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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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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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Customer: Cute cat. What's his name?
Randal Graves: Annoying customer.
Customer: [grabs pack of cigarettes] Fuckin' dickhead.
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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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Randal Graves: My mom's been fuckin' a dead guy for 30 years. I call him dad.
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Trivia:
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- The "smoker's lung" that the Chewlie's Gum rep slams on the counter is actually a calf's liver.
- Felix the Cat is on Silent Bob's hat.
- 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 customer in the "jizz mopper" scene is buying paper towels and glass cleaner.
- The offended "jizz mopper" customer was originally written as a woman.
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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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