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Clerks is a 1994 American black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith in his feature directorial debut. [2] Starring Smith along with Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer, Jason Mewes, and Scott Mosier (with whom he also produced and edited the film), it presents a day in the lives of store clerks Dante Hicks (O'Halloran) and Randal Graves ...
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Dante Hicks is a clerk at the Quick Stop, a local convenience store in Leonardo, New Jersey. One morning, he receives a phone call from his boss, who claims that another employee is sick. After a brief argument, he reluctantly agrees to work, on the promise that he will be relieved at twelve o'clock so he can play hockey with his friends. When he a...
Brian O'Halloran as Dante HicksJeff Anderson as Randal GravesLisa Spoonhauer as Caitlin BreeThe film is in black-and-white and roughly edited due to a very modest budget of US$27,575. To acquire the funds for the film, Kevin Smith sold a large proportion of his extensive comic book collection in 1993, maxed out eight to ten credit cards with $2000 limits, dipped into a portion of funds set aside for his college education and spent insuran...
The film became a surprising success after it was taken by Miramax Films and has made over $3,151,000 gross in the United States despite never playing on more than 100 theater screens in the United States at the same time. Clerks won the "Award of the Youth" and the "Mercedes-Benz Award" at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, tied with Fresh for the "Fi...
Often the items that the customers are purchasing are strangely and coincidentally relevant to the topics the characters are discussing. For example, the woman who interrupts Dante and Veronica's conversation about oral sex is purchasing Vaseline and rubber gloves. The offended customer in the "Jizz Mopper" scene is purchasing Windex and paper towe...
Clerkswas first released on VHS on May 23, 1995. On August 30, 1995 a laserdisc version was issued. This version features the original letterboxed version of the film, audio commentary by Smith and various cast and crew members, seven deleted scenes from the film, a theatrical trailer and a music video for "Can't Even Tell" performed by Soul Asylum...
The soundtrack to the film was released on October 11, 1994. It was composed of various songs by alternative artists and sound clips from the film. It has been noted that Clerksis one of the very few films in which the cost of obtaining the rights to the music used was greater than the production costs for the entire film.
Various title cards are used throughout the film (after the title card for the film's title itself, "Clerks," with the exception of Dante). While some are merely the names of the characters that the ensuing scenes introduce, many of them are long vocabulary words that Smith pulled from a dictionary. Though none of the vocabulary terms are defined i...
Following Clerks, Smith set several more films in the same "world", which he calls the View Askewniverse of overlapping characters and stories. Of all of Smith's films, however, Clerksis the one with the most direct spin-off products.
Muir, John Kenneth (2002). An Askew View : The Films of Kevin Smith. Applause Books. ISBN 1-55783-586-1Smith, Kevin (1997). Clerks and Chasing Amy : Two Screenplays. Miramax Books. ISBN 0-7868-8263-8Clerks: Directed by Kevin Smith. With Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer. A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.
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Hunting Cap Smoking Boy / Low I.Q. Video Customer / Hubcap Searching Customer / Angry Mourner / Angry Crowd at Door. Pattijean Csik. ... Coroner. Ken Clark. ... Administer of Fine / Orderly. Donna Jeanne. ...
May 26, 2017 · Then: As one-half of comedic duo Jay and Silent Bob in Clerks, Mewes plays Jay, who is known for his excessive cursing and loitering.While Mewes made his film debut in the 1994 comedy, the actor continued working alongside Kevin Smith in 1995's Mallrats, 1997's Chasing Amy, 2008's Zack and Miri Make a Porno, as well as their own spin-off, 2001's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
Sep 13, 1994 · See All Cast & Crew. Brian O'Halloran. Jeff Anderson. Marilyn Ghigliotti. Where to watch. Rate Now. Leave a Review. Kevin Smith's Clerks is a comedy film that follows Dante Hicks and Randal Graves, two best friends who work at a conjoined storefront of a convenience store and a video rental store. Presented entirely in black and white, the film ...
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2,772 likes. Jaxi. this movie is lucky it's so damn good because the generation of film boys it inspired have been terrorizing my gender for years. 1,373 likes. Dylan Gorzen (The King of Spooks) ★★★★½. Randall and Dante are like Kevin Smith's version of Mordecai and Rigby from Regular Show. 729 likes.
