Clerks (5/12) Movie CLIP - Death Star Contractors (1994) HD
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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson) discuss the ethics of the destruction of the second Death Star in Return of the Jedi where independent contractors must have lost their lives.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
When Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) is reluctantly put in charge of the Quick Stop market on his day off, he tries, though half-heartedly, to perform his minimum-wage duties as efficiently as possible. This gets tough amidst the on-going fight with his girlfriend, Veronica (Marilyn Ghigliotti), and his attempt to get back together with his ex-girlfriend, Caitlyn Bree (Lisa Spoonhauer). Meanwhile, his friend and alter ego Randall (Jeff Anderson) is working behind the counter of the adjacent video store -- at least when he feels like it. Randall's unabashed disdain of his place of employment, a long with his self-admitted hatred towards its customers is a sharp contrast to Dante's feeble attempts at the niceties of customer service. Much of the film consists of Randall and Dante's criticism of their customers, their lives, and the world in general. Clerks, filmed in black-and-white on a budget of only $27,000, began the career of writer director Kevin Smith, who would go on to make Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001).
CREDITS:
TM & © Miramax Films (1994)
Cast: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes, Thomas Burke
Director: Kevin Smith
Producers: Scott Mosier, Kevin Smith
Screenwriter: Kevin Smith
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This is the only customer that Randall was respectful towards.
Because he earned it
That customer must have had respect for Jedi. That’s why Randal was interested.
Tell ‘em Steve Dave
The only customer in the movie that wasn't rude, angry or stupid. You know, you've achieved something when Randal, the number one customer-hater, simply listens to you respectfully.
I like that on the Mandalorian they actually acknowledged this with Bill Burr’s character
What about the political prisoners on the first Death Star?
Aftee Luke's vision, Luke readies his X-wing while Yoda & Obi-Wan caution him not to go and that it's a trap--
Obi-Wan: "Patience."
Luke: "And sacrifice Han and Leia?"
Yoda: "If you honor what they fight for? ...yes."
Funny line from the movie scene Clerks Dante and Randall and the contractor worker in the store just commenting onservasationsm...ha.😃🤔😅😎
@@zimNvgcatsfan Yes, yes, yes, the Jedi are death fetishists. "there is no death, only the Force". "it's joyful when a life returns to the Force". OK, then don't feel bad about Order 66 or the destruction of Alderaan. As HK calls them, hypocritical pseudo-pacifists.
@@DarkAdonisVyers Don't think they have ever said "joyful when a life returns to the force"" and I don't think the Jedi have ever been pacifists or ever claimed to be that. It's a word that is used wrong 99% of the time.
Yeah, this is a weird take, champ.
I forgot how great this scene is! It’s cool that this was a real conversation some people had.
I was a comics fanboy when this movie came out, even worked in a comic book store. When I first watched this movie, I had no idea who Kevin Smith was, but the second I saw this scene, I knew he had to be a fanboy as well. I no longer read or collect comics, other than the few I kept, but man, that fanboy blood never leaves.
Randall's philosophy makes you question the goodness of heroes whether what they did was in the right or in the wrong.
It’s war
@@overdrive7349 I'm sure that the citizens of Alderaan also got that message first.
No it doesn't. It was literally a superweapon that destroys planets. Even if every single person involved in constructing it had no idea what they were working on and was completely innocent, the loss of innocent life involved was completely dwarfed by the lives saved by its destruction. Also knowing the empire, the workers involved likely would have been executed at the end of the building process anyway.
The amount of innocent lives lost if the Death Star II was finished would've been monumentally more than the ones lost during it's construction
I think in the Return of the Jedi director commentary, George Lucas actually directly explains this but calls the Jay and Silent bob, and says that a bunch of robots were built to be builders
The contractors had to have known all the stuff the rebels were up to. They had to have known the risks; they weren't oblivious. If the Empire covered it all up and kept those contractors in the dark, that's on the Empire.
HAha Some friend he turned out to be. He handed over a job at a mob boss' house and got his "friend" killed.
And they didn't include that part!! That part of the conversation tie the whole thing together.
Well , being in the business it was common knowledge the mob member had some shady dealings in the past, he only handed off the job, he took the task as an innocent bystander....if it doesn't smell right at first, use logic instinct and walk away ...common sense .🤔😎
@@josephhickman1306 maybe. But I am from the midwest, if I moved to Jersey I would have no idea who the local Mafioso were. I'd probably trust my friend wasn't giving me deadly job tips.
Yeah, I hate that guy!
I always love how Randal just glances at the card and throws it over to Dante
From what I've read in the old canon, the first Death Star was constructed by enslaved Wookies. Whether that still holds true in today's canon remains unclear, but it seems likely that the Empire would use slave labor Wookies or otherwise to construct both Death Stars. Then the argument gets turned into how many slaves were killed when the second Death Star exploded?
So it's not the _droid_ attacks on the Wookies...
@@DarkAdonisVyers No. Because those aren’t the droids you’re looking for.
Andor Season 1 shows us the how and who manufactured and assembled parts for the Death Star.
I think the Disney canon had enslaved Genosians. The entire plant of Genosis was abandoned by the time of the Empire
Both Legends and Disney canon show that the first one was constructed through numerous assembly lines throughout the galaxy, by imprisoned labor forces.
Why did you all cut the conversation short. The conversation on Star Wars goes on for a few more points.
George Lucas
actually gave an answer to this during an extra on one of his DVDs
is it on youtube. where can wee it?
Whatever it was, Smith's was probably better.
Lol his answer was "whatever . . . they were basically just a bunch of large termites". Seems pretty spot on with how real-life corporations handle ethics.
Interesting
Imagine a modern version of the Empire/Jedi discussion.
Randall: "Which one did you like better? Infinity War or Endgame?"
Dante: "Infinity War."
Randall: "Blasphemy!
Dante: "Thanos causes the death of half the life in the universe and the Avengers have to deal with failure. It's a down ending. That's what life is. A series of down endings. All Endgame had was nerdy Hulk."
Dude you deserve a medal. That was gold
@@mournfulgiant502 Thanks.
I have a feeling Randall would place the Avengers movies in the same level as The Lord of the Rings.
Mizuki Hayashida would say "No One Wants To Be Dante Hicks!" with an pissed look on her face. 💢
The backward cap often looks corny but Randall makes it totally work.
*The Mandalorian* season finale brought me here.
“A man listens to his heart, not his wallet” damn...
1:03 Chewbacca!!!
It's from green jëllo
But not all storm troopers are bad, a lot are forced into fighting or were orphans brain washed into thinking they were doing the right thing. Life is all about perspective
Can you be brain washed if you started your indoctrination as a kid? Brain washing in its original sense meant to change someone from the way they already were. Ie an adult that say likes Star Wars is changed into hating it. A kid by default cannot be brain washed since his opinions about the world have not yet been formed. A better term is indoctrinated into something. Brain washing can only maybe exist for adults but a kid a person with no clear views about right and wrong cannot be. They can only be indoctrinated into an idea. Otherwise you end up with highly subjective criteria about what is right and wrong. Depending on viewpoints telling a kid there is/isn't a God can count as brain washing. Kids by default cannot be changed from what they were since their views about the world don't yet exist. They can only be introduced and familiarised with certain ideas as being normal.
at the end of Return Of The Jedi there was still some imperial troopers boarding ships and escaping during the explosion
Is it possible they gave the the contractors the day off before the Rebels show off. I mean, the gun was ready and they planned to wipe out all the Rebels that day. Doesn't sound like a you need to be there.
The station was still under construction though. They just made sure to prioritize the laser before the rest of the station.
No the contractors were there to hurry up the laser planet blaster, so um rebels, what about paying back the families of the contractors, hmmmmmmmmm?
A day off on a job of that size just mean that you don't work but you're still on site. It's as big as a moon. You think they will commute a few light-years (or more) just because they have a day off.
@@Trucmuch I realize now how stupid my thought was. I mean, they're the Empire, they're not gonna give people the day off.
This comment makes me imagine there was a stormtrooper Dante who came in on that day off to help build the death star, spent the day having pointless conversations with a stormtrooper Randell about different stuff in the galaxy and then got blown up at the end of the day
Mandalorian brought this debate back
Poor Dante and Randal, they have no idea what lies ahead for the Star Wars franchise. Enjoy the innocent times guys! Enjoy the time when Solo shot first and his character's entire backstory isn't reduced to a single weekend. Oh you have no idea the level of stupid that lies ahead. 1994, when a slow boring chase was just OJ Simpson fleeing the police and not an entire movie in the saga. When The Force was a mystical power that seemed anyone could learn and not just a biological parasite handed down the family line. Back when the villains actually died when flung down huge heights. Enjoy while you can!
...not to mention premadonna millionaire baseball players demanding more money as a result canceling the season and post season!
Way to start the clip mid-way through the conversation! Smdh!
I still think the emperor let the rebels get the plans to the 1st Death Star in Star Wars so he can cash in on the insurance money and build the 2nd one in return of the Jedi
Cheeeewbacca what a wookie !!!
WHY YOU DIDN'T SHOW THE REST OF THE SCENE, IT WAS RELEVANT AND SHORT
$ 1.50 for a pack smokes? Was this from the 1950's?
I worked in a convenience store about five years or so after this movie was made and they were $1.99 so it's possible.
sadfiuxcpoiusad
I'll tell you how it works. Smokes are bad so they convince you it is ok to tax the hell out of you for them. Now they are trying the same thing with fuel and energy saying it's bad for the planet so they can tax the hell out of you for that too. But almost anything can be "bad" for you.
1994. Minimum wage was ratio $4 - 5.15/ hour in New Jersey.
No, the epic 90s
i was 17 in 1994, smoke were about 1.85 gas was under a 1.00 a gallon
Actually wedge blew it up
He had the first shot at the reactor but the millennial falcon also shot it on its way out
You know the irony isnt lost on me working 3rd shift at a store watching Clerks on my phone to pass time.
Since when is the Rebellion “left-wing”?
Well, technically, the Rebels were fighting against a fascist regime
Ryan Grille Fascism does not neatly fall into the left or right. Even its own adherents tend to call it the “third option”. Fascists might be nationalistic (which is not a bad thing in and of itself), but their economic policies are anything but right wing.
Very inciteful Mr. Graves
They used enslaved wookies to build the death star
Still lots of dead people
Great job cutting off the clip before the punchline.
Uh.
Did Randall forget the part about the Emperor's plan that the Death Star was actually fully operational and was designed to "look" like it was under construction just to fool the Rebels?
And he calls himself a STAR WARS fan :P
That actually comes up in the novels a few times too. 😂 As Wedge put it once: “The Bothans were had. Yet they wear their deception like a badge of honor.”
Beyond awesome movie takes me back to 1994 I was 27 year's Old beyond good times 🤘🤘🤘
Baby Face Gambino?!?
:()
The Gangster!!??!?
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not now Thomas !!! - clerks 3
The Empire has thousands of planets under their control, most of them presumably having populations into the millions and billions. It would not be a stretch to say that the Empire had at least a hundred million or even a billion people under its direct employ so there would be no shortage of available workers. Granted the original trilogy doesn't really go into that much detail so they couldn't have known in 1994.
Kevin Smith liked The Last Jedi. LOL
I always just assumed they used Droids
Valid point what about the fine-tuning of things
@@sitdowndogbreath at the end of a massive job like that then you would have inspectors come in and make sure all the little stuff was set right , before turning things on .. so while under construction the droids would do the vast bulk of the labor,, since they would be easy to mass-produce with the required skill sets.. then later the human inspectors would come into double-check the work.
@@Jonathan32177 I always thought it was the other way around but nonetheless you're right
Yo Randal dont you.have a job next door?😎😂
As if he gives a damn
The fluidity of the conversations in this film bother me. Just exact line reading it feels.
Yeah, man. I'm right there with you. They don't give it space to breathe like a normal conversation. They do it in Mall Rats too.
But I mean, I try to let it go because basically none of these people are professional actors at this point in their careers and Kevin Smith was just a nerd with a dream, not an experienced director.
Ok to get into it, I’m aware that the independent contractors were under a government contract. But once known they were going under attack by the rebels, if they were smart enough, they would send all the independent contractors home for the day. Because each person that died while working and being attacked would cost millions in Damages to their family’s
A few things:
Palpatine was arrogant; Luke even called him out on it. He thought that the rebels had no way to even get past the shield, so he didn't even bother with a contingency plan for the station. A good portion of the workers were slaves and probably didn't have any way off when things got bad. Independent contractors probably brought their own ships and equipment, but even so evacuation was on them. The Empire really didn't prioritize the workers' safety. I mean what would their families do? Sue the autocratic dictatorship? Yeah I'm sure that would go great.
I just realized I know every word in this movie.
Wait...those contractors CHOSE to take the risk
Do you think they had a choice when the Empire "offered" them a job?
@@bimapringgo They could have chosen to escape like the rebels
@@huskiefan06 Because everyone has maxed out stealth skills, huh?
I love this clip but wouldn't they be right wing extremists if you consider the Jedi's as part of a conservative "religion" who worship "The Force"?
+Nick Hingtgen They were rebels. Luke was the only Jedi.
+Nick Hingtgen Yeah I've always questioned the Jedi being the good guys.
Liberal mad
I would love to hear them roast those new deathstars.
I like the old star war moves
Randli told store of the container good of getting herit
Hon the job some times job are like that
Storm troopers dont even know anything about killin
He forgot their was also slaves on the death star
Was blowing up the Death Star a second time a war crime by the laws of the Galactic Republic?
Jay stealing the twinkies is me
You cut off the ending which was the point of his coming over there.... :/
We can't withstand a work union of that magnitude.
I love star wars, so that's a conversation i'd want to be a part of.
I guess after the destruction of the uncomplicated death star. And the death of, all those contracts. And possible Lawsuits from the families. the first order didn't want, to make the same mistake the Empire did, and
thought it would be wise to train. Some Storm troopers, to be Roofers, plumbers and other maintenance workers
Well you don't need special training to know how to clean a bathroom, just how to construct one.
A computer headset can guide you along the way
Damn. Thats the most civilized star wars conversation EVER !!!!
Maybe they imperialistic contractors
Oh wanna wooky!!!! Lol
You literally cut the most important part
1:35 BLUE-COLLAR MAN: "Dunn and Reddy Home Improvements"
Script @ www.dailyscript.com/scripts/clerks.html
"Organisation Todt" in Germany implemented Work for food practice in occupied territories , Normandy Atlantic Wall prototype of "Death Star" been built by "volunteers", theoretically, that all food been taken from occupied territories and been given to war effort many occupied territory citizens volunteer to built railroads and fortifications and work in factories and receive food rations dedicated for war efforts, it can be applied to Empire why workers been a forcefully pressured to work on Death Star. In sense they are innocents victims. In ex-soviet union is very small possibility that contractor who works for gangster house be fairly paid, militia and justice system been more corrupt than gangsters itself, maybe in USA gangsters have "thief codex" not everywhere.
“Compliments of Lando Calrissian.”
Hey, don’t sleep on my homeboy Wedge Antilles, Dante!
The last great generation.
...and that's why I didn't bid for the Chelsea FC contract.
After watching Andor, this conversation no longer holds the same impact that it used to
Dude the Death Star primary labor force was probably Droids...
one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies, love Clerks. You gotta keep the entire scene though, cutting it out short isn't right.
Meanwhile Jay is just stuffing down his stolen food 😂
Same argument in Mandalorian
1994 star wars lore from blue collar star wars nerds
Randall was the Proto-Wokian.
I want Randall’s take on Star Wars Rouge one and Solo
CHEWBACCA!
Echoes into the Breonna Taylor controversy...
Man look how young they are here.
2:15
You're so forgotten Kim I promise
Cut the video to early
Hes 100% reading it off a script thats just off screen
It’s a movie
Damn the cut out part of it
Awsum. Yoo-hoo in movie
CHEWBACCAAAAAAAA WHAT A WOOKIE
cut off the beginning
That’s some of the worst acting I’ve ever seen lol
A lot of them were first timers soooo
It’s a movie
Such a great team!
I don't think they were still building it once the rebel fleet showed up.
He has a point
Ha ha!
lol
Christ.. you can see him reading the cue card. He really came a long way between the two movies.
Cap guy is so hot.
CHEWBACCA!!!! ......... CHEWY!!!!