Chasing Amy

1997 film directed by Kevin Smith

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Holden 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.

Released: 1997-04-04114 minDir: Kevin SmithComedy, Drama, RomanceBudget: $250,000Box office: $12.0M

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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

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Chasing Amy is a 1997 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams and Jason Lee. The third film in Smith's View Askewniverse series, the film is about a male comic artist (Affleck) who falls in love with a lesbian (Adams), to the displeasure of his best friend (Lee).

The film was inspired by a brief scene from an early film by a friend of Smith's. In Guinevere Turner's Go Fish, one of the lesbian characters imagines her friends passing judgment on her for "selling out" by sleeping with a man. Smith was dating Adams at the time he was writing the script, which was also partly inspired by her.