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Clerks was made for $27,575. It was mainly funded by 10 credit cards that Kevin had to his name, funds garnered from store credit after he sold his comic book collection, a family donation, and paychecks from working at the Quick Stop and RST Video.Clerks was filmed using a 16mm Arri SR-2 camera and utilized Kodak Plus-X film.
Clerks began the road to distribution at the IFFM (Independent Feature Film Market) where it was viewed and liked by Bob Hawk, a member of the Sundance Advisory Committee. It was then shown at Sundance in 1994 where it was picked up by Miramax Films.
The Quick Stop and RST Video are located at 58 Leonard Ave., Leonardo, NJ. Postens Funeral Home is located at 59 E Lincoln Ave, Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Director Kevin Smith attended the Vancouver Film School for 4 months before dropping out and making Clerks.
Originally rated NC-17 for language. Miramax hired Alan Dershowitz of OJ Simpson Defense Team fame to appeal the rating. The rating was successfully appealed without any cuts.
Jeff Anderson, who played Randal, had never acted before. He can be seen in the upcoming movie "Dogma".
Jeff "Randal" Anderson and Lisa "Caitlin" Spoonauer met on the set of Clerks and later became engaged.
Buy Clerks the comic at Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash.
The original cut of the film ended with Dante getting shot in a robbery. This was cut out of the release version, but can be seen on the supplementary section of the Laserdisc release.
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