Dazed and Confused | Party at the Moonlight Tower

After the Emporium closes, everyone heads to a party under a moonlight tower. The drinks flow and some interesting theories about George Washington come up...
Film Synopsis:
This critically acclaimed cult favorite, written and directed by Richard Linklater (The School of Rock), explores the last day of school - and one wild night - in the lives of high school students in 1976. Complete with bongs and bell bottoms, macrame and mood rings, and featuring classic rock music by Aerosmith, Black Sabbath and KISS, this superb ensemble cast of up-and-comers (Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey and Milla Jovovich) delivers an enduring film that Rolling Stone called "spectacularly funny!" 1976 was a time they'd never forget…if only they could remember…
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[@pjhey947]

THIS is my youth. I was 15 in 1976 and we lived this. Field parties, bongs and rock music. Lol

[@fodedordegatas1081]

I m so jealous 😊

[@hugocharneca7651]

Livin' man 😎

[@RedtheCat2014]

Nice! I was 12 in 76, but my older sister was a senior in 76 and yes it really was like that

[@angusbidgood]

I am so jealous. The 20s are so boring

[@rudyferrell]

Yeah, but the the thing that about this movie that is fake though is that EVERY SINGLE GIRL in this film was hot.

[@theofficialgreenkane9645]

3:18 When she says “omg the 70’s obviously suck” is so ironic because it’s one of the most beloved era’s today. In the moment, you don’t realize your living through an iconic time period- it’s just another Tuesday. It really shows how relatable teens are no matter the era.

[@steverouse1976]

My favorite part is how Cynthia accurately predicted how badass and iconic the 80s would be. She was born a decade too early. She should have been in high school in 1986 as opposed to 1976.

[@rudyferrell]

I don't man,I was a teenager in the 80's and I loved it...

[@kieferclarkf1674]

Party at the moon tower, full kegs, everybody’s gonna be there.

[@helenlarsen9211]

Ours was party up the airport road in the woods.

[@dskywalker3397]

Ours was “The Butte.” Spencer’s Butte. Or, at “Hendricks.” Hendricks Park, the shelter. South Eugene was too fun.

[@doodlebob3758]

you oughta go.

[@StandWatie1862]

When you're a kid you think they were cool as a middle age man even though I love the nostalgia. We were all idiots.

[@billmellinger1134]

We had a couple of places. Snake Hollow and Floodwood Dam sandbar.

[@TheKid2407]

I can watch this movie multiple times everyday. Love it

[@haveaniceday5693]

Been doin so for thirty years

[@TheKid2407]

@@haveaniceday5693 love it!

[@yeathatsright369]

Right , i watch it as I'm getting ready to go out lol

[@TheKid2407]

@@yeathatsright369 lol nah fr even if I'm busy doing something around the house this is on in the background 😂

[@yeathatsright369]

@@TheKid2407 same

[@davsny5]

Milla is so pretty here, she almost looks angelic. Great movie and what a cast.

[@charlesderosas5577]

my first middle school crush

[@haymaker710]

They should have given her more lines.

[@tristenmoon8311]

Never knew it was milla

[@tristramcoffin926]

I never got what she was supposed to add to the group, tho. I guess she was the big Joni Mitchell fan or something.

[@victordoesyoutube]

@@tristramcoffin926I read somewhere that the guy who played Pitchford was a huge asshole on set, and Milla and that dude spent most of their time together away from the main cast. The director took lines away from Pitchford as a result and gave them to Wooderman. I'm assuming maybe that's the reason she had such a small role in the film as well

[@missytempleman4793]

The best types of parties. Hanging out in the back of a pickup truck in a field.

[@delrey874]

One of my favourite coming-of-age films.

[@nomoreheroes1718]

Benny: "Me and you, Benny. We're all going to be champions." Me: Dude you ARE Benny.

[@deenice9169]

Lmaoo he def meant to say Donny and for some reason they just left it in

[@IKnowImGayWhenISayThisBut]

Might just be a Mandela effect but I swear in a different cut he said “me you, Donnie, Mel”

[@RockSmith-rl9qr]

He says Donnie when I hear it

[@j.vinton4039]

I always loved the shot of Mitch stumbling around tipsy as fuck wondering “how’d I get here?”

[@1-upking119]

I guess you could say he’s… dazed and confused?

[@bryanreidsands6854]

That's ME and some chick in the first 2 seconds!!! Staesha, I think. We got our 15 nano-seconds of fame!

[@GaryTongue-to3pw]

So you are Telling me that You Walked RIGHT passed Renee Zellwigger and you DIDN'T Smash? Bruh! I am Disappointed in Yu!

[@hiraya5296]

that's cool! got any stories from being on the set?

[@kayumochi]

I was just leaving elementary school on my way to junior high that summer and while I was younger than the kids portrayed in this movie, I well remember that world. It really just struck me that that world is long gone ...

[@Assyrianmikey]

We had parties like this in the 90s, it was that last good decade!! Keggers were fun, see your homies, get with a girl, get in a fight or multiple fights or steal the keg if you didn't like the people throwing the party and set up shop somewhere else

[@kenlieck7756]

I remember once when Oingo Boingo played in town we took Danny Elfman around looking for a good keg party but we kept getting to them just a little bit too late. Last thing I remember, Danny got bored and ended up laying down in some girl's driveway and a bunch of big dogs were licking his face. The girl said something like "I've never heard their music but I think I've heard of them so I guess this is pretty cool!"

[@georgefreemon2935]

@@kenlieck7756 Danny Elfman the musician?

[@kenlieck7756]

@@georgefreemon2935 Yes, the composer/Oingo Boingo frontman. That night I was hanging out with some radio DJs after an OB show and they were trying to show him an Austin-style good time.

[@kenlieck7756]

We had one kegger at the Lodge that Paul Westerberg announced from the stage of a packed Replacements show and then he didn't bother to show up! The other 'mats did, though, and new member Slim was overwhelmed when I brought him a cup of beer and told him that as a guest of honor he shouldn't have to wait in the line. He looked like I was presenting him with a Grammy! On other Lodge party occasions one Alex Chilton sideman came on to one of the Lodgesters, the bassist for Fishbone lost his wallet in the couch and wound up in jail, and members of Soul Asylum and the Flaming Lips traded underwear...

[@georgefreemon2935]

@@kenlieck7756 Oh right on man, I only knew Danny Elfman from his soundtracks of course but I knew he had a band too

[@michaelsieger9133]

This whole sequence is absolutely masterful. Linklater is a natural.

[@lucywas5888]

Love this movie, I wish I could see on KZbin for free.

[@Valientlink]

it's called putlocker or sockshare

[@immobilien]

This movie is based on Huntsville High School in Huntsville, Texas. I attended Sam Houston State Univ. there in Huntsville from 1975 to 1978. These parties were called " Fire Tower" parties for the National Forest fire towers . I attended many "fire tower" parties and the movie pretty much captures the atmosphere. I also used to play foosball and drink a couple of beers at the Emporium. It was within walking distance from our apartment complex.

[@Bacalao2929]

We had these same parties in Bronx we even had our Texan who beat all the outsiders and he loved Music

[@JJ-kd5mx]

Ayeeee shout out to the Bx!! People wanna act like these type of coros don’t exist anymore, and to them I say I’m so sorry they’re not from NYC 🤣

[@eaglechawks3933]

Great soundtrack

[@haveaniceday5693]

Jim dandy

[@randomland2775]

Mitch is luckier than me. I’m halfway through my sophomore year and still haven’t gone or been invited to any parties yet.

[@Rambo454]

Man, if I learned anything in high school it's that people just show up to parties most of the time. Better if u become friends with people who go there.

[@kenlieck7756]

@@Rambo454 Facts.

[@hansolo631]

in all honesty, most high school kids don't do this ideal partying thing. life is great if you look like pink

[@jessemitchell8816]

Do you guys even party anymore

[@halleck3]

You will.

[@austingoodwin4013]

Easily makes my top five all-time favorites list.

[@unusualreality4099]

How badly I’d love to live in this time 😅

[@misterjoe3]

I did. Everything in this film is spot on. It was just like this !

[@haveaniceday5693]

Right on man

[@lucascobb1543]

Ay Man U just gta keep livin L-I-V-I-N

[@terryunderwood9140]

I graduated in 76 it was a great time to be young

[@1962losgigantes]

I was a Freshman in a town in CA in this timeframe. We had everyone of these characters - even a Wooderson with a Chevelle SS, except his was Racing Green with the white rally stripes. ❤

[@truthhurts3524]

My neighbor and I would rent Dazed n Confused on the last day of school our freshman and sophomore years in high school. Light up a joint and laugh the whole way through.

[@iamtedsanity]

That 70's show probably got their inspiration here

[@uwuwu9]

Or maybe from, you know, the 70's

[@asnark7115]

This movie was the first artistic production of any kind in any medium that didn't portray the '70s as they were,@@uwuwu9 ; the most embarrassing decade in human history. Nobody, and NOBODY until this moioe was made even wanted to remember that the decade even, aside from some of the music.

[@brandonthailand2062]

my high school,parties where at the Tree and Green Hill out in the woods.

[@mactek6033]

I was in second grade in '76 and can tell you this is exactly how it was. Parties, kegs, and pot. Those were the days.

[@georgehollingsworth2428]

Having been in the Senior Class in the part of the country shown here, it is SCARY how accurate this movie is.

[@Republic9323]

I remember watching this with my grandpa of all people (he graduated in '71, so he definitely relates to this era) when I was like 14. Going through high school myself, years later I look back on it and realize teens never really change. Sure, societal norms are different, and technology too has most certainly changed, but teenage angst and spirit are just the same today as they were in the 1970s.

[@ericwitt4359]

Now they have changed with them not talking to eachother here.

[@sunkintree]

Smart phones have really changed them now, though. Not the same really

[@kenlieck7756]

They said they couldn't use any of my posters and stuff that I donated to the movie because it was all too late for the 1975-77 period, but if you look in this scene you can see a guy wearing my little green monster shooting the finger t-shirt (I think that's it at 0:30 but you can only see the back) and some of my posters are in other shots. I get that it was a total clusterf**k putting the movie together, but don't tell me I don't know my pop culture, m***********! We also had a shooting script of the movie sitting around mi casa because my housemate was up for a part, and I just remember thinking "God this is awful -- it's like a Cheech and Chong movie without the jokes!" Obviously I'm not good at getting the gist of scripts...

[@GB-yk4nt]

Texas is so hot and humid even in May when the movie takes place. Everyone in the movie wears tight jeans.

[@SlowRideTy]

There’s some spooky stuff goin on a $1 bill man, it’s green too.

[@Brad_Jenkins]

I remember those days

[@timregan1005]

it's scary kids don't party in the woods anymore... they're missing out on so much

[@harshthakur1]

nowadays parties happening in woods or any other good place get reported to cops in no time that's why people prefer nightclubs or some private place

[@Chevaldog]

During lockdown in England there were a lot of parties in the woods coz there was nothing else going on

[@Republic9323]

@@harshthakur1 I was gonna say the same. Even when I was in high school in the late 2000s, that would happen quite often every time I went to some bonfire party. Some asshole would shout cops and we’d all just scatter like roaches 🤣

[@RDEnduro]

We did in the late 90s early 2000s, im sure some still do. Surely..

[@briansogorka4300]

They do. Its just virtual now haha

[@HeadshotJack]

The whole dollar thing was so good

[@deenice9169]

Fun fact. This movie turns 30 on September 10 this year. I hope they have a get together like they did in 2003. Would love to see more cast members go {EDIT: damn Jodi and Pink kiss tf out of eachother. No way there wasn’t actual attraction between them} {EDIT EDIT: it didn’t happen :-( }

[@fractalign]

My folks dragged me to these kinds of parties back in the seventies. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kenlieck7756]

"Have fun! Bring the kids!" Not!

[@haveaniceday5693]

You were conceived at one of these parties

[@VenusHeadTrap2]

Milla in a role that isn't terrible! Wow

[@SpookyJuice]

was really confused how she never roundhouse kicked a zombie dog in this scene.

[@Seattle41791]

The story is close, but I didn't drive a 69 GTO Judge, I drove a 69 Lemans, and it wasn't in the 70's, it was in the late 80's - early 90's. It also missed us hanging out at Hoagies Corner. 7 to 8 classic cars would show up and essentially take over the parking lot.

[@1967mercurycougar]

Hoagies Corner? Where you from? I hung out late at night at the HC on 140th in Bellevue, WA. I bought a case of beer using fake ID while there were two cops in the store - you know, who would use fake ID with two cops there?

[@morningstar577]

Parker Posey is so beautiful

[@kenlieck7756]

I'll trade you six Wiley Wiggins for one!

[@mierezsaturday1452]

Criterion Collection worthy.

[@sarahbgln]

It is part of the Criterion Collection. I own the Criterion Blu Ray edition of it

[@215-philly-co9]

By far best movie to Finnish beers off when ur friends leave honestly, or just in general

[@emmetrobert4425]

Absolutely perfectly written and staged scene.

[@strummedia4068]

Hard to believe that red head in the truck is Rip from Yellowstone. 🤠

[@randallgreene6428]

My first high school party was a prom after party it was all new to me it took time to get use to it and the rest is history the next two years we’re a party

[@chrisgray917]

1:44 Rip from yellowstone had some alright moments growing up

[@h.a.n.na17]

I KNEW I LIKED THE PLATINUM BLONDE GIRL THE BEST. LOOK....SHES NOT EVEN SEEN DRUNK. 100% CLASSY LIKE REESE WITHERSPOON. JUST READ WHISKEY IN A TEACUP!!!!!!❤😂🎉

[@AroundEU]

And the 2022 sucks than some people willing to not to be a part of this world any longer... Tears in my eyes coz I'm missing these moments in my life so much ...

[@trevormichael4906]

Yeahhh. I’m glad my coming of age period wasn’t in today’s clown world. Sorry man. Stick it to the man dude. Screw the government and screw all these over sensitive little pissants. Do and say what you want. Never apologize.

[@haveaniceday5693]

Well alright alright

[@brianmeen2158]

It is a bittersweet feeling watching Dazed and Confused. Great movie but it reminds me of a time(high school hanging out n parties) that will never be again.

[@haveaniceday5693]

How times have changed......for the worse.....the innocense is gone

[@tristramcoffin926]

There's some spooky stuff going on on a dollar bill and I mean it's green too!

[@SJam491]

Genius.

[@BayouBoy2443]

“The 80s will be radical. I figure it can’t get any worse” oh sweetheart… *If only you knew how bad things would get…*

[@ZMAN_420]

Moon Towers are a real thing in Austin Texss to this day. 👍🏻🇺🇲

[@h.a.n.na17]

BOY I FORGET HIS NAME BUT.... THE REDHEAD SHOWED THE OTHER GUY!!!!!!! HEY NOW.❤❤❤❤❤

[@tumblewheed5994]

Graduated in 77, was just like this! What do kids do now?

[@russellalford9262]

Mike loved it

[@mr.nmoney3554]

from my uncle and dad this really was the 70s in the beginning every guy was a little worried that he would be drafted to the Vietnam war but once the draft ended in 73 it was non stop parties. Parents had no idea. Getting ID at the store when buying beer almost never happened they just asked are you 18? if you said yes that was it. There were so many fields that they would just pick patches here and there and start growing their own weed. The cops hardly ever ventured outside the city so you just found a field and instant party. Almost Everyone was always invited to the parties too end of school year parties the whole high school would show up. everyone was just cool. If your car was broken down everyone would help you figure out what was wrong with it.

[@carljan57]

The iconic keg party

[@user-xw4yx8hs4g]

Какие они были молодые!

[@AlexGarcia-ew2fv]

The girl playing (The Guitar) is Beautiful in my Opinion..

[@ACF5074]

That's Mila Jovovich. From Resident Evil.

[@davsny5]

She looks angelic here, so hot!

[@rahovartiv3464]

During my party years i actually didnt like parties of this size simply because i didnt wanna share my stuff with people i didnt know or care about. Think we had like 10 people max most of the time.

[@VenerableBede2510]

Imagine going to high school with Milla Jovovich

[@steverouse1976]

My favorite line in the whole movie was at 3:21; “Maybe the 80s will be radical”. She is right; the 80s were totally awesome and so much better than the 70sz

[@RavenLove-gv9fs]

Don is the best. Show it to her 😂😂😂

[@russellalford9262]

Kidding 🤣

[@russellalford9262]

He quit smoking finally cause # Andrea left the window unlocked . Hahaha

[@jaysunlickaraisin]

We hunt. We fish. Wetumpka!

[@sarahhenry1845]

Is this what parties were like in the 70s?

[@kenlieck7756]

In that part of Texas at least, yeah. In the town I come from they never would've gotten away with the organized hazing you see in the movie, though.

[@haveaniceday5693]

The soul pole

[@UncleFjester]

Class of '77 and this was Texas!

[@brandonthailand2062]

behind Slater watch the extras do the same thing over and over again

[@hunewearl8924]

milla

[@kraigm1991]

There's a new fiesta in the making as we speak. It's out at the Moontower, full kegs, everybody's going to be there, you ought to go

[@russellalford9262]

Thanks for waking me up Jacobs ladder test . Cause when u fall asleep in silver falls . She didn't wake me up in his bed. Justin did

[@artboxfashion4042]

Slater referencing Cheech and Chong Santa Claus and his Old Lady = George Washington and Martha Washington growing pot as a cash crop...

[@Pixpi]

Damn look at those kool kids

[@NoticerOfficial]

It’s just Moontower There were like 16 or something. Made a star from the air

[@Shankenstein8519]

U know up until late 90s to early 00s shit was still like this im glad I was born in the early 80s was raised through the90s and 00s

[@russellalford9262]

Saving

[@russellalford9262]

Everytime

[@TheJackdaw77]

My sister is a bigger fan than me of this film - I was 16, she was 14 when it came out, saw it back in 1995/6 though - she has the criterion collection DVD and is a huge source of information about the film, sending me snippets of facts...

[@justinsantos8514]

I was a teen in the early 2000s and we still partied like this, partying like this didn't really start dying down until like the late 2000s to early 2010s. partying like this kind of died with rock and roll. Unfortunately.

[@HowardFreeman-lo9uf]

E.T.!!!

[@haveaniceday5693]

Meet me at the moon tower well alright alright

[@russellalford9262]

I got y'all's beer

[@Panacea9]

Naya I met her when she was filming this movie. I went on part of the set of Fifth Element..some woman with a huge skirt walked through a hall. Horror was on the set and some of the slaves were working so arms were cut off. She was not there. She told me she was to film her part in 3 years from then.

[@amacmti]

Slater was right💲

[@Misserbi]

I think the fear is innately connected to the intensity and aggressiveness performed out on the field. Most athletes know that translates to a psychology and facing the human aspect makes it even more difficult to imagine when the same force is applied right back exactly how you intended it. That is why it is like a gang and getting jumped out.

[@cl4reb3ar]

“what’s your favourite genre” made in the 90s set in the 70s

[@TheBuddyChrist]

Benny was right. No one should quit senior year when their team has chance to win. Pink was being a selfish shithead teenager and his friends and coaches kept fucking trying to point that out to him the entire movie. I love you all so much in this flick. So fucking timeless. Thanks for the memories.

[@FUCKINGENIOUS]

Pink has a right to do what the fuck ever he wants.

[@sunkintree]

Football is not as important as you see to think lol.

[@lexijordan9384]

Parker has a Widow's Peak

[@trevormichael4906]

You have eyes lol

[@russellalford9262]

Steven gave me a light er walking home

[@russellalford9262]

Remember

[@blankman4457]

Lol what do you mean, don’t I have a girlfriend. You brought ME here!

[@russellalford9262]

Jameson threw it . Copsssssss

[@russellalford9262]

Sorry pooper trooper . His flash light ran out of stereos . McBride

[@user-bk6io4zh9d]

Benny better have your woods screws in because ima blow you away

[@odeleon24]

Looks like someone is smoking some reefer

[@haveaniceday5693]

He fucked up

[@russellalford9262]

What a meanie . Hey natedogg got a light. Cause Bishop burnt ur curtains

[@russellalford9262]

Love you Dangerfield state Park paddle boater

[@russellalford9262]

Or before

[@Jeff-is1wh]

Fry little piggies

[@timj4601]

You didn't know that?

[@russellalford9262]

Like she'll do anything now that JJ is broke

[@russellalford9262]

Amy send us the link plzzx. I need yoga . Never watched it

[@SetAside777]

Rip Wheeler pressuring one of the London twins to play football.

[@haveaniceday5693]

Don't think I haven't seen that crowd your hanging out with