Theatrical Cut (94:45) is the version that opened in 1995. After coming out on VHS, Laserdisc, DVD, Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray, Mallrats is arriving on 4K UHD with two different cuts. Yet the movie found an audience over the years thanks to home video. Mallrats was a huge film that fizzled on release. With a bigger budget, Kevin Smith went huge as he went from the Quick Stop with unknown actors to an entire shopping mall and a cast of emerging stars. Universal was eager to have Smith as part of their “Dependie” Gramercy Pictures. His black and white film about life in a convenience store won the Filmmakers Trophy at the Sundance Film festival and became an arthouse success. Kevin Smith had become an indie sensation in 1994 with Clerks. Mallrats is a film that captured the joy of mall life in the mid-90s. You hung around the mall because it was fun and didn’t have to worry about being a shooting victim. Plus the Asian import store sold num-chuks and Ninja throwing stars. We could even buy puppies and kittens right next to the Orange Julius. They even had a store that sold VHS tapes.

There were multiple record joints and bookstores. Back in the 20th Century, you could get Dungeons and Dragons figures and polyhedral dice at the hobby shop. Now you walk into a mall and it seems to be stores selling clothes, sneakers and bath bombs. The stores inside sold everything you could have wanted. Do you remember indoor shopping malls? Back in the ’70s, these temples to consumerism popped up in all the major cities.

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