Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)
Guffanti Film Laboratory, USA/Technicolor East, New York, USA
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Super 16
Film Negative Format:
16 mm - Kodak
Printed Film Format:
35 mm - blow-up
Film Length:
3163 m
Quotes:
Banky: Alright, now see this? This is a four-way road, OK? And dead in the center is a crisp, new, hundred dollar bill. Now, at the end of each of these streets are four people, OK? Are you following? Holden: Yeah. Banky: Good. Over here, we have a male-affectionate, easy to get along with, non-political agenda lesbian. Down here, we have a man-hating, angry as fuck, agenda of rage, bitter dyke. Over here, we got Santa Claus, and up here the Easter Bunny. Which one is going to get to the hundred dollar bill first? Holden: What is this supposed to prove? Banky: No, I'm serious. This is a serious exercise. It's like an SAT question. Which one is going to get to the hundred dollar bill first? The male-friendly lesbian, the man-hating dyke, Santa Claus, or the Easter bunny? Holden: The man-hating dyke. Banky: Good. Why? Holden: I don't know. Banky: Because the other three are figments of your fucking imagination!
Banky: This is all going to end badly.
Banky: I feel a hate crime coming on.
Silent Bob: [To Holden, who has just revealed his trouble with Alyssa] You're Chasing Amy. Holden: [Shocked that Silent Bob has broken his Silence] What? What did you say? Silent Bob: You're Chasing Amy. Jay: What do you look so shocked for, man, fat bastard does this all the time. He thinks just cause he doesn't say anything, it'll have this huge impact when he does open his fuckin' mouth-- Silent Bob: Jesus Christ, why don't you shut up? You're always yap-yap-yappin' all the time, you're givin' me a fuckin' headache. [to Holden] I went through something like what you're talkin' 'bout, 'couple years ago, this chick named Amy. Jay: When? Silent Bob: [annoyed] A couple of years ago?
Holden: So, uh, what do you wanna do tonight? Banky: Mmm, get a pizza, watch "Degrassi Jr. High." Holden: You got a weird thing for Canadian melodrama. Banky: I got a weird thing for girls who say "aboot."
Trivia:
The sequence in the club, where Banky and Alyssa compare cunnilingus scars and stories, parodies a similar scene on board the boat in Jaws between Hooper and Quint.
When Holden and Alyssa go skee-balling, there is a coin machine with the name "Gottlieb" on it (a major arcade-game maker). Carl Gottlieb was the co-writer of the Jaws screenplay, favorite film of director Kevin Smith.
Kevin smith wrote the three issues of the "Bluntman and Chronic" comic book that Holden and Banky produce within the film, and released them through Image Comics. Inside each issue, Smith credited: Written by Banky Edwards and Holden McNeil, Pencils by Holden McNeil, Inks by Banky Edwards.
The Button on Hooper's jacket during the "black rage" scene says "The Black Man is God."
Credits Fun:
After the end credits, Jay and Silent Bob have a final exchange.
Jay and Silent Bob will return in Dogma (we promise)
The director would like to thank...
GOD - For all that's come before, all that'll come after, and most importantly, for right now.
JOEY - For giving me something personal to say. I love you poopie. (First one who laughs gets decked!)
SCOTT - Master of the Impossible, ying to my yang, heart of my heart... He's my cherry pie.
BEN - Outstanding. Outstanding, this guy.
JASON LEE - For kicking it Reynold's style.
DWIGHT - Hi Duh-Wight.
JAY - My little Mewes.
JON GORDON - Why, Why, Why?!?
MOM & DAD - I know I've got a PG in me somewhere.
JOHN PIERSON - Guru, Czar, friend.
DAVE - For the prettiest pictures yet. At bargain basement prices, no less!
BOB HAWK - For being there from the start, teaching us what makes a movie great, and always doing the dishes.
HARVEY - Who, like a good parent, gives us money, offers endless moral support, and spanks us when we need spanking (okay... everything but the spanking part).
MIKE ALLRED - For fulfilling this fanboy's dream. See you in the funny papers.
THE CAST AND CREW - Who worked for nothing, yet gave everything.
MATT SEITZ - For the one review that made a difference.
BRIAN MACKEWICH AND BAM - For the extra mile... and the hundred more that followed.
To all the critics that didn't like our last movie: "All is forgiven."
DVD Easter Eggs: (Hidden So You Don't See Anything You Don't Want To See)
Edition: Criterion Collection
Region: 1
Description: Hidden Introduction to color bars
In the Color Bars section on the DVD (to allow for adjusting your television/monitor coloration settings) you will see a short introduction to these color bars by Smith, Afflek, Mewes and Mosier.
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