• Well it’s now been officially released to the press! Here’s ALL the information you could possibly want to know about the amazing upcoming Dogma 2 disc special edition. Among the BIG annoucements: 100 MINUTES of deleted scenes with intros, the documentary title, the “Follow the Buddy Christ” feature, and lots more (including an unlisted video feature where you can watch different angles of the commentary track as it’s recorded!):

• Just to summarize a few things, and catch up on a couple points we missed, here’s a summary of some of the important news and info from Kev’s appearance in Kansas earlier this week:

• It’s POSSIBLE that Bill Murray will be the ex-Saturday Night Live cast member that appears in VA5.
• Dwight Ewell’s role in the film will indeed be that of Hooper X!
• Some of the film will take place in Kansas, as it’s a road trip. We assume filming will take place in California to make it LOOK like Kansas, but we’re not sure of that.
• The small spoiler we printed the other day regarding one of Matt Damon’s scenes was indeed true (but may be changed as Kevin is currently working on a new draft, draft 7).
• Scott Mosier also appeared with Kevin to meet with folks and sign stuff.

• This is an interesting development…One we can’t confirm yet, but something we definitely thought that a lot of you would be interested to hear. Our scooper chatted with Gareb Shamus, publisher of Wizard Magazine, who happens to be a HUGE View Askew/Kevin Smith fan (not a surprise consider all the coverage in his magazine) and uncovered some potentially exciting news: The magazine may be giving away a walk-on role in VIEW ASKEW 5! Pretty cool ‘eh? We imagine it would be a non-speaking role but a role that you could pick yourself out in onscreen, and that Wizard would probably throw in an all-expenses paid trip to the set as well. Nothing’s for sure yet, but if it happens, you can bet you’ll hear about it at News Askew first.

• As the comic book fans who read this site probably know, a storyline featuring Lex Luthor running for the President of the United States has been running in parallel with the real Presidential elections. Anyway, on the back page of Superman: Lex 2000 #1, now on sale now at your local comics shop, a couple familiar characters have their say (quotes) on the candidacy. Here’s a transcript:

• Douglas Fir’s HUGE Vulgarthon 2000 website is now online, and features almost 60 original photographs from the event. Be sure and check it out HERE (or visit our own Vulgarthon wrapup page for his pics as well as stories and pics from us and many others!)
• DVDFile has printed a small piece on the Dogma DVD now that we’ve got a release date. Nothing really new here, we’ve covered this stuff for quite a while now, but here’s a nice summary of what’s to be expected. We’ll have more on this exciting disc very soon:

• Attention Jeff Anderson fans! If you’d like to see JEFF in a soon-to-be-released film before anyone else, you can go to PoyaPictures.com and order your copy of “LOVE 101.” Jeff plays PHIL, an alcoholic Resident Assistant, who’s job it is to watch over the other yahoos in a college dormitory. We’re expecting a screener shortly, and will present a review of the flick soon.

• Kevin’s appearances over the past couple years have all followed a similiar pattern: The guy always shows up and talks as long as he possibly can (usually until the event staff make him stop), he always brings along a tape of something (this time, the final Clerks cartoon episode), he always takes the time for autographs and photos. Also, since he does them all over the country, new attendees usually ask similar questions, and we hear a lot of the same stories. We ALSO usually get a couple of new tidbits, too, and last night’s appearance at Emporia State University in Kansas was no exception.

Thanks to all our scoopers above who sent in summaries of the appearance. They were all pretty much the same, so we’re summing them all up with this one below. In short, the major revelation is that Kevin expressed interest in working with Bill Murray, who just happens to be “not ready for prime time” (an ex-Saturday Night Live cast member) as he alluded to in an earlier post. Could he big one of the big talents appearing in VA5? Also, View Askew 5 is up to its SEVENTH draft. Here’s more:

We also heard he mentioned News Askew and gave the site a great plug…Thanks, Kevin! Other revelations included the fact that VA5’s road trip plot featured a stop in Kansas (since he asked the audience to send in photos so they can get a feel for what the area looks like), and a reassurance that he feels Jason Lee is the PERFECT young Fletch. That about sums up this one. Thanks again to all the scoopers listed above for sending in their excellent summaries!

Front and Back Covers Inside Covers

“A Better Place” Soundtrack First Listen! 01 – Eion Bailey – How Do We Fix It? 02 – Mikael Jorgensen – Walker Road 03 – Amazing Meet Project – Stupid Of Me 04 – DiPatri, Lynch, Llywellyn – The Priest and the Little Boy 05 – Love In Reverse – Life Is Fun 06 – Amazing Meet Project – Monkey Boy Slam (elements) 07 – Auto vs. Pedestrian – Asbury Park 08 – Auto vs. Pedestrian – Pariah 09 – The Stereo Mother-Fuckers – For What It’s Worth 10 – Andres Karu_Michael Ferentino – Dieyousonofawhore 11 – Amazing Meet Project – Monkey Boy Slam 12 – Auto vs. Pedestrian – Morobia 13 – Auto vs. Pedestrian – Whipporwill 14 – Michael Ferentino – Sea Monkey Do 15 – The Stereo Mother-Fuckers – Life In Outer Space 16 – DOG – POMP

All clips run about 15-20 seconds and are in MP3 format.
Need a MP3 player? Get one here!

• As those of you who attended Vulgarthon or read the updates know, Vincent Pereira cleaned up “A Better Place” with new scenes, a new print, and brand new sound mix. To accompany this, he also teamed up with Gig Records to put together a CD soundtrack for the film, which will be available sometime next month. Vincent hooked us up with an advanced copy of the new CD, so we spun it up and gave it a listen.

There’s something to be said for the new mix: It’s damn good. The movie’s got a David Lynchian feel to it now, with a very dark and moody score permeating throughout. The ABP soundtrack features all of the score along with a ton of original tracks from Michael Ferentino, Mikael Jorgensen, Amazing Meet Project, Auto vs. Pedestrian and more. Many of these tracks now appear in the film, 2 are ONLY available on the soundtrack. Dialogue clips from the film are also interwoven in between the tracks for a true View Askew soundtrack feel.

But why take our word for it? Take a listen to the MP3 clips above yourself. We think you’ll dig what you hear. We’ll also have more info on this CD and full details when you can purchase your own copy. Thanks again to Vincent for giving us an early listen to this excellent new disc.

• Naturally the election here in the US still remains big news with the race so close that an official recount isn’t scheduled to finish until sometime tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s a few exclusive shots of Ben Affleck out on Al Gore’s campaign trail in the wee hours of the morning before yesterday’s polls opened. Our scooper (who also provided the photos) says:

His speech was very lucid, and he referred to George W. Bush as George II (aclear reference to George III, the king of England in power when Americadeclared its independence. Reading Howard Zinn again?)

He also delivered a speech from an absent Cameron Diaz.

Appearing on stage with Ben were Glenn Close, Billy Dee Williams, RobertDeNiro (who said he was sent by Harvey Weinstein himself), Stevie Wonder,Jon Bon Jovi, and of course, Al Gore.

• We have now confirmed the Dogma DVD for JANUARY 23, 2001. It’s official, folks! Yeah! Just a little over 2 months away. The date that the discount sites on the web have, 1 week sooner, is the shipment date, but NOT the street date of the disc.
• Mallrats will be airing on the FX network this Thursday, Nov. 9, at 12:00 noon. No idea if this will be the very funny and censored ABC version, but if it is, it’s worth watching alone just to hear the voice they dubbed Jay’s profanities over with.
• Speaking of TV airings, “Dogma” will be shown on Starz! at the following times:

In addition, the premiere on 11/11 will be followed by the Matt Damon film “Rounders” (a decent flick) at 10:15. The airing on 12/8 will be preceded by “Chasing Amy” at 10:05. In January, “Dogma” is likely to begin airing on the sister channel of Starz!, Encore.

• Finally today, want some details on Jason Lee‘s upcoming starring role alongside Tom Cruise? Page Six recently leaked a story on the flick, which has been shrouded in secrecy as all Cameron Crowe films have, and it sounds fairly interesting. Here’s the story, yet we warn it may contain a few spoilers. “Vanilla Sky” is rumored to be a remake of a Spanish film called “Open Your Eyes”, and even sounds like it’s got a few elements of that flick “Shattered” from about 10 years ago (remember that one?).

• Far be it from us to be political, or even claim we can fully understand the political system of this country, but those of you living here in the United States and of age really should take a few minutes to vote tomorrow. Even if you’re like us and don’t have a lot of time, pick an issue or two and stick with it. With the election this close, your vote really CAN make a difference. With the internet naturally more widespread than ever for a Presidential election, there’s a TON of websites out there that spell out the candidates for ya. PBS has a pretty cool one that even has an interactive guide that tells you your best candidate, based on your own values and concerns. Cool stuff. Anyway, this website isn’t out to mudsling one candidate or tout another, but just to encourage you to please get out there and make a choice. Just think, it’s so close that the votes generated by visits to News Askew alone could make a difference tomorrow. And that’s pretty cool and damn frightening at the same time. 😉

• More screenings! The University of Colorado at Boulder’s Program Council is showing the entire New Jersey Trilogy (strangely out of order, however). You can catch all three flicks in the Old Main building on the following dates

All movies start at 7:00pm and ANYONE (even non-students) can attend the screenings, just show up. Last year’s “Dogma” sneak was so popular that CU had to hold an encore showing so there wouldn’t be a riot. Check out http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups/pc/ for more info.

• The Independent Film Channel will be running the Clerks Special Edition featuring the commentary and deleted scenes again on November 24th, for those of you who don’t have the DVD, missed it last time or just picked up the network.
• Dogma will debut on Saturday, November 11 on the Starz! movie channel. Check your local listings for times.
• The latest issue of Total Movie magazine (that comes with a DVD, and is highly recommended) contains some clips from Clerks. We’re not sure which ones as we’ve yet to spin up the disc, but that’s what we hear.