Director Wim Wenders worked with actor Patrick Bauchau 34 years earlier, on the 1982 film "The State of Things". Bauchau played a German film director (stand-in for Wenders) who has difficulty completing a film.
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T.S. picks up a Clerks (1994) hat in the flea market.
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Stan Lee initially did not want to be in the film as himself. He felt the dialogue wasn't things he would say. Kevin Smith responded that it was just pretend, to which Lee replied: "Okay Spider-Friend."
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Kevin Smith could not clear with the owners of Degrassi High (1987) to get an actual jacket logo. He took his issues with the copyright holders to the then-popular "Speaker's Corner" booth broadcast on Toronto's City-TV.
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Shawnee Smith came in to audition for a role. According to Kevin Smith, she was very rude and mocked the screenplay. After Shawnee left, casting director Don Phillips apologized for her behavior.
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The U.S. 1 Flea Market, a.k.a. "The Dirt Mall", was torn down in the mid-1990s. It is now the site of a multiplex cinema.
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Lala Sloatman was considered for the role of Brandi Svenning.
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Alyssa Milano auditioned for the role of Rene Mosier.
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The instrumental piece playing during the opening pre-credits scene where Brodie talks about his Cousin Walter is the same composition used during the Mall sequence of John Hughes' 'Weird Science'. Both films had their scores composed by Ira Newborn.
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Kari Wuhrer auditioned for both roles of Rene Mosier and Brandi Svenning.
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Parker Posey was considered for the role of Gwen Turner.
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Brodie's comic book collection seen in the movie was actually director Kevin Smith's collection at the time (which has grown considerably since). The collection is what Smith was able to purchase back after selling his original collection to finance production of Clerks (1994).
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When Willam (Ethan Suplee) gets startled, he says "poopie trim". This is a reference to an inside joke between Kevin Smith and script supervisor Carol Banker.
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The character of Miss Ivannah, played by Priscilla Barnes, has three nipples. Barnes is best known for her role on "Three's Company".
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While shopping, Rene Mosier (Shannen Doherty) is seen wearing at least three different outfits. Doherty had a clause in her contract that she could keep everything her character wore, so came up with the plan that her character should wear everything she bought on her shopping trip.
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The only film by Kevin Smith that he did not edit himself, although he and Scott Mosier cut the extended version that's on the Tenth Anniversary DVD.
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The comic book that features Brandi depicts two director trademarks: (1) the fire behind her forms Jaws (1975), (2) she wears a Boston Bruins hockey jersey.
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Originally, William Atherton was Kevin Smith's first choice to play Jared Svenning. Atherton chose not to do it, because the film was aimed at a teenage audience.
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Mark Wahlberg was considered for Brodie, and Leonardo Dicaprio as T.S.
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Joey Lauren Adams played Jeremy London's ex-girlfriend in this film, while she played his identical twin brother Jason London's girlfriend in Dazed and Confused (1993). Coincidentally, Ben Affleck also appeared in both films.
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