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Clerks II
Clerks II is a 2006 American black comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith. It is the sequel to Clerks (1994) and the sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. The film stars Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Trevor Fehrman, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Jason Mewes, and Smith, and picks up with Dante Hicks, Randal Graves and Jay and Silent Bob ten years after the events of the previous film. Unlike the first film, which was shot in black and white, this film was shot mostly in color.
The film screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival before receiving a theatrical release on July 21, 2006 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to critical and commercial success, grossing $27 million worldwide from a $5 million budget. A third film was released in 2022.
Ten years after the events of the first film, Dante Hicks arrives at the Quick Stop convenience store, only to find the store on fire after Randal Graves, accidentally left the coffee pot on the night before. With the store destroyed in the fire, Dante and Randal begin working at a Mooby's fast food restaurant along with devout Christian teenager Elias Grover and their manager Becky Scott. A year later, Dante is planning to leave his minimum wage lifestyle and move to Florida with his wealthy but overbearing fiancée Emma Bunting, whose parents will provide them with a home and a car wash business to run as wedding gifts. Jay and Silent Bob have followed Dante and Randal, and now loiter outside of Mooby's. Although they no longer use drugs (after being arrested for possession, sent to rehab, and supposedly becoming devout Born again Christians), the duo continue to deal drugs and perform their typical antics in the parking lot.
Dante tells Becky that he is worried about dancing at his wedding, so she takes him up to the restaurant's roof to teach him some moves. Dante releases his inhibitions and begins dancing to The Jackson 5's ABC. When the song ends, Dante, confesses his love for Becky. Becky then reveals that she's pregnant as a result of a one-night stand they had at work, and Dante promises not to tell anyone. However, he tells Randal and threatens him not to say anything. but Becky finds out and furiously drives off. Randal encourages Dante to leave to search of Becky, so he can set up a surprise going away party for him. Randal hires "Kinky Kelly and the Sexy Stud," a donkey show act, complete with a fog machine, for the party. When Dante returns, he mistakes the fog for fire and calls the fire department. He enters the party and discovers that it's not a fire, and proceeds to watch with Randal, Jay, Silent Bob, and a very drunk/stoned Elias.
The group discovers that "Kinky Kelly" is, in fact, the donkey, while the man, whom Randal thought to be the pimp, is "The Sexy Stud". When Becky returns, she admits that she loves Dante too, and they kiss. Emma arrives with a cake she made for Dante, and she knees Dante in the crotch, dumps the cake over his head before storming off in tears. The fire and police departments arrive and Dante, Randal, Elias, Jay, Silent Bob, and The Sexy Stud are arrested as a result of the show. In jail, Dante gets into a heated argument with Randal, angry with him for ruining his life and expresses his eagerness to start a new life without him, while Randal becomes indignant and condemns Dante for his willingness to abandon their friendship, revealing how upset he is that Dante is moving. Randal proposes that they buy the Quick Stop and re-open it themselves, although Dante says that neither have the money to do it. Jay and Silent Bob offer to lend them the money provided they can hang out outside of the store anytime they want without the police being called.
Dante is uncertain, prompting Randal to emotionally confess his fear of losing Dante. Moved by Randal's confession, Dante agrees to the proposition. After they're released Dante, proposes to Becky, who happily accepts. After both the Quick Stop and RST Video are rebuilt, Dante and Randal hire Elias to work at the video store. In the very last scene, with the stores open, Dante tells Randal, both having finally taken control of their lives, "Can you feel it? Today is the first day of the rest of our lives." The color then evaporates from the film and the camera pulls back to reveal the milk maid from the first movie still going through all the gallons.
In 1999, the original title was slated to be Clerks 2: Hardly Clerkin' (cf. Jerry Lewis's Hardly Working), as seen in the credits of Dogma. Smith later modified the title to The Passion of the Clerks, lampooning the title of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. According to the DVD documentary, the title was changed to simply Clerks II, due to negative reaction to the "Passion" title. The film was shot from September to November 2005. It was originally scheduled for a 2005 release, and then a January 2006 release, but the production was pushed back due to other projects and Kevin Smith's involvement in the romantic comedy Catch and Release.
Smith released production diaries on the Clerks II website (see links below). They chronicle the entire making of the film from the first rehearsals all the way through to the final release. Some of these web diaries are also available on the two-disc DVD of the film. 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. Smith also released several shorts featuring action figures from his previous films to promote the film.
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Clerks II
Clerks II is a 2006 American black comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith. It is the sequel to Clerks (1994) and the sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. The film stars Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Trevor Fehrman, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Jason Mewes, and Smith, and picks up with Dante Hicks, Randal Graves and Jay and Silent Bob ten years after the events of the previous film. Unlike the first film, which was shot in black and white, this film was shot mostly in color.
The film screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival before receiving a theatrical release on July 21, 2006 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to critical and commercial success, grossing $27 million worldwide from a $5 million budget. A third film was released in 2022.
Ten years after the events of the first film, Dante Hicks arrives at the Quick Stop convenience store, only to find the store on fire after Randal Graves, accidentally left the coffee pot on the night before. With the store destroyed in the fire, Dante and Randal begin working at a Mooby's fast food restaurant along with devout Christian teenager Elias Grover and their manager Becky Scott. A year later, Dante is planning to leave his minimum wage lifestyle and move to Florida with his wealthy but overbearing fiancée Emma Bunting, whose parents will provide them with a home and a car wash business to run as wedding gifts. Jay and Silent Bob have followed Dante and Randal, and now loiter outside of Mooby's. Although they no longer use drugs (after being arrested for possession, sent to rehab, and supposedly becoming devout Born again Christians), the duo continue to deal drugs and perform their typical antics in the parking lot.
Dante tells Becky that he is worried about dancing at his wedding, so she takes him up to the restaurant's roof to teach him some moves. Dante releases his inhibitions and begins dancing to The Jackson 5's ABC. When the song ends, Dante, confesses his love for Becky. Becky then reveals that she's pregnant as a result of a one-night stand they had at work, and Dante promises not to tell anyone. However, he tells Randal and threatens him not to say anything. but Becky finds out and furiously drives off. Randal encourages Dante to leave to search of Becky, so he can set up a surprise going away party for him. Randal hires "Kinky Kelly and the Sexy Stud," a donkey show act, complete with a fog machine, for the party. When Dante returns, he mistakes the fog for fire and calls the fire department. He enters the party and discovers that it's not a fire, and proceeds to watch with Randal, Jay, Silent Bob, and a very drunk/stoned Elias.
The group discovers that "Kinky Kelly" is, in fact, the donkey, while the man, whom Randal thought to be the pimp, is "The Sexy Stud". When Becky returns, she admits that she loves Dante too, and they kiss. Emma arrives with a cake she made for Dante, and she knees Dante in the crotch, dumps the cake over his head before storming off in tears. The fire and police departments arrive and Dante, Randal, Elias, Jay, Silent Bob, and The Sexy Stud are arrested as a result of the show. In jail, Dante gets into a heated argument with Randal, angry with him for ruining his life and expresses his eagerness to start a new life without him, while Randal becomes indignant and condemns Dante for his willingness to abandon their friendship, revealing how upset he is that Dante is moving. Randal proposes that they buy the Quick Stop and re-open it themselves, although Dante says that neither have the money to do it. Jay and Silent Bob offer to lend them the money provided they can hang out outside of the store anytime they want without the police being called.
Dante is uncertain, prompting Randal to emotionally confess his fear of losing Dante. Moved by Randal's confession, Dante agrees to the proposition. After they're released Dante, proposes to Becky, who happily accepts. After both the Quick Stop and RST Video are rebuilt, Dante and Randal hire Elias to work at the video store. In the very last scene, with the stores open, Dante tells Randal, both having finally taken control of their lives, "Can you feel it? Today is the first day of the rest of our lives." The color then evaporates from the film and the camera pulls back to reveal the milk maid from the first movie still going through all the gallons.
In 1999, the original title was slated to be Clerks 2: Hardly Clerkin' (cf. Jerry Lewis's Hardly Working), as seen in the credits of Dogma. Smith later modified the title to The Passion of the Clerks, lampooning the title of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. According to the DVD documentary, the title was changed to simply Clerks II, due to negative reaction to the "Passion" title. The film was shot from September to November 2005. It was originally scheduled for a 2005 release, and then a January 2006 release, but the production was pushed back due to other projects and Kevin Smith's involvement in the romantic comedy Catch and Release.
Smith released production diaries on the Clerks II website (see links below). They chronicle the entire making of the film from the first rehearsals all the way through to the final release. Some of these web diaries are also available on the two-disc DVD of the film. 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. Smith also released several shorts featuring action figures from his previous films to promote the film.