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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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Customer: Cute cat. What's his name?
Randal Graves: Annoying customer.
Customer: [grabs pack of cigarettes] Fuckin' dickhead.
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Caitlin Bree: I'm offering you my body and you're offering me semantics.
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[After losing a hockey ball from the roof.]
Dante Hicks: Are there any balls down there?
Jay: About the biggest pair you ever seen, dingleberry!
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Jay: I've had some girlfriends too, but all they wanted from me was weed and shit.
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Trivia:
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- The guy who buys the cigarettes even after the Chewlies Gum Rep does his lecture is wearing one of Brian O'Hallorann's stage beards as a wig.
- Kevin Smith originally cast himself as Randal which is why Randal gets some of the best lines.
- 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.
- Dante's beard changes because Kevin Smith asked Brian O'Halloran to shave his goatee before filming started during rehearsals, then, after seeing what it looked like without it, told him to grow it back. The scenes shot earlier in the shoot show a thinner beard while the ones shot last show a thicker goatee as it had longer to grow back.
- Randall and the Happy Scrappy Hero Pup lady are not actually in the room at the same time. Jeff Anderson refused to read the list of porno movies in front of her, and particularly in front of the child.
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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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