I ❤ RETRO: CLERKS (MA15+) 20TH ANNIVERSARY I assure you, were open! Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of cult-classic CLERKS with I ❤ RETRO at The Orpheum - Friday, 15th Aug: 9:00pm Clerks is a 1994 American black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, who also appears in the film as Silent Bob. It presents a day in the lives of two store clerks and their acquaintances. Clerks was shot for $27,575 in the convenience and video stores where director Kevin Smith worked in real life. Upon its theatrical release, the film grossed over $3 million in theaters, launching Smiths career. Total Film magazine voted Clerks the 16th greatest comedy film of all time. Empire listed Clerks as the 4th greatest independent film and also 361 on their 500 Greatest Movies of All-Time list. The film is #33 on Bravos 100 Funniest Movies. Entertainment Weekly ranked it 13th on The Cult 25: The Essential Left-Field Movie Hits Since 83 It was also included in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Cheap, touching, and downright nasty, Kevin Smiths first feature still remains the ultimate cinematic tribute to slacker - Slant magazine A buoyant, bleakly funny comedy chronicling a days worth of activity at two adjoining stores - New York Times Clerks is so utterly authentic that its heroes have never heard of their generation - Roger Ebert orpheum.au/coming-soon?view=movie&movie=O-CLERKS
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