Clerks Page #28

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
1,332 Views


DANTE:

(to MAN)

Yes.

(to TRAINER)

I'm not out of shape.

SUITED MAN:

Excuse me, but have you been here

all day?

DANTE:

What?

HEATHER:

(still studying DANTE)

He's got those love handles.

DANTE:

(to HEATHER)

I don't have love handles.

SUITED MAN:

Were you working here at about four

o'clock?

DANTE:

I've been here since six o'clock

this morning. Why?

TRAINER:

(to HEATHER)

It's probably from being around all

this food every day.

HEATHER:

Oh, I know. If I had to work here

all day, I'd be bloated and out of

shape, too.

DANTE:

I'm not out of shape!

SUITED MAN:

Can I have your name please?

DANTE:

Dante Hicks. Why? What is this about?

The SUITED MAN scribbles in his notebook.

HEATHER:

You're Dante Hicks? Oh my God! I

didn't even recognize you!

TRAINER:

Because he's out of shape.

DANTE:

Do I know you?

HEATHER:

You remember Alyssa Jones? She hung

out with...

DANTE:

Caitlin Bree. Yeah?

HEATHER:

I'm her sister.

DANTE:

You're Alyssa's sister? Heather?

HEATHER:

Yep. I remember you got caught in my

parents' room with Caitlin once.

TRAINER:

Did you say Caitlin Bree?

DANTE:

Yeah.

TRAINER:

Pretty girl, about this girl's height-

dark hair-gorgeous body?

DANTE:

Yeah?

TRAINER:

And your name is Dante Hicks? You

went to high school with her? You

played hockey?

DANTE:

How do you know that?

TRAINER:

Oh man! Hey, you still going out

with her?

DANTE:

No, she's getting married.

TRAINER:

To you?

HEATHER:

To an Asian design major.

TRAINER:

Sh*t!

(to DANTE)

Don't take this the wrong way, but I

used to f*** her.

DANTE:

What?

TRAINER:

While you two were dating in high

school. We're talking four, five

years ago, back when I drove a Trans-

Am.

HEATHER:

Oh my God! You're Rick Derris?

TRAINER:

Yeah!

DANTE:

You know him?

HEATHER:

Caitlin used to talk about him all

the time.

TRAINER:

Really?

HEATHER:

Oh yeah. You were the built older

guy with the black Trans and the

big...

DANTE:

Wait a second!

(to TRAINER)

You used to sleep with Caitlin Bree?

While I was dating her?

TRAINER:

All the time. That girl was like a

rabbit.

DANTE:

I... I don't believe this...

HEATHER:

(to TRAINER)

I still remember Caitlin telling us

about that time you two went to that

motel-the one with the mirrors and

the hot tub in the room.

DANTE:

THE GLADES MOTEL?

TRAINER:

Holy sh*t! She told you about that!

(to DANTE)

Buddy of mine worked there. Said he

watched the whole thing. They used

to film people at that hotel; nobody

knew about it.

HEATHER:

She said one time you set up a tent

on the beach and you guys did it in

the middle of this big rainstorm.

DANTE:

What? When? When did all this sh*t

happen?

TRAINER:

Hey man, that was a long time ago.

Don't let it get to you.

HEATHER:

I'm surprised you never found out

about it, Dante. Everybody in school

knew-even in my class.

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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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