Synopsis

America, 1976. It's the last day of school in a small Texas town; the eighth-graders are getting their first taste of adolescence-a glimpse at high school. Frisbees hang in the air above Led Zeppelin music; the boys in their iron-on transfer T-shirts pop beers, while the teenage Cher clones strap on their cork wedgies and flirt.

It's a moment frozen in time, a shift from one era to another. It is dazed and confused.

Annotation

The eagerly awaited book accompaniment to the summer 1993 film of the same name--from the director and author of Slacker. Atypical of most movie tie-ins, this book is an enlargement and amplification of the mid-70s period, designed like a teen magazine, complete with song lyrics, advertisements, profiles of the characters, photos, and more.