Das Empire Team

Celebrated annually on April 8, Rex Manning Day commemorates the day that washed-up 1980s pop idol Rex Manning (played by Maxwell Caulfield) visited the fictional Empire Records. On a previous Rex Manning Day in 2018, Ethan Embry confirmed the deeper meaning behind the decision for Empire Records to take place on April 8. "The reason we picked April 8th as the day to have Rex Manning visit Empire is because Nirvana frontman, Kurt Cobain, was found on the 8th of April, the day the music of the 1990s lost its mascot," Embry said. Cobain was found dead on April 8, 1994, exactly a year before Empire Records took place.

AJ removes his shirt during the close-up in-store dancing scene. The long shot shows it back on, and then another close shot shows it off.

Mark and Eddie sitting on the curb in front of the store talking about rock bands.

Special Edition DVD contains 16 minutes of deleted footage edited back into the film.

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