Grove/Atlantic, Inc. has just bought the new screenplay, DOGMA, by Kevin Smith-the author of Chasing Amy and Clerks. The film will open on 1,200screens nationwide on November 12, 1999. We will have books off press on November 12th.

PLEASE GET YOUR ORDERS IN ASAP so that we can quickly release our tie-in movie edition.

The Miramax Books edition of Chasing Amy and Clerks has sold over 30,000copies. Lion Gate Films is releasing DOGMA, and the film will have a marketing budget of $10,000,000.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Title: Dogma: A Screenplay
Author: Kevin Smith
ISBN: 0-8021-3679-6
Format: Paperback original
Imprint: Grove Press
Book Off Press: November 12, 1999In-Store: Week of November 22, 1999
Export Rights: US & Canada
Author residence: New Jersey

COVER WILL BE THE MOVIE KEY ART (Poster design)

DESCRIPTION:

“The gospel according to the guy who made Chasing Amy? . . . What’s not to love?”-Entertainment Weekly

Dogma – A Screenplay by Kevin Smith

One of the major hits of the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, a film that proved too hot for Disney to handle, Kevin Smith’s ribald, revolutionary new film dogma is a comic theological fantasy that is sure to be one of this fall’s most provocative offerings. Two fallen angels (Matt Damon and Ben Affleck),sentenced to eternal exile in Wisconsin, are trying to get back into heaven.A renegade cardinal in New Jersey (George Carlin), as part of his”Catholicism Wow!” campaign, has opened a loophole in Catholic doctrine that would give them their opportunity-and, in proving God’s judgment wrong,destroy the universe. An abortion clinic counselor (Linda Fiorentino) who may or may not be of holy bloodlines is tapped as the very reluctant savior-and, accompanied by the thirteenth apostle (Chris Rock), a wayward muse (Salma Hayek), and two very questionable prophets (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, AKA Jay and Silent Bob), she sets off on a mission to save the world.

“Dogma blends gross-out humor . . . with loopy metaphysical speculation of the kind that keeps caffeinated college sophomores up all night. Mr. Smith creates unchecked verbal outpourings that veer from disquisitions on freewill to sexual references that would make a broadminded stevedore blush.Seldom has the Catholic distinction between body and soul been so fiercely and funnily drawn.”-Dave Kehr, The New York Times

“As inspired, goofy, subversive, and thought-provoking a pop-culture vision of the battle between good and evil as has been presented on-screen . . .Dogma . . . made it seem like there was something new to be found under the[Cannes] sun . . . At various moments reminiscent of Star Wars, ’60s Batman comics, and the Bible, Dogma has a script as hilarious as the Rocky HorrorPicture Show . . . it demands to be memorized and chanted back at the screen.”-Amy Taubin, The Village Voice

“Dogma is as smart and articulate as it is wildly irreverent, with characters who try to make sense of faith just as his Chasing Amy characters tried to sort out love and sexual identity. And Mr. Smith’s fusion of off-the-wall humor with serious debate never leaves the strength of his religious conviction in question.”-Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“Fast and witty . . . Dogma . . . is reminiscent of 1975’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail and is the kind of satirical take that can be written only from the inside. Only someone of the Catholic faith could use its elements to challenge it so adroitly.”-USA Today

“This comic brainchild of Kevin Smith . . . is boldly funny without ever being blasphemous.”-Rolling Stone

Kevin Smith also wrote and directed Clerks, Mall Rats, and Chasing Amy.

It saddens me to have to report that the Alliance Special Editionsthat were scheduled for release on Sept 28th, Chasing Amy & From DuskTill Dawn, have been pulled by Alliance.

We got off the phone with Alliance this morning and confirmed therumors that have been flying around the net lately. Basically BuenaVista (Disney aka The Big Mouse), put the pressure on Alliance to pullthese editions because they made Disney look bad. They weren’t happythat a Canadian company was making their product look sub par, likethey did previously with Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting andTrainspotting Special Editions.

The discs will still arrive BUT, they will be at the same time andwith the same features as the US Versions. We at the Depot arepersonally disgusted with the way Alliance has screwed us and ourcustomers. Why they announce a disk 4 months previous and then make noformal announcement until days after the street date, is unforgivable.

However, there is not much we can do about it as it is totally out ofour control. Now if you have pre-ordered these discs from our company,here is what is going to happen:

If you ordered either From Dusk Till Dawn:SE or Chasing Amy:SE as asingle – It is now cancelled and there is no need to email us.

If you ordered both of these titles – they are now cancelled and thereis no need to email us.

If you ordered either one of/both of Amy/Dusk, and added in an in stock title(ie. Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting etc) then we have NOT cancelled yourorder. We will send out the balance of your order ASAP. If you wouldrather cancel the order then email us at the address we have set up.

We have set up a special email address for these requests and it is:confirm@dv-depot.com

Once again we apologize for this unfortunate occurrence, but trust menobody is more upset about this then we are.

Please do not email us about this issue, we are busy enough already with this mess!

If you wish to email Alliance to voice your displeasure, here is their email address:homevideo@allianceatlantis.com