Comedy

Clerks

- Just because they serve you doesn't mean they like you.

Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.

Release Date : 1994-10-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : View Askew Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Clerks.

Cast

Character Name : Dante

Original Name : Brian O'Halloran

Gender : Male

Character Name : Randal

Original Name : Jeff Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Veronica

Original Name : Marilyn Ghigliotti

Gender : Female

Character Name : Caitlin

Original Name : Lisa Spoonauer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jay

Original Name : Jason Mewes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Silent Bob

Original Name : Kevin Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : William the Idiot Manchild / Angry Hockey-Playing Customer

Original Name : Scott Mosier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angry Mourner

Original Name : Scott Mosier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chewlie's Rep

Original Name : Scott Schiaffo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Man

Original Name : Al Berkowitz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woolen Cap Smoker / Egg Man / Offended Customer

Original Name : Walt Flanagan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cat-Admiring Bitter Customer

Original Name : Walt Flanagan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sanford / Angry Mourner

Original Name : Ed Hapstak

Gender : Male

Character Name : #812 Wynarski

Original Name : Lee Bendick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hunting Cap Smoking Boy / Low I.Q. Video Customer

Original Name : David Klein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hubcap Searching Customer / Angry Mourner / Angry Crowd at Door

Original Name : David Klein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coroner

Original Name : Pattijean Csik

Gender : Male

Character Name : Administer of Fine / Orderly

Original Name : Ken Clark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Indecisive Video Customer

Original Name : Donna Jeanne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caged Animal Maturbator

Original Name : Virginia Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dental School Video Customer

Original Name : Betsy Broussard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trainer

Original Name : Ernest O'Donnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alyssa's Sister Heather

Original Name : Kimberly Loughran

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tabloid Reading Customer

Original Name : Gary Stern

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cat-Watching Customer

Original Name : Joe Bagnole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Olaf the Russian Metalhead

Original Name : John Henry Westhead

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stuck in Chips Can

Original Name : Chuck Bickel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jay's Lady Friend / Angry Crowd at Door

Original Name : Leslie Hope

Gender : Female

Character Name : 'Happy Scrappy' Mom

Original Name : Connie O'Conner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hockey Goalie / Engagement Savvy Customer

Original Name : Vincent Pereira

Gender : Male

Character Name : 'Happy Scrappy' Kid

Original Name : Ashley Pereira

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bed-Wetting Dad / Cold Coffee Lover

Original Name : Erix Infante

Gender : Male

Character Name : Video Confusion / Candy Confusion Customer / Angry Crowd at Door

Original Name : Melissa Crawford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blue Collar Man

Original Name : Thomas Burke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Door Tugging Customer

Original Name : Dan Hapstak

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leaning Against Wall / Angry Crowd at Door

Original Name : Mitch Cohen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Burner Looking for Weed

Original Name : Matthew Banta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cut-Off Customer

Original Name : Rajiv Thapar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Customer with Diapers

Original Name : Mike Belicose

Gender : Male

Character Name : Customer with Vaseline and Rubber Gloves

Original Name : Jane Kuritz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Milk Lady

Original Name : Grace Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Smoking Girl

Original Name : Frances Cresci

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angry Crowd at Door

Original Name : Matt Crawford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angry Crowd at Door

Original Name : Sarla Thapar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hockey Player

Original Name : Brian Drinkwater

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hockey Player

Original Name : Bob Fisler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hockey Player

Original Name : Derek Jaccodine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angry Smoking Crowd

Original Name : Matthew Pereira

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angry Smoking Crowd

Original Name : Frank Pereira

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angry Smoking Crowd

Original Name : Carl Roth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angry Smoking Crowd

Original Name : Paul C. Finn

Gender : Male

Reviews

talisencrw

@talisencrw

2021-06-23

Over the years, I have really enjoyed Smith's comic book writing, but this is the only film so far I have seen him direct. My cinephilic friends tend to dismiss his recent works, but this was very enjoyable. I like the influence he has had on independent cinema. 1994 certainly proved to be an important year for it, with the smash successes that independent studios had with 'Clerks' and 'Pulp Fiction'. I hope he sticks to directing films that he himself writes. I have the feeling he wants to expand his horizons but isn't quite sure how to go about it without alienating his huge fanbase. I have great confidence in him, and feel that if he puts his heart into it, he can be a great filmmaker, instead of a good one. I think for him to do so, he could do himself a great service and read a few less comic books and watch a lot more movies, particularly by the Hollywood greats from the Golden Age, such as Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, Raoul Walsh and John Ford. It would be quite exciting to see what he comes up with, once his creative juices are recharged.

Andrew Gentry

@AndrewGentry

2021-06-23

Quite a controversial movie, I would say, yet the very one from all by Kevin Smith I actually like. Not for those below-the-belt jokes but this lowlife vibe most of us lost on the halfway to adult life. Now I find myself lying with my laptop on a couch, like I always do after a long day at work, filling out the form 8862 and recalling the times like that. The times when the bare minimum seemed to be a freedom and the only thing one needs to be satisfied with their life.

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2023-03-02

**A rude but understandable film.** I just saw this film, and honestly I was hoping for a slightly different comedy, with a more elaborate, more conventional structure and not based so much on endless dialogues. It is, however, an independent film, made a little outside of what traditional circuits and big studios are, and the budget is limited. If we consider all this, I think we can understand the film better. The film basically accompanies a day in the life of two commercial employees who hate their jobs but need them, like any mortal. They work closely together and are friends, but the day promises not to be easy for either of them. The film is based on jokes of a very rude nature, sometimes also on the inelegant manners of the characters. There are a lot of allusions to pop culture throughout the movie as well, and I didn't always get that. It's not the kind of humor I really enjoy, though the film has its moments. Perhaps this style of humor works better with young people and teenagers than with someone more adult... The cast features a number of actors that I don't really know. Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson had their most relevant work in this film, from what I've seen. The film is quite restrained in terms of costumes and scenery, and I believe that real stores were used for the production. What can be considered a weakness, the low budget, was to some extent an advantage, taking into account the type of film they preferred to make here. The cinematography is very good and well used, and is perhaps the film's most artistic feature.