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Chasing Amy
It's not who you love. It's how.
( Comedy / Drama / Romance )


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MPAA Rating:
R
[strong graphic sex-related dialogue‚ language‚ sexuality and drug content]

US Runtime: 114 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Apr 04, 1997   [USA]
 
Director: Kevin Smith   [Director]
 
Writer: Kevin Smith   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Robert Hawk   [Associate Producer]
Scott Mosier   [Producer]
John Pierson   [Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: David Klein   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Scott Mosier   [Editor]
Kevin Smith   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by David Pirner   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Robert Holtzman   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Christopher Del Coro   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Shana Lory   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Miramax   (US)
View Askew Productions   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    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.)

Ben Affleck
Holden McNeil
Joey Lauren Adams
Alyssa Jones
Jason Lee
Banky Edwards
Dwight Ewell
Hooper LaMont
Jason Mewes
Jay
Kevin Smith
Silent Bob
Ethan Suplee
Fan
Scott Mosier
Collector
 
Casey Affleck
Little Kid
Matt Damon
Shawn Oran
Brian O'Halloran
Jim Hicks
Carmen Llywelyn
Kim
Guinevere Turner
Singer
Joe Quesada
Joe Quesada
Welker White
Jane
Mike Allred
Mike Allred
 
 

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Miscellaneous Companies:

Bam Media Services, Inc.
post-production sound services
Gizmo Enterprises, Inc.
Avid editing
Post Perfect, Inc.
Avid editing
 
REI Media Group
titles and opticals
The Broadway Grill
catering
Weissman / Angelotti
publicity
 
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$250,000
Revenue:
$12,021,272
Camera:
Arriflex Super 16
Color Info:
Color (Technicolor)
Laboratory:
Guffanti Film Laboratory, USA/Technicolor East, New York, USA
Sound Mix:
the double-d symbol 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: For years in this industry, whenever an African American character, hero or villain, was introduced - usually by white artists and writers - they got slapped with racist names that singled them out as Negroes. Now, my book, "White-Hating Coon," don't have none of that bullshit. The hero's name is Maleekwa, and he's descended from the black tribe that established the first society on the planet, while all you European...
    Holden: Ah, that's a bunch of horse-shit! Lando Calrissian was a black guy. He got to fly the Millenium Falcon!
    Hooper: Who said that?
    Holden: I did! Lando Calrissian is a strong role-model for the African-American community!
    Hooper: Man, fuck Lando Calrissian! Uncle-Tom nigger!
     
  • Alyssa: I love you, I always will. Know that. But I'm not your fucking whore.
     
  • 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?
     
  • Banky: This is all going to end badly.
     
  • 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:

  • During Hooper's convention speech about racism in science fiction, Star Wars and its sequels are discussed.
     
  • This is the third film in Kevin Smith's intricately interconnected View Askewniverse series (the others being Clerks., Mallrats, Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back). The movies are all linked by characters, themes and events and each contains numerous references to the others.
     
  • 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.
     
  • The Button on Hooper's jacket during the "black rage" scene says "The Black Man is God."
     
  • The scene between Alyssa, Holden and Banky at the nightclub discussing problems with oral sex was originally written for Mallrats, between T.S., Brodie, and Hooper.
     

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."
     

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