- Our pal Will once again comes thru with full commercial-free audio from Kevin’s recent Opie & Anthony call-in, where he spent a couple of hours chatting up the Carnegie show and other goings on. Grab it in 64K MP3 or a slightly smaller quality 24K MP3 file. Enjoy.
- Collectors - You asked, so here’s the info! If you wanna own a copy of that unique censored/uncensored “Zack and Miri” DVD from the Netherlands, you can click here to buy it. As the site is in Dutch, here are directions once you get there. Press “Leg in winkelmand”, then “afrekenen”. You’ll then see the disc in your shopping cart. The following steps are Address, Payment method, Processing order and finally Order processed. No idea on shipment times, or the currency conversion, but hey — It’s a collector’s item, right?
- Kevin’s films are mentioned a few times in this article on “The Other 100 Best Movie Quotes of All Time”:
75. “What’s a nubian?” — Chasing Amy48. “All every woman really wants, be it mother, senator, nun, is some serious deep-dickin’.” — Chasing Amy
41. “Beautiful, naked, big-titted women just don’t fall out of the sky, you know.” — Dogma
You are at the archive for the Dogma category &rarr
View Askew NewsBites™
- Kevin reports that due to the Memorial Day holiday, no new SModcast will come ’til next week. In case you’re behind, catch up with SMod #86 and prior exclusively at Quick Stop Entertainment.
- In Part 9 of the highly acclaimed interview series with Lee Stranahan, Kevin talks up “Risking His Life & Starting A New One”. This time, Kevin discusses his life expectancy, new career directions, and his love for the soon to be filmed “A Couple of Dicks”.
Lee’s got at least one more official interview segment on the way, plus some possible outtakes. YouTube has spotlighted the interview clips in 23 countries, and the videos continue to score record traffic. We can’t recommend this great interview enough, one of our faves of Kevin’s career. - Our congrats to reader Adam, who recently acquired some official “Dogma” costumes for his collection - Check Adam out showing off Bethany’s bloody shirt, and wearing Jay’s jacket. Some trivia from the owner:
“The fake blood is still a little sticky after all these years, and it’s rendered the fabric quite hard and stiff—it’s almost like a hard plastic plate attached to the fabric. Must have been uncomfortable to wear.” - Total Film features “Clerks” in its feature on “11 Movies that Should Be Musicals”:
The film: Quickstop employee Dante (Brian O’Halloran) wasn’t supposed to be at work today. Pissed off and with his girlfriend on his case, he just needs to make it through the day.Passing time with Randal (Jeff Anderson), the clerk from the adjacent video store, they discuss movies, deal with annoying customers, and play hockey on the roof.
Why It ought to be a musical: It’s one for the college crowd, a cult hit from the word go.
No locations to worry about, and Dante and Randall’s profane, scattershot dialogue would translate perfectly to the stage.
Music & lyrics by… Bruce Springsteen and Kevin Smith. New Jersey’s finest together at last.
Hit songs: ‘I’m Not Even Supposed To Be Here Today’, ‘Down At The Nudie Booth’, ‘I Can Do Without The People In The Video Store’, ‘Happy Scrappy Hero Pup’, ‘I Don’t Care If She’s My Cousin’, ‘Best Of Both Worlds’, ‘I’m Not Even Supposed To Be Here Today (Reprise)’.
Producer’s notes: Stage the production in black and white for authenticity.
Heck ya — We’d go.
View Askew NewsBites™
- One month from today, Kevin takes the stage in historic Carnegie Hall. Tickets left are likely to be under 1,000 tomorrow when Kevin gives the official update. At the pace things are going, we are fully expecting this to be a sold out event. If you have been waiting, do NOT delay, order your tickets before they’re gone!
- Total Film shares in the joy of Kevin’s recent announcement that he’ll be taking on a hockey-centric project for a future film. The coolest part of this announcement so far, for us anyway, is the time period — The 70’s is just such a fantastic time period for a hockey flick to take place, evoking memories of “Slap Shot” and “Miracle”. Love it.
- Watch for a fun little “Dogma” reference in the final moments of Zap2It’s review of the “Supernatural” season finale. Great show, by the way, rumored to be entering it’s final (by choice) season in the Fall.
View Askew NewsBites™
- High-Def Digest reports that the latest entry in DC’s excellent straight-to-dvd movies has been announced as Green Lantern - First Flight. Long-time ViewAskew fans will be happy to know one of the extra features on the disc will be the Duck Dodgers episode “The Green Loontern”, in which Kevin voiced the greatest Lantern of them all, Hal Jordan. This is great news to the VA completists out there!
- Here’s one fans recap of Brian O’Halloran’s recent appearance at Humbolt State University:
I quickly grabbed my “Clerks 2” DVD that I had been carrying for just the occasion and jumped over the seat in front of me to wait in line for my chance to meet him. I felt like a schoolgirl with a crush when I finally met him. I vaguely remember the words “You’re great” and “I loved you in Clerks” rushing out of my mouth as we snapped a picture together.“Wow,” he said, “you sure are a fan. Do you want the bottle cap from the soda that I was drinking from?”
“Sure,” I said, trying desperately not to seem more of a fan boy then I already was. He handed the bottle cap to me and smiled, “Here you go, buddy.”
- The May 1st episode of Jeopardy featured another Dogma question. Under the category “Angels” the contestants were asked which two actors played angels in the film.
- And finally today, someone over at Premiere.com speculates how Kevin may have spent his time before shooting Clerks…
View Askew NewsBites™
- VH1’s battle of 90’s movies has sped up so fast this week that we couldn’t even keep track - The good news is, that while later rounds moved along very quickly, you helped “Clerks” continue to stay at the top! We’ve made it to the SEMIFINALS, folks. Our nemesis? “Clueless”. Tough competition as that sure is a very “90s” movie as well. We’re proud to see “Clerks” in the final four, but URGE you, no COMMAND you — To get on over there and cast your vote for “Clerks” over “Clueless” as the most 90’s movie ever! We have a pretty big voting defecit to overcome, but let’s see if we can make it happen. Hurry!
- DC Comics reveals that they will release a beautiful HARDCOVER version of Kevin and Walt’s “Batman: Cacophony”. The book will collect issues #1-#3 (the full series) though we have no idea on inclusions of extra art, pages, etc. They had quite a few alternate covers with this book, so here’s hoping they find a way to include them all as bonus pages here. So far, here’s all we know:
BATMAN: CACOPHONY HC
Writer: Kevin Smith
Artists: Walter Flanagan and Sandra Hope
Collects: BATMAN: CACOPHONY #1-3
$19.99 US, 144 pages - Part SIX of Lee Stranahan’s interview with Kevin Smith hits the ‘Tube today - This 8+ minute segement focuses on “The Bright Side of the Internet” — Sites like View Askew’s, and this one! Kevin was one of the first filmmakers to embrace the internet, and here’s your backstory to all that. Pretty cool stuff.
- Could “Earl” cross the last name off his list sooner than we expected? We’re seen scattered stories across the web reporting low ratings for the Jason Lee/Ethan Suplee comedy “My Name is Earl”. The show once celebrated big numbers, but lost some steam after the writer’s strike (which hurt a lot of quality programming). We still love the show, and would love to see it continue. Rumor has it that the FOX network may pick it up should NBC let it go at the end of this season. We’ll keep you posted. We’re still hopeful that Kevin might be asked to get involved with an episode in some capacity, maybe next year should the show survive.
- While we’re certainly less than fanatical about all these weird new terms, such as the icky “bromance” — UK’s “The Guardian” theorizes that the film “Dogma” may have marked the start of the concept:
Over the past decade, we have seen the rise and rise of “bromance”, a genre that unashamedly celebrates the relationship between two straight men. It kicked off with 1999’s Dogma, in which Kevin Smith’s Silent Bob is introduced by Jason Mewes as “my hetero life-mate”, and arguably continued with the Lord of the Rings trilogy. - 360 Blog just cited Kevin Smith as their “360 Thursday Artist”, including a very nice retrospective of the man and his career so far. Nicely written, be sure to click over. We’re quite impressed at the accuracy and the way the author managed to cover it all so efficiently.
View Askew NewsBites™
- Part TWO of Kevin’s recent sit-down in his home is now available via the magic of YouTube. This time, Kevin delves into the background of his beginnings in the world of writing and making films. And hey, the feedback below the video is quite kind as well, so thanks to all the fans and even those discovering Kev for the first time.
- As promised, take an exclusive look here at the 5 new collector’s cards created for Australia’s upcoming release of the Dogma 10th Anniversary collection on DVD. Each card features a photo and an interesting fact on the film. We can totally vouch for the Paltrow factoid as well, as Mr. Affleck was kind enough to introduce us to her that very day on set. Still a fond memory. The cards will be available only as a part of this new DVD release, though the disc itself does not feature any new footage.
- You gotta chuckle at the humor that ERC Box Office used in choosing this headline and photo to accompany their story on his next directorial effort. Maybe not intentional, but still - Geez, guys.
- Check out TV fansite JoeOnTheTube.com for a giveaway of Season One of the Starz Original series “Head Case” — Jason Mewes appears as a guest star on one of the episodes. Enter via twitter or their comment blog. And hey, give their site a gander too, it’s quite cool and very well written for fans of the tube (as we are).
- Editor’s note: If anyone owns any Onkyo electronic components, can you drop me a line? Thanks.
View Askew NewsBites™
- Attention collectors: Australia’s Roadshow Entertainment have a new version of “Dogma” coming to DVD called the “anniversary collection” (Yes, the film turns 10 this Fall, if you can believe that — Man we are getting old). We don’t believe the disc has any new or different content from previous special editions, however, 5 new collectible cards will be included with each package. We’re hoping to have images of these cards soon.
- Finally today, is the Mewes flick “Silent But Deadly” in trouble? Seems the production company owes some folks some money. Looks like we might be waiting to see this one for a while. We’ll keep you posted if we hear more.
- Editor’s note: If anyone owns any Onkyo electronic components, can you drop me a line? Thanks.
View Askew NewsBites™
- Toronto news picked up on a comment Kevin made regarding the Michael Phelps pot scandal following the “Clerks II” screening at the Bloor Cinema earlier this week. Our favorite bit:
“I say, put him on more cereal boxes,” said Smith, eliciting cheers and claps from his audience.“That’s what we like to eat when we’re high.”
- The lovely and bubbly Katie Morgan chats with Bullz-Eye about “Zack and Miri” and other projects, where she reveals she’d love to participate in an upcoming “Vulgarthon” should Kevin decide to hold one — Which we think is excuse enough to schedule another one as soon as possible. Check out the clip:
BE: No, but you’re still now within the world of Kevin Smith. So are you ready to attend a Vulgarthon?KM: Oh, lord, yes. And anything they’ll have me for. I’d do anything that man asked me to. (Laughs)
- Aspiring director Casey Walker runs a site called “My Million Dollar Movie” where he is attempting to raise funds to make his first flick, and blogging about the experience. In a recent entry, he cites that Kevin made a small donation to his cause when questioned during the “Dogma” screening in Toronto earlier this week. We wish Casey luck with his project.
- Kevin’s in a full page photo and story in the latest issue of “Fade In” magazine. We don’t have a copy, so if anyone’s got scans they can share with us, hook some brothers up!
- Taking a cue from “Dogma” perhaps, the Catholic church is offering plenary indulgences, according to a New York Times report.
- It’s the awards time of year again…JoBlo presents the “2008 Golden Schmoes”. The nominees have been released with “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” enjoying 4 noms:
Best Comedy of the Year
Favorite Movie Poster of the Year (for the infamous stick figure poster)
Most Memorable Scene in a Movie
Best T&A of the YearVoting starts today and ends on the 19th. Winners will be revealed on the 20th. Hurry up and get your butt over to the voting site and let your voice be heard! Show Zack & Miri some love!
- As we celebrate Valentine’s Day tomorrow, Chasing Amy takes the 16th spot of Rotten Tomatoes’ “25 Best Romantic Comedies” list. The film has an incredble 91% fresh rating on the critic review compilation site.
- “Amy” also gets a mention over at Film 411 in this article on a good top 10 for Valentine’s weekend.
- Buddy Christ sighting! The beloved figure toplines this article on Why God and Games Don’t Mix.
- We’ve been reporting on the Australian release, but it looks like “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” will also see an arrival in Belgium on the 18th of this month. Don’t ask us to read what the site says, but there ya go. We invite our Belgian readers to check it out — Especially those of you In Bruges (only because we dug that flick so darn much too).
View Askew NewsBites™
- Though we have still not yet seen the official press release, more sites are now confirming a February 2009 release for “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” on DVD. We’d previously heard February 10th, and now the New York Times website lists a February 3rd release date for a Bluray version along with a 2-disc standard DVD version. 2 discs bodes well for hopes that we’ll see the documentary, deleted scenes, and a commentary track, but at this point nothing has been confirmed as far as features, or even the date. Expect to see something official very soon after the new year, though.
- While we’re eagerly waiting for our chance to own the film, some countries are just now seeing it finally arrive in their local theaters - Check out this snapshot from a scooper in Israel, where the film is now playing. Notice how the country was more lax on the use of theatrical posters than the US, as well. Interesting, no?
- It’s rare we mention an ebay auction here, but this one’s pretty special - Artist Ande Parks is selling a one of a kind concept artwork sheet he created when trying out (along with Phil Hester) for the never-created Oni Press Mallrats comic. The duo went on to work on the Clerks and Green Arrow comics. This is an amazing collectible and one of a kind, signed by both artists. Best of all, there’s no bidding - The first $300 will get this and you’ll be the only one in the world to own it. Enjoy. EDIT: It’s been sold!!
- Film School Rejects lists the final US theatrical one sheet among their highlights for best theatrical posters of 2008:
Kevin Smith didn’t make it very easy for himself with the MPAA by naming his movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and also pissing them off with an unapproved trailer. Then they gave him a hard time over a couple lousy seconds. So what did he do? He didn’t get mad, he didn’t get even, he just played their game…but only better. He poked back at the MPAA and mocked their attempts at toning down a movie with the word Porno in the title. You have to admit, even in this poster Elizabeth Banks is smoking hot. - NY1’s Neil Rosen lists “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” as number 8 in his top 10 films of the year.
- Cinematical cites Salma Hayek’s memorable turn as a stripper muse in Dogma among their list of the best big screen strippers of all time. A full array of screencaps accompanies their list, so it’s well worth your click.
- And finally today, what would this year’s View Askew production have looked like if made, say, oh, 70 years or so ago? One fan’s got his own idea, as Youtube presents “Zachariah and Millicent Make a Fornication Talkie”. See ya back here soon with part two of the Year in Askew!
“Entertainment Weekly” Ranks “Zack” As One Of “20 Fall Movies We Can’t Wait to See”…
- The widely read “Entertainment Weekly” once again shows Kevin and View Askew some love, putting “Zack And Miri Make a Porno” in their “20 Fall Movies We Can’t Wait To See” article:
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO
Oct. 31
Seth Rogen, Elizabeth BanksRoommates Zack (Rogen) and Miri (Banks) are broke. If only there were something they could do to make some extra cash, something quick and easy and highly profitable that requires no real skills besides just doing what comes naturally…. Hmmm. Well, I’m stumped. Guess we’ll just have to see Kevin Smith’s movie to find out what they come up with!
You can see the mention both on-line as we linked it here, or the same write-up in this week’s print magazine.
Loading ...