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Cast:
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Crew:
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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)
- 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:
- Budget:
- $230,000 (USA) (after post-production)
- Camera:
- Arriflex 16 SR2
- Color Info:
- 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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Jay: I've had some girlfriends too, but all they wanted from me was weed and s**t.
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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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Randal Graves: My mom's been f**kin' a dead guy for 30 years. I call him dad.
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Jay: What's up, baby? What's up, sluts?
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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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Trivia:
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- 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.
- Despite there being no violence, sex or nudity in the film, it was originally given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA based solely on its graphic dialogue. The film's distributor Miramax hired attorney Alan Dershowitz to petition the MPAA to lower its rating to R. The rating was successfully appealed without any cuts.
- 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.
- Grace Smith who plays the "Milk Maid" in the movie, is Kevin Smith's mother.
- William The Idiot Boy was supposed to be a collegiate type, but Scott Mosier reinterpreted the character during a shoot, and it worked out better.
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Credits Fun:
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- Initial Incompetent Sound Editor ... Scott Mosier
- Accomplished Sound Editor ... James Von Buelow
- Boom ... Whoever grabbed the pole
- Occasional Continuity ... Tara Daust
- Legal Eagle ... John Sloss
- Czar of Representation ... John Pierson
- Wrangling Supervisor: Randal
- 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...".
- 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.
- "For Uncle Al".
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