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Clerks[Widescreen Collector's] - DVD

SKU: 3632732 | Release Date: 6/29/1999

Rating: R for Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity

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Rating: R for Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 1994
Length: 92 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV/Black & White
Genre: General Comedies
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Other Formats: DVD (Widescreen Collector's Anniversary) - $29.99

Synopsis

When Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) is reluctantly put in charge of the Quick Stop market on his day off, he tries, though half-heartedly, to perform his minimum-wage duties as efficiently as possible. This gets tough amidst the on-going fight with his girlfriend, Veronica (Marilyn Ghigliotti), and his attempt to get back together with his ex-girlfriend, Caitlyn Bree (Lisa Spoonhauer). Meanwhile, his friend and alter ego Randall (Jeff Anderson) is working behind the counter of the adjacent video store -- at least when he feels like it. Randall's unabashed disdain of his place of employment, a long with his self-admitted hatred towards its customers is a sharp contrast to Dante's feeble attempts at the niceties of customer service. Much of the film consists of Randall and Dante's criticism of their customers, their lives, and the world in general. Clerks, filmed in black-and-white on a budget of only $27,000, began the career of writer director Kevin Smith, who would go on to make Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Languages/Sound

Eng

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Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV/Black & White

Additional Features

Audio commentary by director Kevin Smith and members of the cast and crew Deleted scenes with introduction by Kevin Smith Alternate ending Soul Asylum music video Theatrical trailer Widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio Dolby Surround Chapter search

Cast

Kevin Smith - Silent Bob
Ken Clark - Administer of Fine/Orderly
Walter Flanagan - Woolen Cap Smoker/Egg Man/Offended Customer/Cat Admir
Virginia Smith - Caged Animal Masturbator
Grace Smith - Milk Maid
Lisa Spoonhauer - Caitlin Bree
Marilyn Ghigliotti - Veronica
Leslie Hope - Jay's Lady Friend/Angry Crowd at Door
Jeff Anderson - Randal
Brian O'Halloran - Dante Hicks
Jason Mewes - Jay
Scott Mosier - Willam the Idiot Manchild/Angry Hockey-Playing Custom
David Klein - Hunting Cap Smoking Boy/Low I.Q. Video Customer/Hubca
Scott Mosier - Angry Hockey-Playing Custom
Scott Mosier - Willam the Idiot Manchild
Kenneth Clark - Administer of Fine/Orderly

Crew

Director: Kevin Smith
Makeup: Leslie Hope
Editor: Scott Mosier
Producer: Scott Mosier
Cinematographer: David Klein
Editor: Kevin Smith
Screenwriter: Kevin Smith
Producer: Kevin Smith
Sound/Sound Designer: Scott Mosier
Featured Music: The Jesus Lizard

Clerks: AMG Review
Mark Deming , AMG

While Clerks doesn't have much going for it cinematically -- it looks even cheaper than its $27,000 budget would lead you to expect and the directorial style can be described as "nail down the camera and let the actors play the scene" -- it's still an effective and very funny movie, largely thanks to the screenplay by first-time writer/director Kevin Smith. Chock full of instantly quotable dialogue performed by an unknown cast with an appropriate tone of Jersey slacker cynicism, Clerks is a hilarious rant against (and from) the lowest rungs of minimum-wage slavery. If convenience store clerk Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and his best friend, video store counter guy Randall (Jeff Anderson), don't do anything terribly interesting (the action high point of the film is a brief hockey game played on a roof), that's part of the point; these guys' lives are going nowhere, and they know it. But rather than do anything about it, they talk about whatever keeps them from dying of boredom, including which Star Wars movie was the best, the sexual escapades of their girlfriends, the virtues of hermaphrodite porn, and the endless parade of stupid customers they have to deal with. Anyone who has ever worked retail will enjoy a long, loud laugh of bitter recognition while watching Clerks, while anyone else should thank their lucky stars if they don't understand the sheer hell of spending eight hours behind the counter that this film captures with such accuracy. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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