Clerks II [WS] [2 Discs]

Director: Kevin Smith Kevin Smith

Overview

You can take the clerks out of the Quick Stop, but you just can't take the Quick Stop out of the clerks as Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randall (Jeff Anderson) prove in this long-awaited sequel to Kevin Smith's breakthrough comedy. Years after we last saw them, Dante is still toiling behind the counter at a New Jersey convenience store and Randall is still annoying customers at the video shop next door -- or at least they are until a fire burns down the strip mall, forcing Dante and Randall to look for work. Times are tough, and the guys find themselves embracing the ultimate indignity as they take jobs at Mooby's, a fast-food outlet where the burgers are advertised as "udderly delicious." While Randall's snarky attitude toward the public remains unchanged, Dante is trying to make the best of the situation as he plans to marry his fianc?e, Emma (Jennifer Schwalbach Smith), and move to Florida. However, Dante's plans are complicated when he falls for Becky (Rosario Dawson), a funny and tart-tongued woman who happens to be his boss at Mooby's. Lurking about in the background, as always, are Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith), who for good or ill have changed even less with the passage of time than Dante and Randall. Clerks II also features Wanda Sykes, Ethan Suplee, and Trevor Fehrman, with cameo appearances from Kevin Smith regulars Ben Affleck and Jason Lee.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/28/2006
UPC:	0796019795982
Original Release:	2006
Rating:	R
Source:	Weinstein Company
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	32,450

Special Features

Disc 1; Feature commentary with director Kevin Smith, producer Scott Mosier, and director of photography David Klein; Feature commentary with director Kevin Smith, producer Scott Mosier, and actors Jeff Anderson, Trevor Fehrman, Jason Mewes, Brian O'Halloran, and Jennifer Schwalback; Podcast commentary with director Kevin Smith, producer Scott Mosier, and actor Jeff Anderson; Deleted scenes prepared by Kevin Smith (with info); A closer look at interspecies erotica; Disc 2; Back to the Well: Clerks II - A 90 min. documentary (with intro); Hilarious bloopers; 10 train wrecks: Video production diaries (with intro)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Brian O'Halloran	Dante Hicks
Jeff Anderson	Randal Graves
Rosario Dawson	Becky
Jason Mewes	Jay
Kevin Smith	Silent Bob,Kid in Window,Milk Maid
Trevor Fehrman	Elias
Jennifer Schwalbach	Emma
Jason Lee	Lance
Ben Affleck	Gawking Guy
Wanda Sykes	Wife
Earthquake	Husband
Scott Mosier	Concerned Father
Rachel Larratt	Counter Girl with Ear Guy,Ear Guy
Jake Richardson	Teen No.1,Cop
Ethan Suplee	Teen No.2
Sarah Ault	Catholic Schoolgirl No. 1
Lalida Sujjavasin	Catholic Schoolgirl No. 2
Gail Stanley	Elias' Mom,Bank Manager
Bruce Macintosh	Elias' Dad
Kevin Weisman	Hobbit Lover
Steven Rau	Diner No. 1
Mike Tsucalas	Diner No. 2
Joey Figueroa	Customer No. 1
Mike Cecconi	Customer No. 2
Ethan Jensen	Tumbling Customer
Zak Knutson	Sexy Stud
Ed Janda	Fireman
Walter Flanagan	Pack-o-Smokes Guy
Rebecca Lin	Dancer
Tracy Phillips	Dancer
Joel Manning	Dancer
Anthony Marciona	Dancer
Aurorah Allain	Dancer
Carroll J. Conners	Dancer
Christopher Martinez	Dancer
Daveione Williams	Dancer
Jason Beitel	Dancer
Jason Yribar	Dancer
Kenny Wormaid	Dancer
Marty Kudelka	Dancer
Michael Higgins	Dancer
Nancy O'Meara	Dancer
Reshma Gajjar	Dancer
Caroline Rice	Dancer
Bobbie Bates	Dancer
Bryan Anthony	Dancer
Carey Ysais	Dancer
Cheryl Baxter	Dancer
Desi Jevon	Dancer
Gordon Hart	Dancer
Jenna Stewart	Dancer
Kelly Cooper	Dancer
Ken Baldwin	Dancer
Kevin Whitaker	Dancer
Michelle Elkin	Dancer
Misha Hamilton	Dancer
Susan Carr George	Dancer
Jimmy Federico	Dancer
Katie Malia	Dancer
Hannah Feldner-Shaw	Dancer
Shawn Breathwaite	Dancer
Ryan Thomas	Dancer
James L. Venable	Composer,Composer

Technical Credits

Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Scott Mosier	Producer
Harvey Weinstein	Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Producer,Producer
Carla Gardini	Executive Producer
Conrad V. Brink	Special Effects
Charlie Belardinelli	Special Effects
Michael Silvers	Sound Editor
Whit Norris	Sound/Sound Designer
Tom Myers	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Clerks II is yet another attempt by Kevin Smith to bring to a close the View Askewniverse he launched over a decade before with his low-budget comic gem Clerks. It is difficult not to think of this as a retreat after the failure of Jersey Girl to break out of that fictional world, but the fact is this type of crude yet occasionally socially perceptive dialogue is what Smith does at his best. The film offers a handful of monologues, most all of them by Jeff Anderson as über-caustic loser Randal, that dazzle. An uproarious sequence where Randal begins to suspect a beloved relative might be racist, and a sequence in which Randal's teenage Christian co-worker Elias (Trevor Fehrman) explains about the troll living inside his girlfriend that prevents them from having sex showcase how Smith uses vulgarity to get at deeper issues in the culture. That said, much of the film feels like Smith running away from any ambitions whatsoever. He has most certainly been here and done this before, and the conclusion of the film offers little hope that Smith wants to challenge himself or his diminishing group of devoted loyalists. This leaves a fan asking, "Where can he go from here?" That question might be less depressing if it wasn't the same thought that one took from his previous two films, Jersey Girl and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Clerks II is much better than those previous efforts, but it is hard to shake the feeling that Smith wants to diminish his and other people's expectations of himself just as his characters do. A lack of ambition is a prison for any artist, so one hopes Smith recognizes the irony of staging his climactic scene in a prison cell.