Empire Records
Empire Records is a 1995 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Allan Moyle, starring Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, Renée Zellweger, and Liv Tyler. The film follows a group of record store employees over the course of one exceptional day. The employees try to stop the store from being sold to a large chain, and learn about each other along the way. The film generated negative reviews and major losses at the domestic US box office at its release. It went on to become a cult hit, and several of its stars launched successful careers.
Plot
At independent record store Empire Records in Delaware, employee Lucas has been tasked by store manager Joe with closing the store for the first time. While counting the day's receipts in Joe's office, he discovers the store is about to be sold and converted into a branch of Music Town, a large national chain.
More details
author | Carol Heikkinen |
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contentLocation | Delaware |
director | Allan Moyle |
editor | Michael Chandler |
genre | comedy-drama romance |
keywords | amphetamine apparent suicide art school atlantic city best friend blank crap dance party first time gay men harvard high school student independent record store load man missing money morning phone call record store rid suicide attempt troubled youth warren beatty |
musicBy | Basil Poledouris |
producer | Alan Riche Arnon Milchan Michael Nathanson Tony Ludwig |
productionCompany | Regency Enterprises |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
recordedAt | New Jersey North Carolina |
theme | independent romantic comedy teen romance |