Clerks. is a 1994 film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Brian O'Halloran as Dante Hicks and Jeff Anderson as Randal Graves. It presents a day in the lives of two shop clerks and their acquaintances. Clerks. - History. Clerks. was Smith's first film, and introduces several characters, notably Jay and Silent Bob, who reappear in his later films. The film is in black-and-white and roughly edited due to a budget of less than $30,000 (mainly consisting of credit cards, the worth of ...

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Clerks. was Smith's first film, and introduces several characters, notably Jay and Silent Bob, who reappear in his later films. The film is in black-and-white and roughly edited due to a budget of less than $30,000 (mainly consisting of credit cards, the worth of director Smith's extensive comic book collection and insurance money); it became a surprising success after it was taken by Miramax Films and polishe ...

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Of all of Smith's films, Clerks is the one with the most spin-off products. In 1995, a pilot was made for a live action TV show. It was produced by Disney and Buena Vista Entertainment. The pilot only referenced the character names and starred none of the cast from the original film, contained no foul language, did not mention Jay and Silent Bob, and had nothing to do with Kevin Smith, as he was making his second film Mallrats at the time. Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson both auditioned for the role of Dante Hicks (as Anders ...

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Following Clerks., Smith set several more films in the same "world", which he calls the View Askewniverse. Jay and Silent Bob appear in all the films, and a relative of Dante Hicks (or Dante himself in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) appears in every film, each time played by Brian O'Halloran. Smith has announced that a live-action, feature film sequel to Clerks. will be released in 2006 and is currently titled Clerks II. The working title was The Passion of the Clerks. Although the credits for Dogma stated "Jay and Silent Bob will return in Clerks 2: Hardly Clerkin", that project "evolved" into J ...

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