Dazed and Confused (film)

Dazed and Confused
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Directed by	Richard Linklater
Produced by	Richard Linklater Sean Daniel James Jacks
Written by	Richard Linklater
Starring	See cast
Cinematography	Lee Daniel
Edited by	Sandra Adair
Production company	Alphaville
Distributed by	Gramercy Pictures
Release date	September 24, 1993 (1993-09-24)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6.9 million
Box office	$8.0 million

Dazed and Confused is a 1993 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The film features a large ensemble cast of actors who would later become stars, including Matthew McConaughey, Jason London, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Cole Hauser, Parker Posey, Adam Goldberg, Joey Lauren Adams, Nicky Katt, and Rory Cochrane. The plot follows various groups of Texas teenagers during the last day of school in 1976.

The film grossed less than $8 million at the U.S. box office. In 2002, Quentin Tarantino listed it as the 10th best film of all time in a Sight and Sound poll. It ranked third on Entertainment Weekly magazine's list of the 50 Best High School Movies. The magazine also ranked it 10th on their "Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years" list.

The title of the film is derived from the Led Zeppelin version of the song of the same name. Linklater approached the surviving members of Led Zeppelin for permission to use their song "Rock and Roll" in the film, but, while Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones agreed, Robert Plant refused.