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Plot Summary:
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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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Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)
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Miscellaneous Companies:
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- Hartley, Hal
- special thanks
- Jarmusch, Jim
- special thanks
- Lee, Spike
- special thanks
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- Linklater, Richard
- special thanks
- Mewes, Jason
- special thanks
- Weinstein, Harvey
- special thanks
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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
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- Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, USA
- Comic World - 1690 Route 38, Mount Holly, New Jersey, USA
- Leonardo, New Jersey, USA
- Middletown, New Jersey, USA
- Quick Stop - 58 Leonard Avenue, Leonardo, New Jersey, USA
- Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
- RST Video - 60 Leonard Avenue, Leonardo, New Jersey, USA
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Tech Info:
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- Budget:
- $27,575
- Revenue:
- $3,151,130
- Camera:
- Arriflex 16 SR2
- Color Info:
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B&W
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- Aspect Ratio:
- 1.85 : 1
- Film Negative Format:
- 16 mm
- Printed Film Format:
- 35 mm - blow-up
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Quotes:
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Randal Graves: My mom's been fuckin' a dead guy for 30 years. I call him dad.
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Randal Graves: Melodrama coming from you is about as natural as an oral bowel movement.
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Randal Graves: Oh, hey Caitlin, break his heart again this time, and I'll kill ya, nothing personal.
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Dante Hicks: Hey, whatcha rent? "Best of Both Worlds"?
Randal Graves: Hermaphroditic porn. Starlets with both organs. You should see the box. Beautiful chicks with dicks that put mine to shame.
Dante Hicks: And you rented this?
Randal Graves: Hey, I like to expand my horizons.
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Jay: What's up, baby? What's up, sluts?
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Trivia:
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- The anti-smoking sentiment in the film represented Kevin Smith's own viewpoint when he wrote the screenplay. However, during the course of filming, he smoked so much (in character as Silent Bob) that he became addicted.
- The cost of obtaining the rights to the soundtrack (approx. US $27,000) outweighed the entire production costs for this film (approx. US $26,800) - a first in motion picture history.
- Clerks is loosely based on "The Divine Comedy" by Dante hence the name. Also, there are nine breaks in the movie to represent the nine rings of hell.
- The offended "jizz mopper" customer was originally written as a woman.
- Kevin Smith originally cast himself as Randal which is why Randal gets some of the best lines.
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Credits Fun:
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- "For Uncle Al".
- Accomplished Sound Editor ... James Von Buelow
- Boom ... Whoever grabbed the pole
- Czar of Representation ... John Pierson
- Initial Incompetent Sound Editor ... Scott Mosier
- Jay and Silent Bob will return in "Dogma"
- Jay is heard at the end of the credits, chanting "Noinch,
noinch, noinch, shmokin' weed, shmokin' weed, doin' coke, drinkin'
beers...".
- Legal Eagle ... John Sloss
- Occasional Continuity ... Tara Daust
- Special Thanks To
God - Without whom I couldn't have done it
Mom and Dad - For years of support
Scott - For acception an invitation to lunch
John "My Hero" Pierson - For having second thoughts
Bob Hawk - For having nothing better to do on 10/3/93
Walt - For a copy of "Darko Knight Returns"
Ed - For being a little Magpie
Kristin - For patience, perseverance, and love
Dave - For all the pretty pictures
Vincent - For the inspiration
Jason - For being Jason
Kim - For seven Years
Bry - For taking nothing seriously
Mark "Doctor Love" Tusk - For not giving up
Virginia - For saying "Be a Filmmaker."
Brother Don - For always picking up the check
Mr. and Mrs. Thapar - For being as understanding as parents
Ann and Andy - for the long-term loan
Mrs. Lapointe - For the Note
Harvey Weinstein - For an unforgettable order of potato skins
and Richard Linklater, Hal Hartley, Spike Lee
and Jim Jarmusch - For leading the way.
- Wrangling Supervisor: Randal
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