| Clerks (Collector's Series) | 
 enlarge | Actors: Jeff Anderson, Lee Bendick, Al Berkowitz, Betsy Broussard, Ken Clark (vii)
Studio: Miramax
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (451 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3369
Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 92 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: DISD17365D
ISBN: 0788816039
UPC: 717951002716
EAN: 9780788816031
ASIN: B00000IQC8
Release Date: June 29, 1999
Theatrical Release Date: October 19, 1994
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Description
If you're in the market for wildly funny entertainment, CLERKS delivers with wholesale hilarity! It's one wacky day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys whose razor-sharp wit and on-the-job antics give a whole new meaning to customer service! Even while bracing a nonstop parade of unpredictable shoppers, the clerks manage to play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home, and straighten out their offbeat love lives! The boss is nowhere in sight, so you can bet anything can -- and will -- happen when these guys are left to run the store.
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Before Kevin Smith became a Hollywood darling with Chasing Amy, a film he wrote and directed, he made this $27,000 comedy about real-life experiences working for chump change at a New Jersey convenience store. A rude, foul-mouthed collection of anecdotes about the responsibilities that go with being on the wrong side of the till, the film is also a relationship story that takes some hilarious turns once the lovers start revealing their sexual histories to one another. In the best tradition of first-time, ultra-low budget independent films, Smith uses Clerks as an audition piece, demonstrating that he not only can handle two-character comedy but also has an eye for action--as proven in a smoothly handled rooftop hockey scene. Smith himself appears as a silent figure who hangs out on the fringes of the store's property. --Tom Keogh
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 Not funny. November 11, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This movie is simply offensive! It would be better with Carlos Mencia or Bob Saget.
 Utterly Impressive November 11, 2008
Kevin Smith is a pretty amazing dude. From the quality of the film to the intense knowledge of the subject matter, the utter indie-ness of "Clerks" is apparent from the start. But when you really look into how Smith made this movie from the ground up, it makes the overall product that more amazing. Because not only is this a respectable indie effort, it's also a fantastic movie.
Instead of following the romantic tropes that the plot seems it's going to follow, the film instead focuses on the character interactions, giving special attention to dialogue that, at the time this was release, was only really done in Tarantino films. Smith definitely set the bar for raunchy comedies to come, already developing a style that would later become an influence on one of my favorite comedy film makers of all time, Judd Apatow.
But let's kill the comparisons, because Smith's work stands on its own. This day-in-the-life-of-a-store-clerk film has great insight onto that profession and the different, hardened states of mind that clerks develop after day after day of the same crap from customers. The characters are wonderful, the conflicts and plot points are so subtle and underplayed that you might miss them if you don't watch close, and the highly quotable dialogue really pulls you into the film. It's like one of those vulgarly fantastic books that you just can't put down.
8/10
 Clerks is awesome September 4, 2008
This was the movie that lead me to the genius that is Kevin Smith. This was his first movie and I think it's the second best movie he has ever made. This is one of the comedies that echo truth that exists in you that you can only understand if you have actually worked as a convenience store clerk. The lead character Dante Hicks has to deal with irate customers, a girlfriend that has issues with his stature in life, an nymphomatic ex-girlfriend, and a best friend that almost wants to see him fail.
This is one of the ultimate slacker comedies. I was first aware of because of an article in Details magazine hailing it as one the latest and greatest independent films released. I went out to Suncoast Video (do those even exist anymore?) and purchased the VHS tape for 29.99 and went home and immediately popped it in the video tape.
This is one the best movie for one liners that you repeat to your friends. This is one of the movies where either you get it or you don't. It's one of the greatest slacker comedies made. If you haven't seen this movie, stop what you are doing and go out and get it.
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the first and the begining of some thing new August 18, 2008
this was a great movie for its time looking back on it now it is so so but man it opened the door for a great man to make many more movies
IF YOU WANT A GOOD TIME, THIS IS IT! August 3, 2008
Our family had just been hit with another development in a devastating event which we had been trying to deal with for 10 years when "Clerks I" and "Clerks II" was delivered to our house. If you just want to decompress, chill out, and think about absolutely nothing "grown up", this is the movie for you. An hour and a half of sheer hilarity with some of the best deadpan acting since Charlie Chaplin. A rollicking good time. Part of the beauty of shoestring budget films is that every take must count. And whatever is deleted is just too funny for the world to handle. Thank you, Kevin Smith, for giving us a little while to just be silly.
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