Talk:Empire Records

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Most of the trivia is copied verbatim from IMDB -- should this be deleted?

The character's don't believe his name is "warren beaty". Their reaction to that is disbelief and they only call him that due to the fact that it is the only name he provides. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.224.52.40 (talk) 18:58, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

The line "easily one of the most memorable movies released in the 90's" was worded like an authors opinion. Since there were no sources commenting on how memorable the movie was, I removed that line. Jedakiah (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:05, 3 March 2010 (UTC).

I did most of the edits last week, and forgot to sign in first. Apologies and hope the changes meet expectations. -Eggrolls

PLOT
First line under plot: a "small, independent record store." The place is HUGE for an independent record store. I understand this is my opinion, but it's by no means small. Championship Vinyl (in High Fidelity) is small. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.190.100.165 (talk) 14:40, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * That was clearly meant as small as in small independent business with a single location, and not part of a large corporate chain, not small in terms of a floorspace. Rural or suburban stores can have huge amounts of floorspace (practically a warehouse) and still still be 'small business. (High Fidelity was set in Chicago, even that floorspace probably cost a small fortune compared to Delaware.) -- 109.79.171.9 (talk) 15:47, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Empire Records 2
There is someone who keeps adding unreferenced, unverified texts about some sequel titled "Empire Records 2". There is no verified source for this information anywhere. Please stop adding this to the page! Piper13 (talk) 01:13, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Liv Tyler's fame

 * ''Roger Ebert called the film a "lost cause," but presciently wrote that some of the actors might have a future in other, better films; LaPaglia, Cochrane, Embry, Zellweger,  Tyler  and Tunney all went on to achieve significantly greater fame.

Wasn't Liv Tyler already famous when this film was released? --SchutteGod (not logged in) 70.181.183.169 (talk) 21:03, 16 October 2015 (UTC)


 * No, she was her father's daughter, but other than that not really. This was her second film and she did not even headline it. She was also in her father's band's music video. Not by any means "famous". JesseRafe (talk) 21:49, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes and no. Liv Tyler was famous for the video Crazy, as far as that goes (IMO in the '90s that made her quite famous but other opinions exist). As Buzzfeed puts it Tyler was "instantly recognizable to the MTV demo[graphic]". After Empire Records the billboards for Stealing Beauty seemed to be absolutely everywhere, and Armageddon (1998) was huge even if she was only a small part of it, so you could argue she was already famous and got even more famous in the '90s but that is all relatively unimportant. She was mostly famous for being famous rather than ever critically praised for her acting.
 * She may not have been first billed but she did receive the "AND" (final) billing for this film, and is front and center on the poster. I always thought she was the lead. (Even if she was out-acted by Zellweger.)
 * The wording has long since been changed to say "went on to varying levels of success" which is vague enough to say everything and almost nothing at the same time, but it avoids other problems like the one SchutteGod brought up. -- 109.79.171.9 (talk) 15:34, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

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Provenance for Hey Joe
According to the film's credits, the version of "Hey Joe" featured in the film was performed by The Dirt Clods. Contrary evidence indicates that it was performed by the band Body Count, as this same version was included on a 1993 album called Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.

This is corroborated by the Secondhand Songs listing for Hey Joe: https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/6903/versions 47.152.134.2 (talk) 17:04, 20 March 2023 (UTC)