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Chasing Amy is a 1997 American comedy-drama and romance film written and directed by Kevin Smith. The production was produced by Scott Mosier and distributed by Miramax, with View Askew Productions serving as the production company. The cast includes Jason Lee, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Mewes, and Ben Affleck. Dave Pirner composed the score, while Dave Klein served as director of photography. Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier handled the film editing.
The movie was filmed in New Jersey, which also serves as its narrative location. It follows the film Mallrats and is followed by Dogma. The work has been recognized with the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay. Its tagline is "It's not who you love. It's how."
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6.8Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything is going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
Cast
- Ben Affleck as Holden McNeil
- Joey Lauren Adams as Alyssa Jones
- Jason Lee as Banky Edwards
- King Mustafa Obafemi as Hooper LaMont
- Jason Mewes as Jay
- Kevin Smith as Silent Bob
Themes
- coming out
- new jersey
- love of one's life
- bisexuality
- menage a trois
- comic book
- romcom
- comic-strip artist
- best friend
- lgbt
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Kevin Smith
- Written by
- Kevin Smith
- Produced by
- Scott Mosier
- Starring
- Ben Affleck Joey Lauren Adams Jason Lee Dwight Ewell Jason Mewes
- Cinematography
- David Klein
- Edited by
- Scott Mosier Kevin Smith
- Music by
- David Pirner
- Production company
- View Askew Productions
- Distributed by
- Miramax Films
- Release dates
- January 24, 1997 ( 1997-01-24 ) ( Sundance ) April 4, 1997 ( 1997-04-04 )
- Running time
- 113 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $250,000
- Box office
- $12 million
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