Later on, Dante closes up shop, because he had a hockey game to play that day. It's yet another thing Dante obsesses over. Dante's girlfriend, Veronica, comes over to talk to him. He spends most of his day at the Quick Stop rather than working, though. Sometime later, Randal shows up for work. Dante (as he will constantly remind you) isn't even supposed to be there that day - it's his day off, but he was forced to cover a coworker's morning shift. Another group of friends, Jay and Silent Bob, deal drugs and hang out around Quick Stop. The film is about a day in the life of a pair of friends, Dante Hicks and Randal Graves, working at Quick Stop and RST Video, respectively. The film's success helped jump-start the modern independent film industry (which actually began with Stranger Than Paradise and She's Gotta Have It but was given a big kick by sex, lies, and videotape and Slacker, the latter of which Smith claimed was his direct inspiration for this film) and turned Miramax into a major distributor for said independent films, rivaled only by Polygram Filmed Entertainment and Fox Searchlight. Surprisingly for a film with a large amount of profanity and vulgar references, it manages to stay quite intelligent and upon release, it was well-received by critics such as Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin. Its success enabled Smith to make several more films with some of the same characters and settings. When released, the film made its budget back several times over. The film's final cost was $230,000 after the rights to its grunge- and punk-oriented soundtrack were added in, making it one of the few films in history where the rights to the soundtrack actually cost more than the film.Ĭlerks was shot in the scenic QuickStop convenience store where Smith worked at the time and featured a cast made up of Smith's friends (such as Jeff Anderson, Walt Flanagan, Jason Mewes and Scott Mosier) and family (in various small roles), Smith himself, and a few local actors (such as Brian O'Halloran, who plays the lead role of Dante Hicks).
February 1: International winners notified on or before this date.The ultimate low-budget success story that turned Kevin Smith from a working-class kid from New Jersey to one of the most popular filmmaking personalities of all time.įilmed in 1993 but not theatrically released until 1994, it cost $27,000 to make, roughly the same price as a new car at the time.December 15: Postmark deadline for the multiple district council chairperson to send one winning poster to the Brand & Creative Department at International Headquarters.December 1: Postmark deadline for a club not belonging to a district to send one winning entry to the Brand & Creative Department at International Headquarters.December 1: Postmark deadline for a district governor not belonging to a multiple district to send one winning poster to the Brand & Creative Department at International Headquarters.December 1: Postmark deadline for a district governor to send one winning district poster to multiple district council chairperson.November 15: Postmark deadline for a club to send one winning poster (per contest sponsored) to the district governor.
October 1: Deadline to purchase kits from the Club Supplies Sales Department at International Headquarters.January 15: Kits go on sale from the Club Supplies Sales Department at International Headquarters.Entries not meeting the following deadlines will be disqualified. Students ages 11, 12 or 13 as of November 15 are eligible to participate in the International Peace Poster Contest.
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