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Chasing Amy
Sign in to save1997 film directed by Kevin Smith
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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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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 744699
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/chasing-amy
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- title
- Chasing Amy
- capital cost
- 250000
- box office
- 12021272
- review score
- 71/100
- publication date
- 1998-02-04
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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.