Product Details

• Actors: Anthony LaPaglia, Debi Mazar, Maxwell Caulfield, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth
• Directors: Allan Moyle
• Writers: Carol Heikkinen
• Producers: Alan Riche, Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson, Paul Kurta, Tony Ludwig
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, HiFi Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: April 3, 2001
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (269 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000056WRH
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,550 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Empire Records" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
This story about a day in the life of an independent record store, truly a threatened species, screeches with the sound of teenagers falling apart emotionally every five minutes. The script, which feels like an old guy's idea of how kids talk and think, concerns the young employees of a Delaware music shop faced with imminent extinction. While the ship is sinking, the staff indulge in tantrums, depressions, and run-ins with low self-esteem. There's a lot of noise in this thing, but not a lot is really said. Rory Cochrane has the best part as a secretive guy who loses the store's proceeds one night while gambling, Anthony LaPaglia is the adult boss and unofficial dad to the others, Renée Zellweger plays a promiscuous girl, and Liv Tyler is OK as a lovestruck sweet thing trying to get up the nerve to express her feelings to a fellow employee. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars NOT FOR DIE-HARD FANS!!, May 13, 2006

By	E. Powers "tv and movie quote specialist" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Empire Records (Remix! Special Fan Edition) (DVD)

If you are a fan of the ORIGINAL Empire Records, DON'T buy the Re-Mixed Fan version... it's a big dissappointment. There are added scenes in the movie, and some of the BEST lines are changed. Example: When Rex is leaving the store and says "Why don't you all just fade away." Yeah, he doesn't say that in this version. I was very dissappointed when I saw this, b/c die-hard Empire fans DON'T want the best lines changed, so this really isn't a "fan re-mix" b/c it changes stuff the fans LOVE!!! Definitely just buy the regular DVD or VHS version... it's much better as an original, not a re-mix!!!!

41 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fun romp, June 2, 2000

By	A music fan (Newport Beach, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Empire Records [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This film got terrible reviews...plain and simple. Why? Because it wasn't aimed at film critics ...at all. The film is an experiment in teen flicks along the lines of "The Breakfast Club" it chronicles the lives of a bunch of angsty, depressed, manic teens over the course of a single day, finding odd little ways to tell each of their stories. It definitely accomplishes this goal, using "Rex Manning Day" as the vehicle for delivering half a dozen life stories without telling a boring narrative. Granted, it's doesn't have the most original plot, or Oscar caliber acting, but it the film does what it sets out to do, and for this reason, earned its cult following. Watch this film and you will find yourself quoting lines and recalling scenes. If you're looking for a fun romp with a story that will neither bore you, nor tax your mental reserves, this is a great flick--lots of fun, quotable dialogue, and of course, great music. Both Cochrane and Embry give memorable performances as the night manager, turned well meaning felon turned philosopher and the happy go lucky stoner respectively. The story line is a tad incongruous and disjointed and some of the characters are stereotypical in their attempts to shatter the stereotypes, but if you go in to this movie with the expectations that it's just going to be a fun flick, you'll be satisfied.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I loved the bonus features., January 1, 2005

By	Karen K. Hart (Austin, MN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Empire Records (Remix! Special Fan Edition) (DVD)

Empire Records, despite all the angst, always leaves everybody I've watched it with in a cheerful mood.
I loved the additions to the remix. I was pleased that so much extra footage was integrated in the film and felt that said footage helped explain a few things better.
A word on the sound--thus far I've only watched my DVD once, at somebody else's house, so I don't know how it will play with my system. But it seemed like the volume was really pumped up for all the songs--so if we had the volume at a decent level to hear the dialogue, I felt like my ears were getting blasted when the music came on. Still, that may be a pro rather than a con for people who really want to rock out.
There are lots of nice touches here--this is a great update for people who own/have viewed the previously-released version of the movie, and newcomers will be able to enjoy it as well.