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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.
Oct 20, 1995 · Empire Records: Directed by Allan Moyle. With Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane. Twenty-four hours in the lives of the young employees at Empire Records when they all grow up and become young adults thanks to each other and the manager.
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- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Allan Moyle
- 1995-10-20
- Liv Tyler as Corey Mason. Liv Tyler put on that iconic cropped baby blue sweater to play Empire Records' (1995) Corey Mason — a witty, good girl with a secret drug problem.
- Renée Zellweger as Gina. When Renée Zellweger played Corey's wild-child best friend, Gina, she had just appeared in two other '90s classics — Dazed and Confused (1993) and Reality Bites (1994).
- Anthony LaPaglia as Joe Reaves. Before the Australian-born Anthony LaPaglia played Joe — the Empire Records owner trying to wrangle his employees to save the store — he had appeared in So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) and The Client (1994).
- Robin Tunney as Debra. Robin Tunney shaved her head to play edgy store clerk Deb — which meant she had to wear a blonde wig to star in her next film: The Craft (1996).
- Zachary Moser
- Senior Staff Writer
- Anthony LaPaglia. Anthony LaPaglia plays store manager Joe Reaves in Empire Records. Joe is the most responsible of all the young people working at the store and actively fights the mega-chain purchase.
- Rory Cochrane. The cause of most of the trouble in Empire Records is Lucas, an employee with more heart than brains who loses the stores remaining $9000 at a casino when he tries to raise enough to stop the mega-store purchase.
- Johnny Whitworth. Empire Records’ romantic sub-plot involves A.J., a shy but kind record store employee, played by Johnny Whitworth. A.J. pines after Corey Mason (Liv Tyler) and his expression of love is at first rebuffed before finally being accepted in the end.
- Ethan Embry. Ethan Embry is credited as Ethan Randall in Empire Records where he is cast as Mark, one of the employees of the store. Mark takes a backseat to most of the action but has the “lightbulb” moment at the end of the movie about how to raise money for the store with the TV cameras present.
Feb 23, 2023 · 'Empire Records' featured one of the best ensemble casts of the '90s. Find out what Anthony LaPaglia, Renee Zellweger, and more are up to nowadays.
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Empire Records - Full Cast & Crew. 47 Metascore. 1995. 1 hr 40 mins. Drama, Music, Comedy. PG13. Watchlist. Where to Watch. A record-store owner and his teenage employees fight to stop a...
