Clerks. Page #2

Synopsis: Dante Hicks is not having a good day. He works as a clerk in a small convenience store and is told to come into work on his day off. Dante thinks life is a series of down endings and this day is proving to no different. He reads in the newspaper that his ex-girlfriend Caitlin is getting married. His present girlfriend reveals to have somewhat more experience with sex that he ever imagined. His principal concerns are the hockey game he has that afternoon and the wake for a friend who died. His buddy Randal Graves works as a clerk in the video store next and he hates his job just about as much as Dante hates his.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Kevin Smith
Production: Miramax Films
  5 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
1994
92 min
915 Views


Try thinking for yourselves before you

pelt an innocent man with cigarettes !

[ Coughing, Clears Throat ]

Uh, pack of cigarettes ?

Don't you think you're taking

this a bit too hard ?

I have enough indignities in my life and

people start throwing cigarettes at me.

- At least they weren't lit.

- Oh, l hate this f***ing place.

Then quit.

You should be going to school anyway.

Please, Veronica, at this point,

the last thing l need is a lecture.

All I'm saying is, if you're

that unhappy, you should leave.

-I'm not even supposed to be here today!

-l know.

I stopped by your house. Your mom told

me you left, like, at 6:00 or something.

The guy got sick.

He couldn't come in.

- Don't you have a hockey game at 2:00 ?

- Yes.

And I'm gonna play like sh*t because

I didn't have a good night's sleep.

- Why'd you agree to come in then ?

- Hey, I'm only here until 12:00.

After that, I'm gone.

The boss comes in.

- Why don't you open the shutters?

Get some sunlight in here.

- Someone jammed gum in the locks.

- You're kidding.

- Bunch of savages in this town.

- Thanks.

- How much money did you leave up there?

Like, three dollars in mixed change

and a couple of singles.

This time in the morning,

people just get a paper or coffee.

- You're trusting.

- Why do you say that ?

How do you know they're taking

the right amount of change

or even paying for what they take ?

Theoretically, people see money

on the counter, no one around,

they think they're being watched.

Honesty through paranoia.

Why do you smell like shoe polish ?

I needed shoe polish

to make that sign out there.

- Smell won't come off.

- [ Door Opens ]

You think anybody

can see us down here ?

Why, you wanna have sex or something ?

- Can we ?

- Really ?

- l was kidding.

- Like you can't get enough of me.

- Typically male point of view.

- How do you figure ?

Show some bedroom proficiency,

you think you're gods.

What about what we do for you ?

Women as lovers are basically the same;

they just have to be there.

- Be there ?

- Making a male climax

isn't at all challenging.

Insert somewhere close,

preferably moist, thrust, repeat.

How flattering.

Now, making a woman come,

therein lies a challenge.

You think so ?

A woman makes a guy come,

it's standard.

A guy makes a woman come,

it's talent.

- And l actually date you ?

- Something wrong ?

I'm insulted. Believe me, Don Juan, it

takes more than that to get a guy off.

Just being there, as you put it,

is not enough.

Hmm, I've touched a nerve.

I'm astonished to hear you

you trivialize my role in our sex life.

It wasn't directed at you.

I was making a broad generalization.

You're making a generalization

about broads.

Those are my opinions

based on the few women...

who were goodly enough

to sleep with me.

- How many ?

- How many what ?

How many different girls

have you slept with ?

- Didn't we have

this discussion once before ?

- We might have.

- l don't remember. How many ?

- including you ?

It better be up to and including me.

- Twelve.

- You slept with 12 different girls ?

Including you ? Yes.

- Ow ! What'd you do that for ?

- You're a pig !

- Why'd you hit me ?

- Do you know how many different men

I've had sex with ?

Do l get to hit you after you tell me ?

- Three.

- Three ?

- Three, including you.

- You only slept

with three different people ?

- I'm not the pig you are.

- Who ?

- You !

- No, who are the three, besides me.

- John Francin and Rob Stanslik.

- Wow.

That's why you should feel like a pig.

You men make me feel sick.

- You'll sleep with anything

that says yes.

- Animal, mineral or vegetable.

Vegetable, meaning paraplegic.

They put up

the least amount of struggle.

After dropping a bombshell like that,

you owe me big.

Name it.

I want you to come with me on Monday.

- Where ?

- To school.

There's a seminar about getting

back into a scholastic program...

after a lapse in enrollment.

Can't we ever have a discussion

without that coming up ?

It's important to me, Dante.

You have so much potential

that's going to waste in this pit.

- l wish you'd go back to school.

- Stop. You're making my head hurt.

-Sh*t ! Why're you getting up ?

-Unlike you, l have class in 45 minutes.

Willam ?

Hey, Ronni.

How you been, man ?

What, do you work here now ?

No, l was visiting my man.

Dante, this is Willam Black.

This is Dante Hicks, my boyfriend.

- How you doing ? Just the soda ?

- No, and a pack of cigarettes.

So where you been, man ?

Still going to Seton Hall ?

No, l transferred into Monmouth

this year. l was tired of missing him.

That's beautiful, man.

So, you still talk to Silvan ?

I just talked to her on Monday.

We still hang out on weekends.

Oh, that's great.

Well, you two lovebirds

take it easy, okay ?

Bye. Take it easy.

- [ Ronni ] That was Snowball.

- Why do you call him that ?

Silvan made it up.

It's a blow job thing.

What do you mean ?

After the blow job, he likes to have it

spit back into his mouth while kissing.

It's called snowballing.

- He requests this ?

- He gets off on it.

- Silvan can be talked into anything.

- Why do you say that ?

Like you said, she snowballed him.

- Silvan ? No, l snowballed him.

- Yeah, right.

I'm serious.

- You sucked that guy's dick ?

- Yeah. How do you think l knew--

You said you only had sex

with three different guys !

You never mentioned him !

- Because l never had sex with him.

- You sucked his dick !

We went out a few times.

We never had sex, but we fooled around.

Oh, my God. Why did you tell me

you only had sex with three guys ?

Because l did

only have sex with three guys.

- it doesn't mean

I didn't just go with people.

- Oh, my God, l feel so nauseous !

I'm sorry, Dante.

I thought you understood.

I did understand !

I understood that you had sex with

three guys and that's all you said !

- Please calm down.

- How many ?

- Dante, let it go !

- How many d*cks have you sucked ?

Shut up a second and I'll tell you.

Jesus !

I didn't freak out like this when

you told me how many girls you f***ed !

This is different. This is important.

How many ?

Well ?

- Something like 36.

- What ? Something like 36 ?

- Lower your voice.

- What is that-- ""Something like 36"" ?

Does that include me ?

- Uh... 37.

- I'm 37 ?

- I'm going to class.

- Oh, my God.

- 37 ! My girlfriend sucked 37 d*cks!

- in a row ?

- Where you going ?

- Hey, listen, jerk.

Until today, you never even knew...

how many guys l slept with

because you never even bothered to ask.

Then you act all nonchalant

about f***ing 12 girls.

I never had sex with 12 guys !

- No, but you sucked enough dick !

- Yeah, l went down on a few guys.

- A few ?

- One of those guys was you.

The last one, l might add.

Which, if you're too stupid

to comprehend, means that

I've been faithful to you since we met.

All the other guys

I went with before l met you.

If you want to have a complex, go ahead.

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Kevin Smith

Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, public speaker, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy Clerks (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo "Jay & Silent Bob". Jay and Silent Bob have appeared in Smith's follow-up films Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back which were mostly all set in his home state of New Jersey. While not strictly sequential, the films frequently featured crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon described by fans as the "View Askewniverse", named after his production company View Askew Productions, which he co-founded with Scott Mosier. more…

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