Mallrats

Mallrats is a 1995 movie by filmmaker Kevin Smith, part 2 of his 5-episode Askewniverse series. As in the other movies, Jay and Silent Bob figure prominently, and several regular cast members star, including Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, and Joey Lauren Adams. The movie was filmed at Eden Prairie Center, a mall in the city of Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Trivia

• The character names "Brodie" and "Quint" are taken from the 1975 horror film Jaws; also, T.S. had planned to propose to Brandi at the point "when Jaws popped out of the water" on the Universal Studios tour.
• The opening song to Mallrats, "Social," was the debut appearance of the band Squirtgun. One day while Squirtgun bassist and reknowned punk producer Mass Giorgini was at work co-producing a song for the Angus (co-starring George C. Scott and Kathy Bates) soundtrack with Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, they received a call from the producer of the Mallrats soundtrack looking for an fresh underground pop-punk band. Billie Joe Armstrong suggested his co-producer's own band, and the song eventually became the opening track to the film.
• Jared Svenning was not originally bald. This was a decision Michael Rooker made while trying to dye his hair gray.