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‘I’m Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today’: Celebrating 30 Years of Clerks
Film InquiryStory by Coby Kiefert
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Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the indie comedy classic Clerks, the unlikely indie hit that launched a career and defined a generation of slackers.
beat sheet
- Clerks was filmed on a shoestring budget of just $27,000, using only a handful of actors and the convenience store where director Kevin Smith worked.
- Rather than a traditional plot, the movie simply observes its quirky characters' banter about sex, sports, and terrible customer service - a slice-of-life approach that resonated with audiences at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
call sheet
Kevin Smith, Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Scott Mosier, Clerks