When was dazed and confused based

Just another one of the cast, and one of the lesser-known people. We had people who had already established a reputation, even in their youth, and Matthew just came in and blew everybody away. And it really elevated the film. It made it something, to me, beyond just funny. He brought a sense of sadness.

For news and items of interest throughout the day, every day, follow CriterionDaily. Dean Stockwell, the Comeback Kid Over time, the former child star learned to love his work. We should have put that on the poster. The film launched the careers of several actors including Ben Affleck, Parker Posey, and an unknown Austin native who allegedly met the casting director Don Phillips at the Hyatt hotel bar.

After several hours, and cocktails, the two were kicked out after last call. The native son was introduced to Linklater after the all-night bender. Linklater took a liking to Phiilips' drinking buddy, Matthew McConaughey, and cast him in possibly his most iconic role -- the underage girl-hunter and graduated-but-never-gone Wooderson. Box office receipts were average but nothing to toke up about in celebration.

The movie found new life in video release and is considered a cult classic among movie buffs, stoners and children of the Nixon years. The three men involved in Wooderson et al. Universal Studios Inc. What they claimed was, they were tired of people yelling things like 'Hey Wooderson!

Let's go burn one! It took so long to file the suit because they assumed the movie would eventually go away. The movie never went away, finding a new audience with each passing generation.

In March of this year, Linklater and several 'Dazed' alum gathered in Austin to celebrate the movie's 20th anniversary. The Huntsville Hornets dropped their season opener. A similar fate to the lawsuit against Linklater and Universal. Kelly's anthem. McConaughey said the line helped give him an insight into the character.

There's nothing about him that I ever saw as creepy -- which might be exactly why that's even creepier. It's a mantra. It's a philosophy. He's pleased with himself and his coordinates in the universe.

You could say he's delusionally optimistic. And this was going to stay with him, through all the successes he experienced. Home News. Dave Lifton Published: November 22,