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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   18,909 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Carol Heikkinen (written by)
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Release Date:
20 October 1995 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Open 'til Midnight. more
Plot:
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try anything to stop the store being absorbed by a large chain. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Anthony LaPaglia ... Joe Reaves

Maxwell Caulfield ... Rex Manning

Debi Mazar ... Jane

Rory Cochrane ... Lucas

Johnny Whitworth ... A.J.

Robin Tunney ... Debra

Renée Zellweger ... Gina (as Renee Zellweger)

Ethan Embry ... Mark (as Ethan Randall)

Coyote Shivers ... Berko
Brendan Sexton III ... Warren (as Brendan Sexton)

Liv Tyler ... Corey Mason
James 'Kimo' Wills ... Eddie

Ben Bode ... Mitchell Beck
Gary Bolen ... Croupier
Kimber Sissons ... Woman at Craps Table (as Kimber Monroe)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Empire
Rock & Fun
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual situations, language and a drug issue.
Runtime:
90 min | USA:107 min (special extended edition)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The movie was written by a former employee of Tower Records store #166 (Christown Mall) in Phoenix, Arizona. When the film was released and for a long time afterward, a number of her former coworkers still working cited anecdotes and other elements of the film that related to the store. This store closed in early 2005, ten years after the film's release. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Mark is putting the table together, the poster is put in upside down; yet it is up the right way when Rex first walks out to greet his fans. more
Quotes:
Gina: Isn't it customary to leave the scene after committing the crime?
Debra: Definitely an amateur.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The School of Rock (2003) more
Soundtrack:
What You Are more

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21 out of 26 people found the following review useful.
Empire Records, 27 July 2005
9/10
Author: lilcutie18613 from United States

This movie follows the stories of many people who work at Empire Records, a music store on the brink of closing. All the characters are memorable, even the boy who steals a CD and is caught and hit by the door of a car. The drama, comedy, and music work well together all around.

Liv Tyler really impressed me in her role. She was very convincing as an intelligent young lady on her way to Harvard. All the actors were great in their roles and I can't imagine anyone else taking their places. And the soundtrack is AWESOME!!!!! :) All-in-all a cute film that you can watch again and again.

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