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7 Things We Just Learned About 'Empire Records'

If an image of ‘90s-era record-store employees popped into your head, then you’ve probably seen Empire Records one or two dozen times. The teen comedy, about a group of youthful workers trying to save their record store from a corporate takeover, bombed on its release in 1995. Over at Buzzfeed, Anne Helen Peterson has written up a history of the Empire Records, exploring the making of the film, why it flopped, and how it became a cult classic.