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:
Hooper: Check this shit. You got cracker farm boy Luke Skywalker, Nazi poster boy, blond hair, blue eyes. And then you got Darth Vader, the blackest brother in the galaxy, Nubian god! Banky: What's a Nubian? Hooper: Shut the fuck up!
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."
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?
Alyssa: I love you, I always will. Know that. But I'm not your fucking whore.
Trivia:
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 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.
Holden and Banky are both characters in J. D. Salinger's novel, "The Catcher in the Rye". (In the novel, "Ed Banky" was a gym teacher who would let students borrow his car so they could make out and have sex with their girlfriends.)
The sign for the Manhattan Comiccon notes that the event is presented by "Flanagan Events". This is a reference to Walter Flanagan, who played several roles in both Clerks. and Mallrats. He was supposed to be in Chasing Amy as Walt the fan boy, but his Scenes were deleted.
Holden says he attended a school named Hudson - which is the real school that Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes both graduated from.
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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