Posted by Vincent at spider-mtc-ti074.proxy.aol.com on February 19, 2001 at 13:56:21:
In Reply to: Re: $250 grand...... posted by I Love Alyssa Jones on February 19, 2001 at 03:17:08:
- I can tell you that Kevin damn well did not have $250,000 at his disposal
to make said film. It cost a bit more than $27,000 total (I think the
exact tally was something like $27,575), most of which he put on his credit
cards. This is a well-known fact. You misheard or misunderstood what was
said on the MALLRATS documentary.
Vincent
: watch the damn commentary "a look back at mallrats" on the Mallrats DVD,
and Kev and Mosier both say that the budget for clerks was around 250
grand, because they were suprised when Universal wanted the budget for
Mallrats to be at least 6 mill. so YES, Clerks budget was only about 250
grand. it was an independant film, and it only opened in very few theaters
when it cam