Written in cooperation with Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater, an oral history of the "Dazed and Confused" cult classic provides behind-the-scenes cast and crew stories about its unlikely production and commercial success.

Introduction: If I ever start referring to these as the best years of my life, remind me to kill myself -- The inspiration. Oh my God, this movie is my life! -- Old people in your face, fucking with who you are -- The hardest working slackers in Austin -- How to pitch an unpitchable movie -- Don't lead with your ego -- A truffle pig for talent -- I've never worn underwear -- The shoot. All of these attractive children, unsupervised -- Maybe the '70s didn't suck? -- If you don't like your character, change it -- The new kid versus the old guard -- We were all hormonal -- Air raid! -- The next Marlon Brando probably wouldn't call himself "the next Marlon Brando" -- Anyone who had a cell phone was instantly an asshole -- We turned into vampires -- Go ahead and stab me! -- The "fuck" police -- Dumb and horny and mean and drunk -- Alright, alright, alright -- She called you a bitch and you a slut -- They stay the same age -- Party at the moon tower -- Shawn and Milla self-destruct -- Just keep livin' -- You can't go home again -- The comedown. Faster, funnier, stupider -- Tracklist from Richard Linklater's original Dazed and Confused mixtapes -- Instead of Led Zeppelin, how about...Jackyl? -- Seduced and abandoned -- I was alive, and I wasn't afraid -- The legacy. Amazed and confused -- Wading into the shark waters -- The new Rocky Horror Picture Show? -- Dazed and Confused: the series -- The 10-year reunion -- A God-awful failure of an anti-nostalgia movie -- Epilogue.