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The movie centers around a group of friends-- philosophical screw-up Lucas, beautiful overachiever Corey, torn artist AJ, sexy Gina, freaky stoner Marc, shaven head Deb, and punk rocker Berko-- who all share a common love of music (and employment) at the indie music shop, Empire Records. In the course of one day, the gang will battle a psychotic shoplifter, deal with a skeezy pop star, sort through various love entanglements, and counsel each other's personal dilemmas. Their boss, Joe, also admits the Empire is being bought out buy a commercial music chain. The only way to save the store is to recover the 9000 dollars Lucas lost in Atlantic City the evening prior.

This is not a deep, life-altering movie by any means, but it is perfectly cast and works well weaving each character's story into the mix. Rent this if you want to a good laugh, or if you want to believe that love and music will get you through any hardship. To boot, the soundtrack is awesome, lots of alternative 90s rock including the Cranberries, Toad the Wet Sprocket and the Gin Blossoms. Heck, even the schmaltzy "Say No More, Mon Amor" sung by Rex Manning gets addictive after awhile.

The DVD has a handful of deleted scenes, one which explains why Berko wasn't in the dancing montage in the end (this always bugged me before). Another further explains Lucas's fling with the older woman in the beginning of the film. Although the extras were good (like the full-length Rex Manning video-- bwah!), the DVD would've benefitted from a few more bits, thus making this truly worthy of being called a "Special Fan Edition." I would've especially liked director's commentary, or even from Renee or Liv, who've gone on to bigger and better since this project. It would've been cool to hear their opinions now about this underrated gem.

Best quote:

Gina: Am I fired?
Joe: Have I fired ANYone today?

Save The Empire!
Originally I wanted to see this movie because I had a crush on Johnny Witworth [who plays AJ] but that crush has long fizzled out. NOW.. it's just one of the funniest movies ever. Sadly it's not more well known and didn't do well @ the box office or get great reviews, but that's ok it's still awesome!

It's just a nice little story about a small independent music store. One day the night manager Lucas [Rory Cochrane] has an epiphany.. he gathers the days register take and instead of depositing it like a good boy, what else is he gonna do with it?.. he goes to ATLANTIC CITY BABY!! Thus forcing the manager Joe [Anthony LaPaglia] and the rest of the empire staff to cover for him on of all days.. REX MANNING DAY!

Mix in an aging popstar with a bad haircut, his less than enthused manager, an artist, a smart chick, a loose chick, a chick obsessed with dying, a shoplifter named Warren Beatty, and an uptight store owner who wants to turn the Empire into a chain store and you have non-stop laughs.

The there's the unforgettable catch phrase that everyone must know!... "Well Sinead O'Rebellion.. shock me, shock me, shock me with that deviant behavior!"

Also stars.. Liv Tyler, Renee Zellweger [she sings!], Johnny Witworth, Robin Tunney, Ethan Embry, Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar, Coyote Shivers, and Brendan Sexton III

Good Movie/ Awesome Soundtrack
I saw this movie back in 1995 when i was about 12 years old and loved it. The characters are witty , funny and entertaining. Most of them you have seen in previous films. This is about a bunch of teens/early 20s who work in a record store. I wont give away the story but its a good film and the soundtrack is great. I also recomend that. SEE this movie/4 stars.