Clerks II
| name = Clerks II
| preceded_by =
Clerks.
| image = Dandrposter.jpg
| caption =
IMDB 8.1/10
| imdb_id = 0424345
| amg_id = 1:314757
| writer = Kevin Smith
| starring =
Brian O'HalloranJeff AndersonRosario DawsonTrevor Fehrman
Jason MewesKevin Smith
| director =
Kevin Smith
| producer = Scott MosierKevin Smith
| distributor =
The Weinstein Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Paramount Pictures
| released = July 21, 2006
Quotations
Porch Monkey.
is a racial slur against black people!
Alright, look. There's only one Return, ok, and it ain't of the King, it's of the Jedi.
At Bible Camp we made a flow chart. Since God created man, and man created the Transformers, the Transformers are like a gift from God, Randal!
I'D BUY THE QUICK STOP AND RE-OPEN IT MYSELF!!! That's what I'd do! (Randal's big idea)
I'm disgusted, and repulsed, and...I can't look away... (referring to the Donkey show)
I'm telling you this only because I am your friend. Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it's forgivable to go ass to mouth.
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Encyclopedia
| name = Clerks II
| preceded_by =
Clerks. | image = Dandrposter.jpg
| caption=
IMDB 8.1/10
| imdb_id= 0424345
| amg_id = 1:314757
| writer = Kevin Smith
| starring =
Brian O'HalloranJeff Anderson
Rosario Dawson
Trevor Fehrman
Jason MewesKevin Smith
| director =
Kevin Smith | producer = Scott Mosier
Kevin Smith
| distributor =
The Weinstein Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Paramount Pictures | released = July 21, 2006
| editing = Kevin Smith
| cinematography = Dave Klein
| language =
English | runtime = 97 min
| budget = $5,000,000 It also won the Audience Award at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival .
The film opened in 2,150 theaters and grossed $10,061,132 domestically in its first weekend., and at the
Quick Stop and
R.S.T. Video stores in
Leonardo, New Jersey, with some exceptions, the most notable being the go-kart scene, which was shot at Speedzone in
City of Industry, California.
Smith released production diaries on the
Clerks II website . They chronicle the entire making of the film from the first rehearsals all the way through to the final release.
Smith released a Web-only teaser trailer on the
Clerks II website on January 9, 2006 and a web-only trailer on April 2, 2006
In a review for
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, A.O. Scott notes the following:
- [W]hat makes “Clerks II” both winning and moving is its fidelity to the original “Clerks” ethic of hanging out, talking trash and refusing all worldly ambition. If anything, the sequel is more defiant in its disdain for the rat race, elevating the white-guy-doing-nothing prerogative from a lifestyle choice to a moral principle.
. . .- The conventional romantic-comedy outlines of the story emerge almost casually, and they are camouflaged by the film’s humor, which is gleefully and abrasively obscene. Ms. Dawson, a good sport as well as a nimble actress first appears on screen in the middle of a grossly candid discussion of sexual etiquette, to which she contributes her point of view without blushing or breaking stride. Mr. Smith’s fondness for jokes about excrement, bestiality and related topics is so evidently childish that it is hard to be offended, or even especially provoked, when he tries to test the limits of taste.
Justin Chang's review at
Variety called it a "softer, flabbier and considerably higher-budgeted follow-up to Kevin Smith's 1994 indie sensation that nevertheless packs enough riotous exchanges and pungent sexual obscenities to make its 97 minutes pass by with ease." He continued:
- Politically incorrect raspberries and the umpteenth appearance of Jay and Silent Bob aside, a gentle feeling of nostalgia pervades this hit-or-miss sequel, which relocates the gang to the ninth circle of fast-food restaurant hell. "Clerks" cultists will need no kicks in the groin to step up to the counter for this second go-round, courtesy of the Weinstein Co.
. . .- In addition to all the gags, quips and extended rants about subjects like masturbation, anal-oral contact, bestiality, sex with pickles, and the difference between Anne Frank and Helen Keller, Smith is at his best as a self-implicating satirist of geek culture. The apex is a genuinely inspired debate between Randal and lower-ranking employee Elias about the relative merits of Star Wars is a science fantasy [i] [i] and fictional galaxy [i] cr ...
vs. Lord of the Rings . What's missing is a colorful gallery of customers comparable to those who wandered in and out of the Quick Stop in the original pic. The best Clerks II can do is cough up brief cameos from Smith regulars Ben Affleck and Jason Lee, as well as a typically noisy display of attitude from Wanda Sykes. And of course, drug-dealing, wall-leaning duo Jay and Silent Bob are back in the flesh, still contributing nothing to society in mildly amusing fashion.
At an advanced screening for critics, Joel Siegel walked out of the movie approximately 40 minutes in, during a scene where the characters attempt to procure a
donkey for sexual purposes. Smith claimed on his own website that Siegel "bellowed" the phrase "Time to go. This is the first movie I've walked out on in thirty fucking years."
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film critic Maitland MacDonagh, who claims to have been sitting next to Siegel, largely confirms Smith's account but insists that Siegel did not curse or "bellow." However, she reports that he pointedly left from the farthest possible exit, thereby making sure everyone noticed his departure. On his blog, Smith criticized Siegel for unprofessional conduct , in a profanity-laced tirade in which he referred to Siegel's moustache as a "cum catcher" and referred to the critic performing sexual acts on fellow director
M. Night Shyamalan in regard to his praise for
The Village before having seen it. Smith later confronted Siegel in a live interview on the
Opie and Anthony show; Siegel apologized for cursing and causing a scene, and told Kevin that he thinks he is a "fine filmmaker," while still defending his decision to walk out.
Cast
The main characters from the original film are
Dante,
Randal, and
Jay and Silent Bob.
Walt Flanagan and Grace Smith both make cameos at the end of the film reprising their respective roles as Pack O' Smokes Guy and the Milk Maid.
DVD
The
Clerks II DVD is currently scheduled to be released on November 28th 2006.
Features confirmed for the DVD release:
- 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer.
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio.
- Back to the Well: Making Clerks II
- Deleted Scenes and Outtakes
- Feature Commentary with the Filmmakers and Actors
- Train Wrecks: A Production Video Diary
- The Complete Myspace.com DVD Credits List
- Trailers
- The Donkey Show Extended
- The Dance Sequence Featurette
More features will be announced closer to the release date.
Trivia
- Clerks IIs Myspace account held a contest in which the first 10,000 Myspace users who added them as a friend would have their name in the theatrical and DVD credits. Everyone who added the profile before July 21, 2006 would be rewarded by having their name appear in the DVD credits.
- The end credits of Dogma stated that Jay and Silent Bob would return in Clerks 2: Hardly Clerkin, but the fifth film in the "Jersey Trilogy" ended up being Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. However, Kevin Smith has already been known to make his fans wait; Dogma was promised to be coming in the credits of his first three movies. Kevin Smith has since stated that Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was the conclusion to the Askewniverse cycle and Clerks II is the epilogue, although in the end credits it states, "Jay and Silent Bob might return someday. Right now, they're taking it easy."
- In an early scene, Emma tells Dante "Face it, Tiger, you've hit the jackpot." This was the famous opening line when readers were introduced to the love of Spider-Man's life, Mary Jane Watson, in Amazing Spider-Man is the title of a comic book [i] published by Marvel Comics [i], a television program [i] ...
#42.
- In the Clerks cartoon, the episode two ends with Jay narrating what happened with all the Clerks characters. He says that "Dante is married now" and "Randal owns the RST Video", both seem to be true at the end of the movie. He also said that Bob ended as "Senator Robert Plutarski". It turns out that Jay is in a deep relationship with the monkey from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
- Prior to the release of the film, Kevin Smith had mentioned releasing an MP3 file commentary to be downloaded and listened to in movie theaters via iPod. Ultimately, theater owners and exhibitors objected, and the plan was scrapped.
- The little girl that waves to Dante when he is driving is Kevin Smith's daughter Harley Quinn Smith.
- Randal wears a Ranger Danger T-shirt, and refers to Ranger Danger in a conversation with Elias. Ranger Danger and the Danger Rangers is an upcoming Kevin Smith movie.
- Throughout the film, Dante wears a gold Claddagh ring. Although he is engaged, the ring is facing in the direction that denotes the wearer is unattached or that their heart is "open", thus foreshadowing the demise of his relationship with Emma.
Clerks III
Smith has stated on his website that, should he ever wish to make a film displaying his feelings on fortysomething life, he would most likely use
Clerks characters Dante and Randal again to do so.
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