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19 October 1994 (USA) moreTagline:
Just Because They Serve You... Doesn't Mean They Like You. morePlot:
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. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(97 articles)
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Clerks.: 8/10 moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Brian O'Halloran | ... | Dante | |
| Jeff Anderson | ... | Randal | |
| Marilyn Ghigliotti | ... | Veronica | |
| Lisa Spoonhauer | ... | Caitlin (as Lisa Spoonauer) | |
| Jason Mewes | ... | Jay | |
| Kevin Smith | ... | Silent Bob | |
| Scott Mosier | ... | Willam the Idiot Manchild / Angry Hockey-Playing Customer / Angry Mourner | |
| Scott Schiaffo | ... | Chewlies Rep | |
| Al Berkowitz | ... | Old Man | |
| Walter Flanagan | ... | Woolen Cap Smoker / Egg Man / Offended Customer / Cat-Admiring Bitter Customer (as Walt Flanagan) | |
| Ed Hapstak | ... | Sanford / Angry Mourner | |
| Lee Bendick | ... | #812 Wynarski | |
| David Klein | ... | 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 |
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Also Known As:
Clerks (USA) (alternative spelling)Clerks X: Tenth Anniversary Edition (USA) (DVD title)
Inconvenience (USA) (working title)
Rude Clarks (USA) (working title)
cLeRKs (USA) (poster title)
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Rated R on appeal for extensive use of extremely explicit sex-related dialogue.Parents Guide:
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92 min | Turkey:87 min (TV version)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
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1.37 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:L | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:13 | USA:TV-MA (tv rating) | Australia:MA (2008 re-rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | South Africa:16 | Ireland:18 | Australia:R | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:III | Israel:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:Btl | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | USA:R (re-rating after appeal) | UK:15 (2005 re-rating) | Canada:14A (Nova Scotia) (video rating) (10th anniversary edition)Fun Stuff
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There are at least two different versions of the scene where Randall is ordering a video for the woman with her little girl. The two versions have two distinctly different voices for the little girl when she says "Happy Scrappy" moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: In the beginning of the movie when we first meet Jay & Silent Bob the crew is briefly reflected in the windows. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Dante Hicks: [phone rings and Dante falles out of a closet] Hello. What? No I don't work today, I'm playing hockey at two.
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Kill the Sex Player moreFAQ
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Everyone has to start somewhere. Kevin Smith started his popular Jay and Silent Bob series with Clerks., a $50,000 film whose soundtrack cost more than the actual movie cost to make. It's poorly done, it's monochromatic (which actually works to its advantage), it's cheap, but it's funny, and that's all that really counts. The story is more than I thought it would be, and it's continuously funny throughout the whole short runtime. Many of the crude adventures of Dante and Randal are now legendary.
Dante (Brian O'Halloran) works at the Quick Stop convenience store. He's called in on a day off. His friend Randal (Jeff Anderson) works next door at a video store, but sporadically closes it to hang out at the Quick Stop. Throughout the day, various things occur, such as a gum representative trying to get people to stop smoking and chew his gum, a rabbi using the employee's bathroom (with an unexpected twist at the end), disrupting a wake, and the now-classic scene at the video store with "Happy Scrappy Hero Pup".
This movie has non-stop humor going for it. Whether it's Dante's or Randal's confrontations with the unruly customers (who seem over-the-top yet regular), their conversations about nothing (especially Star Wars), or their departures from their respective stores to play hockey or whatnot. I can see that Clerks. is to minimum wage earners as Office Space is to office workers. Dante's always a little timid when it comes to dealing with the unruly customers, but when Randal takes the stage, it's a lot funnier.
Although the parts about Veronica (Marilyn Ghigliotti) and Cairlin (Lisa Spoonhauer) weren't that interesting (except for the 36...make that 37 people), they were necessary, and seemed to create a plot out of this, basically, sketch comedy. It succeeded, and turned it into a great all around film. Most of these people had never acted before, and although it does seem like they're just reciting their lines (there's almost no break in between the dialogue), they do a good job at it. Sometimes it seems a little too scripted (for voice and diction, etc.), but for a bunch of first-timers, it's not bad at all.
Considering the rest of the series (besides Mallrats, which I haven't seen), I'd say Clerks. is close with Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back for the funniest Kevin Smith movie. They're also the two crudest, and the first and last in the series, respectively. But Clerks. will always stay as it was when it was released 10 years ago-revolutionary. It showed that money and action aren't important to make a movie funny.
My rating: 8/10
Rated R for extensive use of extremely explicit sex-related dialogue.