CB: The story of Clerks's production is well-known: Kevin Smith maxed out his credit cards and sold his comic book collection to make a movie about working in a convenience store, while also working in the convenience store seen in the film.
The exact breakdown of costs for the $25,000 production -- which Smith reminds people would have been much less in the age of digital photography -- was just unearthed, though, and Smith shared it with his fans on Facebook.
Kevin Smith fans rejoice! The new Clerks I-III premium box set is designed exactly like Quick Stop groceries.
"You can’t tell this fairytale story without mentioning the monster," said Smith, speaking in advance of the documentary about his life.
There aren’t many movies in the 1990s that hit American film culture with as much of a jolt as writer/director Kevin Smith’s Clerks.
Can you imagine if someone made a movie like Clerks today? It would cost literally only a couple hundred bucks.