Clerks “Clerks” is a raunchy, obscene, cheap, and extremely funny movie. It was written and directed by film school dropout, Kevin Smith in 1994. “Clerks” is an independent film that was funded for under 30,000 dollars. Smith raised the money by selling his comic book collection. (Ellis) The film ended up grossing $3.1 million on its initial domestic release by Miramax. (Humpry) Films produced for this amount of money would be considered amateur. However, it won top prize …showed first 75 words of 683 total…

…showed last 75 words of 683 total…an MTV generation film, full of raunchy comedy. The dialogue in the film made up for the lack of storyline. Smith’s original ending was Dante getting shot; I’m not sure why he decided to change it. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed this movie. Work Cited Humpry, M. “Clerks.” 2000. On-line. 28 Oct. 00 Available WWW.ashron.com/film.html Johnston, Raymond. “Clerks (1994). On-line. 7 Dec. 00 Available: www.imbd.com Ellis, Joan. “Clerks.” 1995. On-line. 7 Dec. 00 Available: www.ellisnebbadoon.com