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DVD Release: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [2 Discs]

  • Release Date: 2002
  • Music Video: Afroman "I Got High"
  • Music Video: Stroke 9 "Kick Some Ass"
  • Comedy Central's "Reel Comedy: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"
  • DVD-ROM Materials:
  • Specifications:
  • Widescreen (2.35:1) enhanced for 16x9 televisions
  • Feature commentary track with director Kevin Smith, producer Scott Mosier, and Jason Mewes
  • Deleted scenes with intros by Kevin Smith and guests
  • The Secret Stash with intros
  • Gag Reel with intro
  • Internet trailers with intro
  • TV spots
  • Still galleries
  • Storyboard
  • Behind-the-scenes featurette
  • Morris Day and the Time, "Learnin' the Moves"
  • Cast and crew filmographies
  • Guide to Morris Day and the Time
  • French-language track
  • Spanish subtitles
  • Open-Mic commentary
  • Screenplay viewer
  • Cast and crew filmographies
  • Guide to Morris Day and the Time
  • Weblinks
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound Special DVD Mix

DVD Release: Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back [Blu-Ray]

  • Release Date: 2006
  • Feature film: audio commentary with director/actor Kevin Smith, producer/editor Scott Mosier and actor Jason Mewes
  • Movie showcase:
  • Instant access to select movie scenes that showcase the ultimate in high definition picture and sound
  • Seamless menus

  • Rating: StarStar
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Movie Type: Stoner Comedy, Buddy Film
  • Themes: Filmmaking, Obsessive Quests, Faltering Friendships
  • Director: Kevin Smith
  • Main Cast: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Shannen Doherty, Ben Affleck, Ben Affleck, Shannon Elizabeth
  • Release Year: 2001
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: R

Plot

The frequently recurring title characters, employed by writer and director Kevin Smith as supporting players in several of his films, are put to rest with this comedy that focuses on them exclusively. Jay (Jason Mews) and Silent Bob (Smith) are a pair of stoned New Jersey slackers who have long been used as the templates for a pair of popular comic book heroes, Bluntman and Chronic. When they learn that their alter egos are to be turned into a major motion picture without their consent or compensation, the pair sets off for Hollywood to sabotage the production. Along the way, they encounter an ape, a nun (Carrie Fisher), the cast of Scooby-Doo, a Charlie's Angels-style band of sexy women who use them as stool pigeons in a diamond heist, and an unhinged wildlife ranger (Will Ferrell). They also meet up with some regulars from the Smith canon, including Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), Brian O'Halloran as Dante Hicks, Jason Lee as Banky Edwards, Alanis Morissette as God, and actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in dual roles as themselves and two other familiar characters. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back co-stars numerous other recognizable performers in roles of various sizes, including Shannen Doherty, Jason Biggs, James Van Der Beek, Shannon Elizabeth, Tracy Morgan, Judd Nelson, Chris Rock, and George Carlin, among others. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Review

The frat-boy humor inherent in the work of writer/director Kevin Smith gets a serious workout in this road trip comedy that inspires an equal number of guffaws and winces. Supposedly the last of his "New Jersey" films and the swan song for his alter-ego characters of Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith himself), this ostensible adventure is in reality a messy conglomeration of everything that composes the filmmaker's oeuvre. These include movie parodies, celebrity cameos, an ironic self-awareness apparent in the often expository dialogue, an obsession with pop culture in general and comic books in particular, plus a mind-boggling number of homosexuality-related jibes and gags involving farts, filtered through the sensibilities of a sexually retarded teenage drug abuser. The bottom line on the world created by Smith is that he seems perfectly aware of all of this, embracing it with the fiendish glee of a demented toddler given free reign over a fictional universe where it's okay to make derogatory jokes about guys having sex with other guys. Smith has publicly stated that his are the films that would result if an average, going-nowhere slacker were given the power and financial wherewithal to make a motion picture, and he's cannily right on the money. The only question left, as one of his characters puts it directly to the audience, "Why would anyone pay to see this?" The answer: If you're a skateboarding, comic book-collecting, baseball cap-wearing pot smoker, it's probably your cup of tea and you'll be delighted. If not, then it probably isn't and you've been warned. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast


Shannen Doherty - Herself; James Van Der Beek - Himself/Bluntman; Jason Biggs - Himself/Chronic; Matt Damon - Himself; Matt Damon - Will Hunting; Joey Lauren Adams - Alyssa Jones; Brian Andrew Saible - Baby Jay; Eliza Dushku - Sissy, the Jewel Thief; Carrie Fisher - A Nun; Gavin Brooks - Baby Jay; Tracy Morgan - Pumpkin Escobar (L.A. Drug-Dealer); John Willyung - Passerby; Jake Richardson - Teen #1; Scott Mosier - Willam Black/Production Assistant; Ali Larter - Chrissy, the Jewel Thief; Nick Fellinger - Teen #2; Diedrich Bader - Miramax Studios Security Guard; Jason Lee - Banky Edwards/Brodie Bruce; George Carlin - Hitchhiker; Emily O'Donnell - Cop; Jeff Anderson - Randal Graves; Wes Craven - Himself; Dwight Ewell - Hooper X; Will Ferrell - Federal Wildlife Marshall Wilenholly; Ever Carradine - Jay's Mother; Alanis Morissette - God; Matthew James - Dude; Steve Kmetko - Himself; Jane Silvia - Bookish Girl; Chris Rock - Chaka, Film Director; Jamie Kennedy - Chaka's Production Assistant; Carmen Llywellyn - Beauty; Jules Asner - Herself; Judd Nelson - Utah Police Chief; Brian O'Halloran - Dante Hicks; Jennifer Schwalbach Smith - Missy, the Jewel Thief; Seann William Scott - Brent; Dan Etheridge - Deputy; Steven Anthony Lawrence - The Kid In The Helmet; Eric Winzenreid - Cop #1; Jonathan Gordon - Cop #2; Mark Hamill - Cock-Knocker; Adam Carolla; John Maynard - Cop #3; Marc Blucas - Fred of the Scooby Gang; Robert H. Holtzman - Cop #4; Jon Stewart - Reg Hartner (News Anchor); Tom Dorfmeister - Cop #5; Tango - Suzanne; Merritt Hicks - Hooker #2; Scott Winters - Clark; Gregory Owen - William Dusky; Ralph Meyer - Receptionist; Morris Day; Walter Flanagan; Renee Humphrey - Tricia "The Dish" Jones; Carmen Lee; Joseph D. Reitman - AD ("Bluntman & Chronic"); Brian Lynch; David Mandel; Bryan Johnson - Hooker #1; Harley Quinn Smith - Baby Silent Bob; Joe Quesada - Pizza Delivery Guy; Paul Dini - Clapper/Loader ("Bluntman & Chronic"); Amy Noble - Baby Bob's Mother; Vincent Pereira - Customer

Credit

Jamie Anderson - Cinematographer; Vincent Guastini - Makeup Special Effects; Gary Jensen - Stunts Coordinator; Kevin Smith - Director; Kevin Smith - Editor; Kevin Smith - Screenwriter; Howard A. Anderson Company - Title Design; Laura Greenlee - Producer; Scott Mosier - Editor; Scott Mosier - Producer; Christine Sheaks - Casting; Tim Bird - First Assistant Director; James L. Venable - Composer (Music Score)

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Album Review: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

  • Release Date: 2001
  • Genre: Soundtrack
  • Label: Universal
  • Artist: Movie Soundtrack
  • Flags: Soundtrack, Contains explicit content, Enhanced CD-ROM
  • Type: Soundtrack
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Style: Soundtracks
  • Track Picks: "Because I Got High," "Kick Some Ass," "Tougher Than Leather"

Review

To be blunt, most soundtracks suck, amounting to little more than a random collection of songs picked primarily for their helpfulness in marketing the movie. But occasionally -- the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, for example -- filmmakers recognize that a well-chosen soundtrack can be as integral to setting a movie's mood as any actor or cinematographer. So give credit to indie auteur Kevin Smith for taking the reins on the soundtrack to his latest film, picking 13 eclectic tunes that run the gamut from the cheesy to the classic, then adding choice soundbites from the film to tie it all together. Hence, Stroke 9's tongue-in-cheek "Kick Some Ass" and Run-D.M.C.'s "Tougher Than Leather" become theme songs for the film's hapless duo, while PJ Harvey's "This Is Love" and Bon Jovi's "Bad Medicine" become yin and yang paeans to the peaks and valleys of love. If you're the sort of person who'd likely be amused by a dialogue snippet called "A Smooth Pimp and a Man-Servant" sandwiched between Bloodhound Gang's "Jackass" and Morris Day & the Time's "Jungle Love," this is the soundtrack for you. ~ Bret Love, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title iTunes Composers Performers Time
Interlude Cue Music
...
(:04)
Jay's Rap 2001
...
James L. Venable Jason Mewes (:31)
Kick Some Ass
...
Luke Esterkyn Stroke 9 (4:04)
Holden on Affleck
...
(:28)
Tube of Wonderful
...
Dave Pirner Dave Pirner (1:44)
Cyber Savvy
...
(:07)
Choked Up
...
Ryan Adams Minibar (2:58)
Doobie Snacks
...
(:08)
Magic Carpet Ride
...
John Kay, Rushton Moreve Steppenwolf (2:39)
Jay & Justice
...
(:10)
Bad Medicine
...
Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child Bon Jovi (3:54)
Stealing Monkey's
...
(:08)
This Is Love
...
PJ Harvey PJ Harvey (3:44)
Advice From Above
...
(:23)
The Devil's Song
...
John Wozniak Marcy Playground (2:51)
Idiots Vs. the Internet
...
(:05)
Tougher Than Leather
...
Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, Jason Mizell, Joseph Simmons Run-D.M.C. (4:23)
Willenholly's Woe
...
(:08)
Bullets
...
Bob Schneider Bob Schneider (4:22)
Touching A Brothers Heart
...
(:23)
Hiphopper
...
Thomas Rusiak Teddybears STHLM, Thomas Rusiak (4:46)
Two Thumbs Up
...
(:06)
Jackass
...
Jimmy Pop The Bloodhound Gang (2:26)
A Smooth Pimp and a Man-Servant
...
Servant (:14)
Jungle Love
...
Morris Day, Jamie Starr Morris Day, The Time (3:03)
NWP
...
(:14)
Because I Got High
...
Joseph "Afroman" Foreman Afroman (6:22)

Credits

Bon Jovi (Performer), Morris Day (Performer), Jerry Harrison (Producer), PJ Harvey (Performer), Servant (Performer), Tom Lord-Alge (Mixing), T-Bone Burnett (Producer), Bruce Fairbairn (Producer), Mick Harvey (Producer), Gabriel Mekler (Producer), Run-D.M.C. (Producer), Steppenwolf (Performer), Matt Wagner (Logo Art), The Bloodhound Gang (Performer), Marcy Playground (Performer), Cynthia Cochrane (Package Supervision), Kathy Nelson (Executive), John Wozniak (Producer), Rob Ellis (Producer), Afroman (Performer), Randy Spendlove (Executive), Joseph "Afroman" Foreman (Producer), Jason Mewes (Performer), Minibar (Performer), Headfridge (Producer), Rachel Levy (Coordination), Teddybears STHLM (Performer), Thomas Rusiak (Performer)
 
Wikipedia: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jay-and-Silent-Bob-Strikes-Back-Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Kevin Smith
Produced by Scott Mosier
Written by Kevin Smith
Starring Jason Mewes
Kevin Smith
Shannon Elizabeth
Mark Hamill
Will Ferrell
Eliza Dushku
Jason Lee
Ben Affleck
Chris Rock
Cinematography Jamie Anderson
Editing by Scott Mosier,
Kevin Smith
Distributed by Dimension Films
Release date(s) August 22, 2001
Running time 104 min.
Country USA USA
Language English
Budget $22,000,000
All Movie Guide profile
IMDb profile

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) is a film written by, directed by and starring Kevin Smith, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of his cult favorite Clerks. While centered around the two title characters, portrayed by Jason Mewes and Smith, the film features a variety of celebrity cameos, such as Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Matt Damon, Carrie Fisher, Wes Craven, Joey Lauren Adams, Jeff Anderson, Scott Mosier, Brian O'Halloran, Will Ferrell, Jon Stewart, Shannon Elizabeth, Ali Larter, Mark Hamill, Chris Rock, Eliza Dushku, Seann William Scott, Marc Blucas, Alanis Morissette, Jason Biggs, Diedrich Bader, Tracy Morgan, Shannen Doherty and George Carlin.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a prime example of the phenomenon of "fanservice" [citation needed] - while maintaining its own plot, the movie has nearly constant in-jokes referencing Smith's previous four films. It also pays tribute to other prominent cult classics, most notably the Star Wars trilogy. The title and logo for Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, in particular, are direct references to the second-released Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back.

Smith originally intended this to be the last film to utilize his View Askewniverse, or feature Jay and Silent Bob. Five years later Smith changed his mind and decided to close out the series with Clerks II, resurrecting Jay and Silent Bob in supporting roles. In the end credits for that film, however, it states the two might return someday.

The film made $30,085,147 in the domestic market, and an additional $3,703,014 overseas, for a total of $33,788,161 gross in theaters.

Plot

Jay (Jason Mewes) and Bob (Kevin Smith) find out that Bluntman and Chronic, the comic book based on their likenesses, has been adapted into a film in production by Miramax Films. Upon learning of the movie, as well as the negative reaction the movie has received so far on the internet, the two set out on a quest to Hollywood, to prevent the movie from being made and tainting their "good name", or at the very least "get [their] motherfucking movie check" from the royalties due them.

On the way, they befriend an animal liberation group called S.A.A.C. (Students Against Animal Cruelty), consisting of four women and one man they picked up for the cause. It is revealed that the organization is a front; the man (Seann William Scott) is a patsy, intended as a diversion by freeing an orangutan from an animal testing laboratory while the girls rob a diamond depository nearby. Jay cons the man into embarrassing himself in order to get closer to Justice (Shannon Elizabeth), the most compassionate of the women and the one with whom he finds himself smitten.

Jay and Bob now must stand in as the patsies. A wildlife field marshal arrives named Marshall Willenholly (Will Ferrell), the name a derivation of the three main characters in the TV show Land of the Lost. Blinded to the diamond heist, Willenholly chases them as they make their way to Hollywood with the orangutan.

While the girls are robbing the diamond depository they accidentally set off the alarm, prompting them to break the glass and steal the diamonds. While this is going on Jay and Silent Bob free the animals only to escape outside and have the police show up and witnessing the girls van blowing up, believing them to be inside of it during the explosion.

Jay then takes the orangutan with him as a memorial to Justice. Quickly afterwards Federal Wildlife Marshall Willenholly shows up at the scene, claiming to have jurisdiction because "somebody let out all these animals". He is informed that all the animals have been recovered except for an orangutan, which he claims to be "the most dangerous animal known to man".

Confronting Jay and Silent Bob at a diner and issuing a threat to open fire, Jay and Silent Bob dresses the orangutan as a child and walks out, claiming it to be their "love child" and threatening to go back to their liberal minded city with tales of prejudice and bigotry from Utah. Marshal Willenholly thinks about the political repercussions and lets them to go the amazement of the sheriff.

Realizing the child to be the orangutan in disguise, the officers quickly chase them into a sewer system, where both Jay and Silent Bob, as well as Marshal Willenholly arrive at a fall off point of a giant dam. The orangutan grabs Jay and Silent Bob and pulls them down. Marshal Willenholly amazed at how far down a fall it is decides to follow them by jumping off, only to realize going down that the orangutan (Suzanne) is hanging on a pipe extruding from the dam while holding Jay and Silent Bob.

Escaping the law, Jay and Silent Bob once again return to their quest to reach Hollywood only to have Suzanne taken by a Hollywood animal acting agency car. Now on a quest to get their ape back and to clear their names, the two once again embark to Hollywood.

Arriving in Hollywood the two find themselves in the background of a news cast (ironically about their kidnapping Suzanne) that Justice is watching. While taking the diamonds and going to Hollywood to set things right, Marshal Willenholly learns of their mission to reach Hollywood and leaves to find them.

After a long chase with Studio Security and reclaiming Suzanne, Jay and Silent Bob end up in Jason Biggs's and James Van Der Beek's dressing room, where they quickly realize that they're the actors that will play the roles of Bluntman and Chronic. Suzanne beats both of them up effortlessly and Jay and Silent Bob assume the roles of their characters, Bluntman and Chronic. Being forced into their costumes and thrown on stage, they must engage in a duel with Cock-Knocker (Mark Hamill), eventually taking a break from the scene when Willenholly interrupts to capture Jay and Silent Bob. During this final scene, Justice and her former jewel thief team arrive, and a climactic final battle ensues, after which Jay and Silent Bob get their royalties to the film, and Justice turns herself and her former team in to Willenholly in exchange for a shorter sentence and letting Jay and Silent Bob go.

The film ends with Jay and Silent Bob spending their royalty money on finding everybody who expressed negative opinions about the movie and characters, ranging from kids to clergy, and traveling to their town to beat them up, followed by Jay and Silent Bob with most of the cast enjoying a performance from Morris Day and The Time.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to this film features the 2001 Afroman hit, "Because I Got High", whose music video was directed by Kevin Smith and featured the characters Jay and Silent Bob.

Trivia

  • The toddler Silent Bob was played by Kevin Smith's daughter, Harley Quinn Smith. She would later play the little girl in the window in Clerks II.
  • The "Got Nails?" poster in front of the Quick-Stop is also shown in many of Kevin Smith's other movies, such as Dogma (when Silent Bob throws the angels out of the train) and Clerks II.
  • Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have a cameo as the stars in a fictional sequel to their 1997 breakout feature Good Will Hunting (entitled "Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season"). Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier were the executive producers of Good Will Hunting, which Smith helped Damon and Affleck get to the head of Miramax Films; playing themselves, the actors hint that their appearance in this film is a "payback" venture, then break the fourth wall. Good Will Hunting director Gus Van Sant has a cameo as the director of its sequel.
  • In the movie, Daredevil can be seen rolling out of the way as Jay and Bob make their escape following the "Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season" scene, and right before they fly by a giant poster advertising a fictional movie starring Ben Affleck ("Moonraper," a parody of the James Bond film Moonraker). Ben Affleck would later play Daredevil in the movie based on the character, with director Kevin Smith in a minor part. Smith had also previously written for the comic book in which Affleck wrote an introduction to in the collection of his run.
  • While in Hollywood, Jay and Silent Bob stumble onto the set of a fictional fourth installment in the Scream series (featuring Mallrats star Shannen Doherty as the female victim). Jay and Silent Bob had a cameo (on a Hollywood movie set lot, no less) in Scream 3; Scream director Wes Craven has a cameo as the director of the movie. Craven had started the friendly homage to Smith's work in the first Scream film, where VHS copies and posters of Clerks could be seen in the background of several scenes. In the Scream spoof, Doherty is surprised that a monkey is playing the masked killer; Wes Craven has never revealed who the killer is.
  • This was Kevin Smith's most heavily edited movie. Many cameo scenes by celebrities were cut, as were most of the travel scenes. An entire lesbian sub-plot to the diamond gang was deleted, and a running gag about "ass cock".
  • The police officer arresting Jay and Silent Bob at the Quick Stop is played by Ernie O'Donnell, who played "Rick Derris" in Clerks. and a hockey fan in Chasing Amy.
  • During the shootout between jewel thieves and the Federal Wild Life Marshall (Will Ferrell) in the studio, their guns are in the position that empty guns are in (the slide locked back), but they still fire several shots.
  • Vincent Pereira and Brian Lynch, two filmmakers who produce independent films under Smith's View Askew label, appear as customers towards the beginning of the film: Pereira in the Quick Stop and Lynch in the comic shop.
  • This movie featured the word "fuck" 248 times.
  • Heather Graham was originally offered Shannon Elizabeth's role, but she turned it down because she couldn't figure out why her character would fall in love with Jay. Smith responded with "Why did your character fall in love with Austin Powers?".[1]
  • Ben Affleck makes a statement about himself while playing as Holden McNeil saying "They normally give the parts to some pretty boys like Ben Affleck or Matt Damon, although Ben Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms" . Ben Affleck would then go on to play himself later on in the film on a fake set with Matt Damon filming the fictional Good Will Hunting 2 .
  • Shannon Elizabeth plays Justice in the film, but Jason Biggs later has a conversation with Jay about being on set with Elizabeth during American Pie with Jay saying "Hey did you ever get to third base with that Russian Chick?" and with Jason Biggs replying with "Oh you mean Shannon?..... no" then with Jay saying "Oh man she was so hot, If I were you I would have been all like..." then it goes on with Jay pretending to have sex with an imaginary Shannon.
  • John Willyung, who appeared in Chasing Amy as "Cohee London" and in a deleted scene from Clerks. appears as a customer outside the Quick Stop (during the 1970s).
  • Dan Etheridge, who first appeared in Dogma and voiced "Plug" (Leonardo Leonardo's assistant in Clerks: The Animated Series), appears as a police officer. Another officer is played by Robert "Ratface" Holtzman, a longtime Smith collaborator who also appeared as a police officer in Dogma.
  • At a screening in Austin, Richard Linklater told Smith that Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was his greatest achievement.
  • In a nod to the first live action Scooby-Doo film, (which had yet to be released when Strike Back premiered) Jay and Silent Bob spend time with the characters, although they are not named as such in the film. "Redhead Beauty" is played by Carmen Lee (who had appeared in a poster in Mallrats and a cameo in Chasing Amy) and was then the wife of Jason Lee; "The Dude" is played by Matthew James, while "Bookish Girl" is portrayed by Jane Silvia. The CGI-enhanced "Scooby" is voiced by Mark Hamill, who appears later in the film as himself portraying "Cock-knocker" in the Bluntman and Chronic movie. "The Guy" is played by Marc Blucas, who played Sarah Michelle Gellar's love interest (Riley) on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which also featured J&SBSB star Eliza Dushku (as Faith). In the Scooby-Doo movie, Freddy is played by Gellar's real-life husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., while Gellar plays Daphne. As for the other characters of the crew, "Shaggy" is played by Matthew Lillard and "Velma" by Linda Cardellini.
  • Jason Lee plays two roles in the movie --- his character in Mallrats, Brodie Bruce; and Banky Edwards, his character from Chasing Amy. Ben Affleck plays both himself and "Holden McNeil", his character from Chasing Amy. Additionally, the voice on the other end of the walkie-talkie when a Hollywood security guard (Diedrich Bader) is reporting Jay and Silent Bob's capture belongs to Affleck.
  • The diner where Jay and Silent Bob take their stolen orangutan is named the "Arena Diner"; after the classic Star Trek episode that was filmed in the same location.
  • Before filming the latest Bluntman and Chronic scene, "Chaka Luther King" (Chris Rock) says "Let's roll with the new." "Roll With the New" is a title of one of Rock's comedy albums.
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was originally slated to be released on August 10, 2001. Once it was announced that American Pie 2 would be released on this same date, Smith pushed the movie's release back to August 24, fearing competition from the popular franchise. American Pie 2 went on to win the Number 1 slot at the box office over the weekend following the premiere of Strike Back, which itself opened in 3rd place (Rush Hour 2 was in second place).
  • The Bloodhound Gang song "Jackass" was originally supposed to be included in American Pie 2, but Smith seized the rights when Pie producers passed.
  • In the closing scene of the movie, just before God closes the book on the Askewniverse, you can see a red bookmark marking the "The End" page, and this page is actually somewhere in the middle of the book instead of at the back. According to Smith's commentary on the Clerks 2 DVD, although he had decided to retire Jay and Silent Bob because of Mewes' drug problems, he had always considered the idea of "revisiting" the Askewniverse characters at a later date.
  • Holden McNeils computer is a G4 Cube.
  • When they reach the dam, Jay says " Whole fucking world's against us dude, swear to God." This is the same line he uses in Dogma in the bar after Azreal is killed.
  • When filming Bluntman & Chronic Movie, Chaka Luther King (Chris Rock) says "Man, this movie is gonna make House Party look like House Party 2." and Assistant Director played by Joseph D. Reitman (Shannon Elizabeth's Husband) says "or House Party 3." Chaka recants with the phrase "Shut The Fuck Up" paying homage to the House Party Series
  • In a deleted scene, Jay and Silent Bob approach two prostitutes in Hollywood. Once Jay says what sexual acts that he wants to perform on them, the prostitutes decide to quit.
  • Ferrell's character (Marshal Willenholly) is named after the three main characters from the original Land of the Lost TV series: Marshall, Will, and Holly. Ferrell is rumored to star in the Land of the Lost movie.
  • Ben Affleck makes a reference to Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins Glory from "Glory when he says "Fuck. When, Lord, when, when's gonna be my time?"
  • After Jay and Silent Bob temporarily escape the police and go eat at a near by restaurant. Jay enjoys the fact the they escaped the police and starts singing. Fuck Tha Police, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck Tha Police. These are lines from the Eazy-E in the highly controversial song, Fuck Tha Police by The NWA

Connected To

View Askew references

As mentioned previously, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back makes numerous references, both obvious and subtle, to Smith's four previous films (Clerks., Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Dogma), the abruptly canceled Clerks: The Animated Series, and the Chasing Dogma comic book series. The following is a listing of such references.

Clerks. (1994)

  • Clerks. characters Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran), Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson), and Willam Black (Scott Mosier) make appearances, as do both Clerks. filming locations: the RST Video Store and Quick Stop convenience store in Leonardo, New Jersey. Smith filmed the scenes involving these characters last, feeling it was an appropriate way to end the series: by closing the filming with the locations and characters responsible for creating the franchise.
  • 37, a number first popularized in Clerks. (the number of men on whom Dante's girlfriend Veronica had performed oral sex), makes several appearances in the film: the jewel thieves celebrate their 37th victory, Justice's (Shannon Elizabeth) prison jumpsuit number is "3737," and the scene in the Bluntman and Chronic movie filmed is Scene 37.
  • At the Quick Stop, a customer asks Dante, "Are you even supposed to be here today?" to which Dante replies, "Don't get me started." This is a reference to the character's repeated line "I'm not even supposed to be here today!" from Clerks., which Dante will go on to say in its entirety during Jay's dream sequence later on in Strike Back.
  • When looking at the Bluntman and Chronic marquee at the movie theater, Scott Mosier's "Willam Black" character remarks, "That's beautiful, man," a repeated line of his in Clerks.
  • Jay wears a t-shirt featuring "Olaf" (John Henry Westhead) singing "Berserker", a repeated scene in Clerks. Additionally, he wears an overshirt with "Quick Stop Groceries" on its front pocket.
  • The Quick Stop's shutter's are closed and has a sign made out of a sheet saying "I assure you we are open," just like in Clerks.
  • Randall wears the same hockey jersey that he wears while playing hockey in Clerks.
  • When Marshal Wilenholly tell Jay and Silent Bob to drop to their knees, Jay exclaims "Great, he's lining us up like circus seals." Circus seals was a line used in Clerks.

Clerks: The Animated Series (2000)

  • In a deleted scene, Randal tells a confused Dante, "If you were funnier than that, ABC would have never canceled us," a reference to ABC's abrupt cancellation of the series. The line is featured in early previews of the movie.
  • Another deleted scene features "the kid in the helmet," who was also seen in episode 5 of the series and mentioned in its third episode; neither made it to air.
  • When Justice asks Jay and Silent Bob to steal an orangutan from a laboratory for her, Jay responds, "Sure, we steal monkeys all the time!". In episode 3 of the animated series, Jay and Silent Bob steal a monkey so they can teach it how to smoke.
  • The disclaimer preceding the series' second episode mentions that the producers endorse no celebrities, "except for Ben Affleck, pre-'Reindeer Games'". On the set of "Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season", Matt Damon reminds Affleck that he starred in Reindeer Games.
  • When exiting the theater showing the Bluntman and Chronic movie at the end, Hooper X refers to it being "one big gay joke," saying it was comparable to "watching Batman and Robin again." In the 4th episode of the series (the first episode broadcast), Randal demands that Joel Schumacher refund him his money, stating, "Man, Batman and Robin was so gay!". In the last episode of the series (which never aired), Jay and Silent Bob take over drawing the cartoon and make it one big gay joke.
  • Jay tells the two kids in the beginning that Dante and Randal got married. In Episode 2 of Clerks: The Animated Series, Dante mentions that they were going to become priests, but accidentally got married.

Mallrats (1995)

  • In addition to the reappearance of Jason Lee's Mallrats character Brodie Bruce, popular View Askew characters Walt "the Fanboy" Grover (Walt Flanagan) and Steve-Dave (Bryan Johnson) are seen exiting the theater showing Bluntman and Chronic at the end of the film. These characters made their first appearance in Mallrats and went on to appear in Dogma, two episodes of Clerks: The Animated Series, a deleted scene from Chasing Amy, and several comic books based on the franchise. After Steve-Dave complains about the movie, Walt utters his perennial line, "Tell 'em Steve-Dave!" Steve-Dave responds by telling Walt to stop saying that.
  • As he did in Mallrats, Brodie Bruce references Burt Reynolds (with the term "Reynolds-style") and offers a chocolate covered pretzel to Jay and Silent Bob after shoving his hand up his ass (the "stink palm" move).
  • A magazine cover detailing Brodie's short-lived stint as guest host of The Tonight Show (including a still from the Mallrats scene that narrated this outcome in the epilogue) is seen on the wall of his comic book shop, with the headline "BRODIE BOLTS", indicating that Brodie voluntarily left show business for the comic shop.
  • The same retractable grappling hook used by Silent Bob to escape the security guards in Mallrats is again used by him and Jay to reach the roof of the research laboratory. The scene in Strike Back was edited to be almost identical to the scene in Mallrats.
  • Jay and Silent Bob spend most of the movie with an orangutan named Suzanne. This ape appeared at the end of Mallrats with Jay and Silent Bob and was worked into several comic book stories, some of which provide the plot of Strike Back.
  • Jay's line "snootchie bootchies" (which is repeated in Strikes Back when he assumes the "Chronic" character) was first spoken in Mallrats.
  • Renee Humphrey's character Trisha Jones makes an appearance at the end of Strike Back. Her character's sister, Chasing Amy's Alyssa Jones, remarks that the Bluntman and Chronic movie was "better than Mallrats".
  • Silent Bob uses "the Force" to obtain a weapon on the Bluntman and Chronic set, just as he thought he did at the end of Mallrats to retrieve a videotape.
  • Jay shouts "Flee Fat ass, Flee!!" as they run away from Willenholly. This is a reference to one of Jay's Mallrats lines, "Fly Fat ass, Fly!"
  • Brodie Bruce is wearing the exact same clothing that he wears in Mallrats and holds the same Dixie cup in his hand.
  • In Mallrats, Shannon Doherty's character runs into Willam Black and he says "Brenda?"( a reference to Doherty's role in Beverly Hills 90210). In a deleted scene, the Miramax security guard says the same thing before being called a dick, just as Willam was.

Chasing Amy (1997)

  • The Bluntman and Chronic comic book characters made their first appearance in Chasing Amy (again as the brainchild of characters Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards).
  • Alyssa Jones mentions that the comic book that Holden McNeil created about their relationship, Chasing Amy, would "never work as a movie." Ironically, Chasing Amy was the most critically acclaimed of Smith's films, receiving 3 1/2 stars from Leonard Maltin.
  • As in Chasing Amy, Banky Edwards' stance as a homosexual is insinuated within his reappearance in Strike Back's final scene. But in a deleted scene it is confirmed that Banky is in fact gay.
  • The apartment building in which Holden lives has the word "Potzer's" on the side, a reference to characters referring to one another as "Potzer" throughout Chasing Amy.
  • When Silent Bob gestures in an effort to tell Jay that Susanne the orangutan has been kidnapped, Jay becomes increasingly frustrated with his partner's refusal to speak, remarking "You can always tell that stupid Amy story all the time..." In Chasing Amy, Silent Bob compared Holden's relationship issues with his own in a long-winded story involving an "Amy."
  • When Holden answers the door to see Jay and Silent Bob waiting for him, he remarks "Look at these morose motherfuckers right here; smells like someone shit in their cereal, bungggg!", the same line Jay greeted Holden with in Chasing Amy.
  • The music created by Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner for the opening scene of Chasing Amy is re-used when introducing Holden McNeil. Since a soundtrack for Chasing Amy was never released, the music is included in its entirety on the Strike Back soundtrack.
  • The Bluntman and Chronic character "Cock-knocker" was a term that originated in Chasing Amy, when Banky calls an unruly comic convention attendee by the term.
  • When Banky Edwards introduces himself as Bluntman and Chronic's inker", Chaka Luther King (Chris Rock) refers to him as a tracer, much to the former character's chagrin. This references an opening scene in Chasing Amy, in which Banky attempts to start a fight after being called a "tracer".
  • The Quick Stop appears to sell Nails brand cigarettes. The fictional tobacco brand first appeared in Chasing Amy, seen on Holden's and Alyssa's Zippo-type lighters.
  • Holden's reference to dating a lesbian during the news broadcast discussing the C.L.I.T, referring to his former girlfriend, Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams).
  • A deleted scene featured the return of the Tracer character (Scott Mosier) from Amy.

Dogma (1999)

  • Jay mentions that Miramax only made classy movies like The Piano and The Crying Game. In Dogma, when God didn't speak, he said, "What is this, The Piano?" Interestingly, the DVD rights to both films are owned by Lions Gate Entertainment, which was theatrical distributor of Dogma.
  • Jay mentions that the songs of Morris Day and The Time were written by "God herself." In Dogma, God appears as a woman.
  • When they reach the dam, Jay says " Whole fucking world's against us dude, swear to God." This is the same line he uses in Dogma in the bar after Azrael is killed.
  • Alanis Morissette reprises her role as God after the closing credits of Strike Back, closing a giant book festooned with the View Askew logo.
  • In this movie Jay and Silent Bob have trouble taking the bus, stating "didn't we used to take that shit to school for free?" In Dogma, they state that they "caught a bus" to get to that film's location. As was also the case in Dogma, the bus they attempt to board is of the fictional Derris variety (whose name is a reference to Ernie O'Donnell's Rick Derris character from Clerks.).
  • Jay and Silent Bob eat at a Mooby's restaurant; they, along with Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) and Rufus (Chris Rock), ate at a Mooby's restaurant in Dogma, the film that introduced the fictitious franchise. The restaurant would go on to become the setting for Clerks II in 2006. An actor playing a live-action version of Mooby is seen later on in the film in Hollywood.
  • In Dogma, Jay mentions that, in John Hughes' 1980s movies, "Judd Nelson was harsh." Nelson makes a cameo in this film as a sheriff who takes a shot at Silent Bob's backside.
  • On the set of "Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season", Matt Damon mentions that Ben Affleck talked him into doing Dogma. Affleck also appeared at the beginning of this movie as Holden McNeil.

Chasing Dogma comic book series

  • Much of the film stems from plots in the comic series, including the exploits with Susanne the monkey and the parodies of The Fugitive and Planet of the Apes. This, in addition to the Clerks: TAS reference, is referred to when Jay says they steal monkeys all the time.
  • Jay's line "The whole fucking world's against us, I swear to God" (spoken during this film's Fugitive parody) originated in the comics and was spoken again in Dogma.
  • The Snoogans ski cap that Jay dons (both in this film and in Dogma) originated in the comics; the term was sewn onto his blank ski cap from Mallrats by a high school student.

References to J&SBSB in Clerks II (2006)

  • Jay is seen towards the end of the film with "JUSTICE TLF"(True Love Forever) written in tape on his hoodie.
  • A deleted scene makes reference of the fact that Jay and Silent Bob have "movie money" referring to the Bluntman and Chronic movie.
  • Jay agrees to lend Dante and Randal the money buy the Quickstop and RST Video on the condition that he is allowed to deal there again, referring to the restraining order placed against Jay and Silent Bob in J&SBSB. This loan comes from their aforementioned "movie money."
  • Jake Richardson reprises his role as Teen #1 in Clerks II.

See also

References

  1. ^ Silent Bob Speaks

External links