From director kevin smith comes clerks one wild day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys whose razorsharp wit and onthejob antics give a whole new meaning to customer service. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with. Clerks is structured episodically, driven more by dialogue than plot, and the acting is a bit amateurish at times. A calamity at dante and randals shops sends them looking for new horizons, but they ultimately settle at moobys, a fictional fastfood. Just because they serve you doesnt mean they like you convenience and video store clerks dante and randal are sharpwitted, pottymouthed and bored out of their minds.
Released by bulletproof entertainment in 2006 bpf 1006 containing music from clerks ii 2006. Clerks ii has the old actors and the cleverfunny dialogue going for it, for the most part, though thats about all it has in common with its predecessor. Convenience and video store clerks dante and randal are sharpwitted, pottymouthed and bored out of their minds. In the twelve years since the original clerks, the lord of the rings trilogy has seriously challenged star wars status as the most popular and lucrative cinematic trilogy of all time. Watch the unaired clerks tv pilot based on kevin smiths movie aug 5, 2015. But when dialogue like randalls monologues piercing and brutally fresh are presented to the audience, all is forgiven.
In the film, the jokes and pop culture debates are uproariously funny, but when theyre heard outside of the cramped convenience store where the film. Smith and his producing partner, scott mosier, famously selffinanced the movie by using their credit cards and selling smiths comic book collection. Clerks 10th anniversary edition 3 disc special edition box set. But when the local quick stop that has been their entire life and livelihood suffers a cataclysm, dante and randal have to do the unthinkable. The clerks ii dvd was released on november 28, 2006. Both films were written and directed by kevin smith. Even while braving a nonstop parade of unpredictable shoppers, the clerks manage to play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and straighten out their. One of the many charms of kevin smiths clerks is that it clocks a full day on the job. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives. According to the dvd documentary, the title was changed to simply clerks ii, due to negative reaction to the passion title. Can someone please put them in order for me and tell me which movies has characters from either of the clerks movies in them. Its hero, dante hicks, is a clerk in a convenience store, and his friend randal works next door in the video store.
Clerks is the 1994 film that was the debut effort from writer and director kevin smith. Clerks ii soundtrack from 2006, composed by various artists, james l. Directed by kevin smith and starring brian ohalloran, jeff anderson, rosario dawson and trevor fehrman. Naturally, randal and elias get into an argument over which is better. Starring brian ohalloran and jeff anderson, it presents a day in the lives of titular store clerks dante hicks ohalloran and randal graves anderson, along with their acquaintances.
The director wears a leonardo reapers hat from clerks ii. This bluray version really shows dave kleins cinematography in rich new detail. From director kevin smith comes clerks one wild day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys whose razorsharp wit and onthejob antics give a. Smith clerks, chasing amy, dogma, jay and silent bob strike back pushes his nothingissacred humor right to the edge and then takes a leap as dante and randal invade the world of moobys fast food restaurant, where the slogan is im eating it. Oct 24, 2019 clerks is structured episodically, driven more by dialogue than plot, and the acting is a bit amateurish at times. Clerks ii is a 2006 american comedy film written and directed by kevin smith, the sequel to his 1994 film clerks, and his sixth feature film to be set in the view askewniverse. Clerks is the first of smiths view askewniverse films, and introduces several. Clerks ii 2006 watch hot english movies free online moviehdz.
Cast jeff anderson brian ohalloran rosario dawson trevor fehrman. The film stars brian ohalloran, jeff anderson, rosario dawson, trevor fehrman, jennifer schwalbach smith, jason mewes, and smith, and picks up with the original characters from clerks. A belated sequel to the lowbudget independent movie that made his name 12 years ago, kevin smiths clerks ii revisits the slackers who hang around. Clerks 3 movie trailer, cast, plot, and release date. I know clerks 1 was the first obviously, then somwhere along the line was mallrats and dogma and jay and silent bob strikes back, and clerks 2 was the final of the series. Ive been lucky enough to see this movie twice, and i cant wait to see it. In clerks ii, randall makes the same mistake and keeps getting corrected. The tenth anniversary dvd release of clerks offers a solid look. Clerks ii may not be such a cultlike hit as its predecessor but it does heighten up the amount of obscenity, vulgarity and overall raunchiness. Smith also reprises his role of silent bob, and smiths wife, jennifer schwalbach smith, also costars. Which is a testament to both the original film as well as to smith, still the only. Ten years ago, best friends dante hicks brian ohalloran and randal graves jeff anderson were new jersey minimall.
Clerks ii is the sequel to kevin smiths 1994 film clerks, and his sixth feature film to be set in the view askewniverse. Jul 11, 2006 with jeff anderson, rosario dawson, trevor fehrman, zak knutson. The film was released on july 21, 2006 it screened out of competition at the 2006 cannes film festival and won the audience award at the 2006 edinburgh international film festival. Clerks ii 2006 now in their 30s, slackers dante brian ohalloran and randal jeff anderson find that they must change their lives and expand their horizons beyond pop culture and sex. Wow, i thought you couldnt get much better than the laserdisc version of clerks in quality, strictly because the original movie was shot on grainy 16mm film, but, i was totally wrong. Staring allie haze, kelly divine, chastity lynn and jayden lee. The general idea is that it is a coming of age story for the gen x slackers, who finally in their 30s find themselves not having advanced very far in life. Dante hicks is a clerk at a local convenience store in new jersey. Clerks ii dishes up much of the graphic humor and some of the insight that made the 1994 original a cult hit.
The continuing adventures of quick stop clerks dante and randal, who try to make the best of their menial labor, with no help from jay and silent bob. Shop clerks 10th anniversary edition 3 disc special edition box set dvd. Jim breuer and andrew lowery starred as randall and dante in a failed 1995 tv pilot based on kevin smiths indie hit clerks. This bluray version really shows dave kleins cinematography in rich new detail that really helps a viewers appreciation of clerks. Clerks is a classic comedy of a pair of coworkers who give a a new meaning to customer service. On one particular saturday morning, he gets called in on his day off.
Brian ohalloran and jeff anderson in clerks ii exclusive jul 17, 2006. His exgirlfriend, whom he is still in love with, is. A calamity at dante and randalls shops sends them looking for new horizons but they ultimately settle at moobys, a fictional disneymcdonaldsstyle fastfood empire. Clerks is a 1994 american independent blackandwhite buddy comedy film written, directed, and coproduced by kevin smith. Clerks ii was released on hd dvd on january 16, 2007. Lebron james goes full sjw as the woke nba gets exposed 2019 tv episode the movie is mentioned. Kevin smiths most enjoyable film since, well, clerks lacks much of its predecessors outsider edge, but youll probably be laughing too hard to care. What is the chronological order of the clerks movies. Clerks ii soundtrack 2006 movie soundtracks for sale. At the age of 33, new jersey minimart clerks and best friends dante hicks and randal graves have it made they work with each other, slack off all day, and get paid for it. The movie stars brian ohalloran, jeff anderson, jason mewes, rosario dawson and trevor fehrman. They used the store that smith still worked at as the setting. Jim breuer and andrew lowery starred as randall and dante in a failed 1995 tv.
In 1994 kevin smith burst onto the movie scene with clerks, the movie that started the view askew phenomenon that continues today. The movie was written and directed by kevin smith, one of the most famous star wars fans on earth. In the spirit of reservoir dogs, the soundtrack to the hip independent comedy clerks is filled with little clips of the movies dialogue, which only proves how important context is to comedy. A calamity at dante and randalls shops sends them looking for new horizons but they ultimately settle at moobys, a. It feels like a nostalgia trip for the values and themes of the first movie, but its just not possible to recapture that same spark.
Dante and randall are back in the sequel to kevin smiths classic 1994 hit film. It feels a little gritty and we go back to the beginning stages, but we do. Jul 21, 2006 watch the movie trailer for clerks ii 2006. Download charles vincent or the two clerks a tale of commercial life vol ii pdf book free. Movin out brians song 2007 tv episode chris and his coworker talk about various movies during their job just like in the film clerks and its sequel.
All s go to view askew productions and the weinstein company. The dialogue is funny, obscene and deadon, the film both celebrates failure and demonstrates an unsentimental compassion for the characters sad lives. Aug 22, 2006 clerks ii soundtrack from 2006, composed by various artists, james l. Percy jackson and the lightning thief 2019 tv episode the movie is mentioned. Behind the counter, where the only other employees are an ubernerd trevor ferhman and. Released july 21st, 2006, clerks ii stars rosario dawson, brian ohalloran, jeff anderson, kevin smith the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a score of 65 out of 100 on. Clerks iii is coming, heres what we know cinemablend. Sep 23, 2006 a belated sequel to the lowbudget independent movie that made his name 12 years ago, kevin smiths clerks ii revisits the slackers who hang around a sleazy convenience store in new jersey. In the spirit of reservoir dogs, the soundtrack to the hip independent comedy clerks is filled with little clips of the movie s dialogue, which only proves how important context is to comedy. Hardly anybody ever works in the movies, except at jobs like cops, robbers, drug dealers and space captains.
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