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Empire Records is a american film of genre Drama directed by Allan Moyle released in USA on 22 september 1995 with Anthony LaPaglia
Empire Records (1995)
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Add to a movie listEmpire Records is a 1995 American coming-of-age film that follows a group of record store employees over the course of one exceptional day. The employees try to stop the store from being sold to a large chain, and learn about each other along the way. The film was directed by Allan Moyle and stars Anthony LaPaglia, Robin Tunney, Rory Cochrane, Renée Zellweger, Ethan Embry, Johnny Whitworth and Liv Tyler.
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Empire Records is a small, independent record shop managed by Joe (Anthony LaPaglia). The store is set in an unnamed city in Delaware, and, like the employees, is eclectic and unique. The staff is very much a self-created family, with Joe as the reluctant and perpetually exasperated but loveable father figure.Actors
Anthony LaPaglia
(Joe Reaves)
Robin Tunney
(Debra)
Rory Cochrane
(Lucas)
Renée Zellweger
(Gina)
Ethan Embry
(Marc)
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