Claim: Liv Tyler acts.

Empire Records is a 1995 American coming-of-age film that follows a group of record store employees over the course of one exceptional day . The employees try to stop the store from being sold to a large chain , and learn about each other along the way . The film was directed by Allan Moyle and stars Anthony LaPaglia , Robin Tunney , Rory Cochrane , Renée Zellweger , Ethan Embry , Johnny Whitworth and Liv Tyler . The film was a commercial and critical failure , generating largely negative reviews and losses at the domestic US box office .