots of famous people who weren't famous yet. You'll dig it.

[@abc123tiktok]

My dad grew up during this time said movie was not to far off from reality when he went to high school, just different times. Also pretty funny how Jay saw Pink's decision at end differently than other people. Personal always saw it as Pink is a guy living his life on his terms and seen be a good guy treating everyone nicely, kind of doing everything right. For Pink football wasn't his life nor did he see it as a way to open doors like it can for some. He cared more about being truthful and be honest rather than this being a rebellious phase. His football friends didn't hesitate to sign paper despite all of them breaking rules same day agreed to uphold. For Pink he has his own integrity he has lived his life and if they don't agree with him, he will just keep on moving forward living life his way was the message I got out of it.

[@Kid-Drac]

I agree!!! Well said!👏

[@pennylane36]

I guess it depended on where you lived. I was in middle school in 78. We never had anything like this going on. I had a brother 2 years older than me, and it wasn’t like this. We lived in a small farming community In 8th and 10th grade we moved to a coastal town and there was a lot more going on. Cruising and beach parties lots of beer but none of this hazing

[@leah-wp3dx]

I was in high school when this movie came out. We all just laughed at the bush party - where I'm from that's still a thing. If you've never stumbled drunk through the woods with your best friends, trying to find the way back to the blaring music in the distance then I'm sorry you missed it! This movie brings back so many memories!!

[@mhlevy]

This movie is special to me because I was a freshman in high school in 1976, and this movie is the soundtrack to my life. Music from bands like Ted Nugent, Black Oak Arkansas, Foghat and so many others. We would play pool at a local "King Louis Bowling Alley" and then go out and have dinner at a drive-in or pizza place. And drink beer that we bought, though we weren't old enough to buy it legally. Plus, there were parties, lots of parties! And great bands, and concert tickets that were affordable! Every weekend of the summer, there were concerts with local bands for $1.02, thanks to a local radio station.

[@kylehopkins1180]

Yes, pool was a rite of passage. Everyone played. This was pre video games. They were just becoming a thing

[@butkusfan23]

One of the best film soundtracks of all time, period. When this movie came out in the early 90’s, it was referring to the late 70’s, about 15 years prior. Well, it’s now been almost 30 years since this movie came out. Man, I feel old now! (Born in ‘80, baby!)

[@michaelwarren1538]

This film comes VERY close to what it was like...graduated in 1978 from Houston ISD, Texas. A note - we had "Junior High Schools" back then, which covered 7th-9th grades. Gave you a fighting chance when you hit senior high (10-12 grades). And yes the music was fantastic...and we were a bit wild. Thank God there were no cell phones! The song you guys were asking about at around 28:55 of your reaction was "Balinese" by ZZ Top, off of the Fandango album (check it out). We knew ALL of the words to songs by "that little 'ol band from Texas!"

[@barrykeleher2659]

Richard Linklater so accurately captured my high school experience in the mid to late 70s. I knew every single one of those people portrayed in the movie

[@mattjones137]

I grew up in the 70's and no other movie has come this close to capturing what it was like. I felt like i was back in school

[@crashburn3292]

So glad you two did this movie. It really is spot on: In high school, Friday nights, we had a friend who worked at McDonalds who'd give us 2-3 bags of free food at the drive thru, and another friend who worked at a liquor store, who'd leave us a keg of beer in the trash bin behind the store. We'd go cruising on the main drag then head out to the almond orchard for a bonfire party. And yes, someone usually climbed the 110ft power line tower in the middle of the orchard. Fast cars, no seat belts, alcohol, bonfires and tower-climbing. I'm amazed no one died. Good times. (Btw, the main drag we'd cruise in my hometown was McHenry Blvd, made famous by George Lucas in the movie American Graffiti. He grew up there too)

[@gregall2178]

Bakersfield?

[@crashburn3292]

@@gregall2178 Modesto

[@gregall2178]

@@crashburn3292 Ahh... I thought the movie was set in Bakersfield... it's been a while since I've seen it.

[@sydhamelin1265]

I went to HS in the 90s and I relate to this movie WAY too much. I lived every aspect of this movie to one degree or another. Almost every weekend it was cruising around, finding out where things were happening, or maybe just grabbing beer and heading to the park. Showing up after sunrise...I miss those days.

[@chaz5229]

This is my all time FAV movie of all!!! I love everything about this movie....and it's so spot on. I'm a child of the 70's-80's.....and this movie is like going back in time for me. And all the actors are so GREAT in it....and my GOD.....BEST soundtrack of all time!!!

[@BDogg2023]

I was 21 when this movie came out. It was the visual and audio soundtrack of the 90s, and me and my friends’ 20s. My friends and I watched this constantly. Quoted it endlessly. I had a friend who was a working actor, Todd Babcock, so he was huge into movies, and he had a movie festival at his house every summer that focused on this movie, and always also included The Big Lebowski and Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Dozens of TVs all synched together. TVs in every room, the front yard, backyard…even across from the toilet in the bathroom. Projector with a huge screen in the back yard. There was a car parked in the backyard with a trunk full of beer on ice. Hundreds of people. At midnight they’d do Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon synched with The Wizard Of Oz. Good times…L.I.V.I.N.

[@JamiHeart]

Yep!

[@jco207]

Your friend knows how to throw a righteous party.

[@dudeusmaximus6793]

That was one creative dude!

[@RobertH-ol6mw]

That song at the open air party was ZZ Top, "Balinese" from the same album as "Tush". Album is "Fandango". An awesome album that launched them into supergroup status.👍👍

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[@jeffmattson5766]

My favorite song in the movie is Tuesdays Gone by Lynard Skynard. It plays as the party is breaking up. It deserves a Reaction if it hasn’t been done already.

[@BryanH63]

This is one of my all-time favorite movies. I grew up in the 70s, I was a couple years behind these guys. This movie brings back so many awesome memories. I still listen to 70s music most of the time.

[@pencilnecked1579]

I think Pink deserves a lot of credit for being the young man he was in this movie. He was doing right by others and himself throughout the entire film. Most importantly to me is he had the courage to stand by his convictions and not sign some piece of paper pledging to not do things he was going to be doing anyway. Pink wasn't a hypocrite like everyone else on the team who were willing to sign a pledge form they had no intention of adhering to.

[@sisterdebmac]

Yes.

[@aaronboone8097]

Foreal J is on the side of angry controlling coach, makes no sense. He must have been no fun in high-school

[@davidrobinson3716]

But it is a movie. In reality as important as high school football was in Texas at that time I suspect that Pink's parents and the community would put so much pressure on him that he would end up signing the pledge by the end of summer.

[@Kid-Drac]

@@davidrobinson3716 well we know you would have..

[@cfinley81]

@@davidrobinson3716 FACTS!!

[@susankeeton4056]

I graduated in 78 and it was the best best time! It was one continues party in school and out. The party in the woods was where everyone would go and that brought back super fond memories. I was a rocker chic then and I'm still a rocker chic!🤘🎸🎶✌️

[@shanegraham2500]

I'm from a small town with a lot of football spirit. It was VERY much like this. Graduated in the 80's. And yeah, you hit it right on the head, it was all about "Cruising". Just driving around with your friends, seeing what was going on, fining things to get into. There was a guy who's mailbox always got smashed by dumbass kids. He eventually dug a 6 foot hole and buried a metal bar that he attached his mailbox to - the next time someone hit it with a bat, it caused a car wreck and some people were hurt pretty bad. The parents tried to sue, but he wasn't found liable because there wasn't any statute saying you couldn't have a metal mailbox pole. We had a neighbor who had a slug bug. He was 6'7" and gangly as hell. It was so funny to watch him clamber out of that car. Up through the 70's pool was really big. Arcades had pool and pinball. It started slowly losing some ground when video games started becoming the 'In Thing'. My brother was a city bus driver and they had pool tables in the lounge, where the split-shift drivers would just hang out between their runs. He got really good. I mean, I know how to pay, but he's amazing.

[@rogerdodger6025]

I remember when Space Invaders got popular. Kids were obsessed with that game. That was kind of the beginning of video games.

[@scottstuerke4560]

Coming of age to the 70's was a great experience. We were young and carefree. Anybody that worked could afford their own apartment. Good times!

[@celestemcallister1307]

'American Graffiti' 1973 written and directed by George Lukas,is the coming of age inspiration for 'Dazed and Confused'.. I love the mid 70's soundtrack in this movie..

[@dreamweaver1603]

I think the style of American Graffiti as a day-in-the-life story was the inspiration, but the movie is clearly inspired by Richard Linklater's own life. He would be the incoming freshman baseball pitcher, and he was the incoming college freshman baseball pitcher in the movie Everybody Wants Some! that came out a few years ago. It's also great, but unfortunately didn't get as much attention as it deserved. If you have a chance you should watch that movie. It's the first weekend of college in 1980.

[@420johnas]

Wow Amber, you just said something that I’ve been saying for couple of decades now. I graduated in 1974 and I always say that this is a whole different world than when I grew up. You’ve heard the music you’ve seen the movies. You’ve got all this new technology iPhones and cable TV. We didn’t have it we didn’t need it. We were having fun in the 70s and 80s. It makes me laugh when I see you cringe whenever there’s an insult or any little thing that we took for granted back in the day. You’re right this is a whole different world And I miss the old world. But I’m happy to be in the new world kind of. Love you guys keep up the great work!

[@str82heven]

Yes, I graduated in 1977/1978. SOCAL not the open space keggers, but we had keggers. We did have them up in the local mountains. Music, clothes, cars, parties... What a blast from the past. The hazing was not done here (SOCAL) as much as it was portrayed in the movie, but I have friends from TX said it was exactly like that.

[@MelanieAF]

Loved y’all’s reaction, that was adorable in itself. I was 13 in 76-it was the year of the bicentennial. I lived in a small southern town and it was just like that-you had to make your own fun. The drinking age was still 18, so if you could pass or had a “friendly” beer joint owner, you could buy beer (when I was staying with mother near Saucier, it was sweet old guy named Solly-you could tell him it was your birthday and he’d give you free beer). We would drive across the old rickety bridge to Delta LA from Vicksburg MS to buy drinks, and we’d always get them too. Piss tests weren’t a thing yet. It’s funny that the redheaded girl’s theory about the decades was so wrong-the 70s weren’t politically radical like the 60s, but the 80s were anything but radical lol-Reagan era-unless you count the cocaine cowboy thing which was definitely not conservative! I got a close up look at that too-trips to Palm Beach FL.

[@dreamweaver1603]

I disagree. The '80s were radical, at least where I grew up. It was nearly identical to this movie, with much of the same music and the addition of '80s music and clothes.

[@CBGB_1977]

My oldest brother graduated in ‘76. He said this movie is RIGHT ON THE MARK 📌

[@linzzyy]

absolutely one of my favourite movies! we saw it in the theater when we were teenagers - as soon as the date popped up at the beginning we freaked out cause that's my besties's actual birthday May 28 1976 :) became an instant classic for my group Partying in the woods was the best -- we called them "bush parties" so glad you reacted to this one brought back great memories keep up the great work -- love from Canada

[@BasedLegoMaul]

This is genuinely one of my favorite movies ever.

[@IggyStardust1967]

2:32 - I got news for you.... yes, they were. I was still in elementary school at the time, but yeah, we knew what the older kids were doing. 7:04 - Well spotted, Jay!! 9:37 - LMAO! Yeah, they could have. Trust me on that. They not only could have, but WOULD have. Hazing wasn't quite as bad when I got to high school, but it did still exist to a point. 14:30 - Did you notice the open beers on school property? Heh.... the stuff we got away with back then.... 25:16 - Mothers (to be) not only smoked, but drank alcohol, as well. Both activities were pretty common everywhere. Despite "drinking openly" was technically illegal. The police worried about it only if it got out of hand. 25:25 - I was even younger when I was being sent to stores to buy cigarettes and alcohol for adults. Granted, I was rarely allowed to have part of a beer, or a little wine, before I turned 10, but sending a kid to a store with a note and some money was very common at the time. So, Mitch being able to pull that purchase off tracks with the times. 26:00 - Heh.... Smoke filled bowling alleys, pool halls, all of those "sin dens" were a big thing back then. And yes, children were allowed in them. Hell, after I turned 13, I lived in a pool hall (1980) until it burned down in 1984. It was owned by my best friend's parents. It was a WHOLE different era. 40:40 - It wasn't far off. I did have all nighters like that in the 80s, but it was pretty wild in the 70s when I was in my pre-teens. The stuff you could get away with back then.... it's a miracle we all survived it.

[@Psilocybin77]

Easily my favourite day in the life movie. I can put this movie on any time and it instantly makes me feel better with the opening Aerosmith credits. Richard Linklater used a cast of mostly unknown actors he found on the streets of Austin, Texas. The cast and crew were staying together in a hotel and most said it was like a summer camp. It really lends to the chemistry and natural friendships you feel in the film. This is a special film that I hold dearly, thanks for reacting to this one.

[@mikegoodwin2386]

Yeah, the 50-ish minute "Making Dazed" video is one of the best "making of" videos I've ever watched.

[@dawsondavis664]

You must hear this often - you both are so lovely and caring - great reactions to some interesting choices of film - always enormously pleased with your eclectic mix of genre and year of release.. Thank you and will keep enjoying your reactions/reviews

[@michaelpalmer9966]

Our teacher threw us our first beer party in kindergarten. It was amazing. Even the teacher got sh*t faced.

[@user-rh2io7gm1l]

😂 I have a feeling you're just kidding, but to me it sounds believable. Makes a better opening than that car chase scene.

[@bulliboyz]

One minute Jay is describing himself as a rebel: throwing punches, running away. Next he’s uptight about the quarter back being a rebel himself 😂

[@davelister2961]

Rebel Jay was overruled by Coach Jay.

[@RuthlessWelshy]

Missed the entire point of the movie imo lol

[@goldboy150]

@@RuthlessWelshy L-I-V-I-N

[@rileyandmike]

He isn’t ever throwing “these hands”. Dude was afraid of Ghostbusters!

[@aaronboone8097]

Yea he missed the whole point of the movie. Be a kid and have fun and don't let angry adults control your life just cause they are miserable. When you play football in high-school you smoke weed and drink alcohol as well. It's just part of it lol.

[@QueenFornis]

This brings back so many memories! Having spent my teenage years in the 70's, it was an experience, to be sure! It really was an exciting time to be a teenager. Some of the best music, Television and movies came from that decade! Things were so much more free and relaxed, back then. Great reaction guys!

[@douglasgawitt8818]

I graduated in 86 and it was still like this in the 80’s. And yes we were listening to 70’s music.

[@theodoreritola7641]

AND LIKED THE 70s MUSIC Just as much

[@user-cs4fg1rm5k]

Don't forget Cooley High, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Say Anything, Can't Hardly Wait, and American Graffiti.

[@norwegianblue2017]

I was in grade school in the 1970s, but when I was in middle school in the early 80s, it wasn't too far off from this. The high school kids would absolutely terrorize us every chance they got. Nothing really violent, but they would spray us with drinks, do drive by's with food, throw our bikes in the bushes. That kind of thing. That went triple for Halloween. We just accepted it as normal. Plus, if you handled it okay, some of them might be cool to you. I think this movie is probably the most realistic teen movie that also captures the vibe of the era. Fast Times would be second place.

[@j.jennings1722]

I graduated high school in '75 and this movie felt more like a documentary to me than a comedy/drama(?). 1975 was the year that seniors in HS smoked more pot (over 60% of us) than any other senior class, ever. And yes, a lot of weed was secretly smoked on campus. There were parties all the time. It was wild. Then again, most of our parents simply raised us like wolves in the '60s, kicking us out of the house to play as kids and for us to not come home until the sun was nearly setting. I'm surprised we survived the '60s, much less the wildness of the '70s as teens. It was great!

[@chuckwilson4186]

Here in Michigan… we played foosball , ate Buscemi‘s pizza… we pooled are money and “ cruise the neighborhoods”.. we picked house to go to and listened to the music of the times … for us it was Bob Seger and kiss…journey Boston.. foghat , zeppelin,,, and anything from the 70’s …

[@johncunningham8798]

I was a middle school 13 year old in the summer of ‘76. This is one of my favorite movies and such an accurate depiction of my teenage years. You were able to get your drivers license at 15 which gave you a lot more freedom and independence. You could actually work on cars back then because they didn’t have computer systems running them. So you would go out and buy an old car and get it running good. We did smoke a lot of pot and drank a lot beer! Our cops were very similar as the one in this movie. If you were caught doing something wrong, not property damage or violence or anything like that, they would either call your parents or your coach. Here they were known to follow you home if you were caught out drinking and driving. It was really and truly a very different world back then.

[@BSBS-q5w]

I grew up in Austin in the 70s, this movie is pretty much spot on. Good times. Top Notch has great burgers.

[@Mauiman122]

WOW this was so like my highschool experience. Hanging in the woods behind the school, keg parties and the girls and the weed and the best music ever! Thanks for the flashback of my highschool in the 70s!

[@jackfain2656]

SFMF

[@curzon176]

I'm so glad you guys finally watched this movie. After such coming of age gems as Almost Famous and Fast Times, this is a great addition. Maybe next time check out American Graffiti.

[@texasray7301]

The 70's in high school was just like this . I graduated in 79. Our class saying was "We smoke pot we drink wine we are the seniors of 79.

[@WaltBTB]

Not only is the soundtrack for this movie incredible, but let's all give the highest praise for the CARS featured here! Every ride is just siiiick, even the mom-and-dad-mobiles are beauties. This is one of those films you can watch over and over and never get tired of it.

[@bloppysloppy2283]

By then they were considered older cars and you could get 'em fairly cheap. Everybody put the mags on 'em and sometimes jacked the rear ends up. Detroit cars from those times were awesome.

[@dcmphotog8452]

The reason this film was so popular and loved is that it is so authentic. It takes place the year I was also a high school Junior heading into my senior year (which is true of the director too). The characters, the clothing, music, gestures, language, and attitudes are spot on. This is truly the life of small town teenagers in the mid 70s. BTW - this is the same director who created "School of Rock". And it's not a film from the 70's - it's from the 90's but takes place in the 70s.

[@chuckwilson4186]

Arcades we’re huge in the 70’s ! Yes even pool

[@robertwiles8106]

The summer after the movie came out my best bud lived in a crappy duplex in east Dallas with the actor who played the soul pole guy in Dazed & Confused. We got all the scoop from the set and got to read his original script (signed by all the cast). He told us that the theft of the statues was supposed to be a major plot point that ended up getting cut, plus the controversy surrounding the actor who played Bickford running off with Milla Jovovich which caused huge problems on the set. Good times good times. He no longer possessed his Soul Pole paddle, as it got destroyed during filming. That summer was very much a dazed and confused summer.

[@Tr0nzoid]

Yeah, when the police showed up at the football field, it was mainly about the statues being in the back of the vehicle. Deleted scenes showed that and the kids told police they just found them and were going to take them back.

[@dreamweaver1603]

What that says to me is that Linklater was such a great director he could turn the whole movie around mid film. That's pretty amazing.

[@dreamweaver1603]

And how freaking cool that you knew the soul pole guy! 😊

[@robertwiles8106]

@@dreamweaver1603 Here's another scoop from the set. The "party at the moontower" was, in fact, just a party at the moontower. They brought a bunch of kegs and had the cast just party and do their thing, and had a few handheld cameras to capture certain little vignettes.

[@kylehopkins1180]

1976 was the very best year in history. Movies and music and everything was so great!

[@melissawinn996]

I was born in the late 90s and grew up in the 2000s sooo I can't really relate 2 ya 😢😭

[@kylehopkins1180]

@@melissawinn996 So sad for you 😎

[@rogerdodger6025]

Amazing time for sure. I started high school in the fall of '76, also the Bicentennial year. That was when I first started really getting into music. So much great stuff happening in music at the time. I wouldn't have wanted to grow up in any other time.

[@bloppysloppy2283]

As someone who was in high school from 1976-80, this movie really nails what it was like being a teenager at that time. Yes it really was one big beer and weed bash, and sometimes a few other things too.

[@rray848]

They had so many great songs in this movie... they actually released 2 soundtrack albums.. one with 14 songs (in 1993) and one with 12 songs (a year later in 1994) and still they didn't get all the songs that were in this movie.

[@mikebonecutter1869]

Graduated in 92 in a small town and this is what we did every Friday and Saturday night.. none of the hazing but the parties the cruisin and music

[@btnhstillfire]

This is the #1 high school movie ever made. Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Last American Virgin, Revenge of The Nerds, Greese, American Pie, Porkys…Those are great but this imo is the GOAT.

[@Clever01010]

This is what high school was really like back then.😄

[@julietvelarde3816]

My ex was a baseball player (ex football defense) nicknamed "CLUTCH ". My older son, coincidentally named Danny/Daniel was what Danny was impressed by because Daniel, when Daniel was 5 y. o., could throw the baseball with either hand. Daniel would write with his right and color with his left. He's still so talented.

[@ThunderPants13]

The girl with the flaming red hair is Marissa Ribisi, twin sister of actor Giovanni Ribisi, who was the medic in Saving Private Ryan and played Frank Buffay Jr (Phoebe's half brother) on the tv show Friends.

[@bradd8937]

Thanks for this one J&A. This movie really hits home for me. The timeline is perfect. I graduated the year before this takes place and it’s so accurate. You guys are right. It was a spectacular time to be a teen. I didn’t realize it at the time but it was! Especially the music!

[@deannarusso202]

“Alright alright alright” was Matthew Mcaugnahay’s first lines EVER & got it from Jim Morrison saying it at a concert once

[@Jambandit15]

It's crazy growing up to this movie being a right of passage for a kid born and raised in Austin and now living literally in the neighborhood where this movie was shot off, burnet rd/ anderson Ln. My girl and I picnic in the park where the baseball scene was shot. I love it. Also, my mother was entering high school in Austin in the exact year this was set in. I always thought it was cool.

[@jfourm]

I graduated from a HS in Northern Virginia in '76, and everything depicted in this movie was accurate, including the bowling ball scene. Talk about a flashback...

[@bloppysloppy2283]

I knew some guys who's kick was blowing up mailboxes with M80's.

[@jfourm]

@@bloppysloppy2283 Yep. i never understood how these things became a thing, but I definitely witnessed more than a few. Usually on the way to a field party.

[@CurlieGrl]

I was 13 years old in 1976, so I cant speak to any of the shenanigans that kids in High School got up to, but... I do know that we had a LOT of freedom. I had to be home when the streetlights came on and was not to be late to dinner. As an upper classman in High School, I didn't have a curfew, but I knew better than to push the limits of my Mama's patience. I am an "only" and my Daddy died when I was 16. I respected and loved her too much to be a problem for her. 😉 I will say that I am tremendously grateful that I grew up when I did. The analog world is a much kinder, gentler place to grow up in and our music was, and still is, DA BOMB!!! 😛

[@Mattie3Thumbs]

This movie is the best for drinking games. Whenever kid touches the bridge of his nose, whenever someone says “man” whenever someone is smoking a joint, whenever someone takes a drink of their beer 😩 I’ve gotten so blitzed to this movie so many times 😂

[@cardiac19]

I give this movie the Best soundtrack award. They have so many songs in this movie they needed 3 full soundtracks.

[@itchiefeetadventures]

This is *EXACTLY* a spot-on representation of HS Life in the 70's. I was at NEHS (Home of the VIKINGS) from 76-80 & it was just like this! 1976 was the BEST SUMMER & Music of my life! 😉👍❤ PS: Incoming Sr's ALWAYS Haze in the incoming Freshmen! It was the right of passage! 😊

[@Lionize728]

Yep 76-80 and this movie couldn't be more on point.

[@itchiefeetadventures]

@@Lionize728 RIGHT! 😉👍

[@shoesagogo1]

76-80 Movie spot on.🤘

[@laurettelaliberte8864]

But, it was usually during the first week of school, not the first day of summer.

[@itchiefeetadventures]

@Gerald H I'd have to agree. It usually did run most amongst the popular HS Cliques. Jocks, Cheerleaders, The Interact & Rojan's clubs) Gawd they were so full of themselves. 😊

[@RetroClassic66]

19:10 Yes, Amber, this IS where “All right, all right, all right” started! McConaughey got it from listening to Jim Morrison’s onstage banter on a live Doors album before a song (Morrison did 4 or 5 “all rights”), and applying it to his motivation and psyching up for his first scene being filmed on the movie, which was this one.

[@Sportsref13]

McConaughey actually applied as a production assistant, and he got talked into being in the movie.. and his movie career was born

[@wheelmanstan]

wanna hear something crazy? Jim Morrison's dad was the Admiral who commanded the fleet at the Gulf of Tonken..where the incident happened that pulled America into the Vietnam War