"Clerks" is a raunchy, obscene, cheap, and extremely funny movie. It was written and directed by film school dropout, Kevin Smith in 1994. "Clerks" is an independent film that was funded for under 30,000 dollars. Smith raised the money by selling his comic book collection. (Ellis) The film ended up grossing $3.1 million on its initial domestic release by Miramax. (Humpry) Films produced for this amount of money would be considered amateur. However, it won top prize in the Critic's Week section at Cannes, and did very well at other film festivals. This film was successful because Kevin Smith is good writer with a great sense of humor.
The film is based on Smith's life as a convenience store clerk. The premise is the day in the life of Dante Hicks, a clerk at a "Quick Stop" convenience store, after he's called in at 6am on his day off to sub for the help that never showed up. Dante (Brian O'Halloran) hates his job but tries to at least keep things from getting too out of hand. This becomes incr
"Clerks" is an MTV generation film, full of raunchy comedy. The dialogue in the film made up for the lack of storyline. Smith's original ending was Dante getting shot; I'm not sure why he decided to change it. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed this movie.
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