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Chasing Amy

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).

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Box office
$12 million
Budget
$250,000
Cinematography
David Klein
Country
United States
Directed by
Kevin Smith
Distributed by
Miramax Films

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Chasing Amy

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Chasing Amy

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related to Production · 21
Chasing Amy → After, Ben, Clerks, David Schwimmer, Drew Barrymore, Go Fish, Guinevere Turner, Holden, I've, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Kevin Smith, Manhattan, Meow Mix, Miramax Films, Mosier, Scott Mosier, Smith, Sundance Film Festival, The
related to Home media · 16
Chasing Amy → Blu-Ray, Criterion, Criterion Collection, DVD, It, Joey Lauren Adams, Kevin Smith, Laserdisc, Later, Lionsgate, November, Paramount, The DVD, This, Tracing Amy, Vulgarthon
related to Analysis · 12
Chasing Amy → Alyssa, Desire, Diamond, Feminist Theory, In, Judith Kegan Gardiner, Lisa, Masculinity Studies, Sexual Fluidity, The, Though, Understanding Women's Love
related to External links · 12
Chasing Amy → Box Office MojoChasing Amy, Criterion CollectionThe Big, DailyScript, IMDbChasing Amy, Kevin Smith, Lumiere, MetacriticThe Hows, Rotten TomatoesChasing Amy, TCM Movie Database, The Numbers, The Paris ReviewChasing Amy, Whys
related to Novel · 10
Chasing Amy → Aoyama Publishing, Clerks, In, In Japan, Kenichi Eguchi, Miramax Books, Moyoko Anno, Smith, SModcast, The
related to Reception · 10
Chasing Amy → According, Although Chasing Amy's, Audiences, Chicago Sun-Times, Cinemascore, Kevin Smith's, On Metacritic, Review, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes
related to Release · 8
Chasing Amy → April, During, January, On, Sundance Film Festival, The, Top, United States
Starring · 5
Chasing Amy → Ben Affleck, Dwight Ewell, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Joey Lauren Adams
Edited by · 2
Chasing Amy → Kevin Smith, Scott Mosier
Release dates · 2
Chasing Amy → April 4, 1997 (1997-04-04), January 24, 1997 (1997-01-24) (Sundance)

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Chasing AmyBudget$250,0001.00infobox
Chasing AmyCinematographyDavid Klein1.00infobox
Chasing AmyCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Chasing AmyDirected byKevin Smith1.00infobox
Chasing AmyDistributed byMiramax Films1.00infobox
Chasing AmyEdited byScott Mosier1.00infobox
Chasing AmyEdited byKevin Smith1.00infobox
Chasing AmyLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Chasing AmyMusic byDavid Pirner1.00infobox
Chasing AmyProduced byScott Mosier1.00infobox
Chasing AmyProduction companyView Askew Productions1.00infobox
Chasing AmyRelease datesJanuary 24, 1997 (1997-01-24) (Sundance)1.00infobox
Chasing AmyRelease datesApril 4, 1997 (1997-04-04)1.00infobox
Chasing AmyRunning time113 minutes1.00infobox
Chasing AmyStarringBen Affleck1.00infobox
Chasing AmyStarringJoey Lauren Adams1.00infobox
Chasing AmyStarringJason Lee1.00infobox
Chasing AmyStarringDwight Ewell1.00infobox
Chasing AmyStarringJason Mewes1.00infobox
Chasing AmyWritten byKevin Smith1.00infobox
Chasing Amyis a1997 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Ben Affleck0.90text

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