Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Starring Ken Smith and Jason Mewes

Directed by Kevin Smith

(Dimension August 24)”Coming off being the enemy of every Christian on the planet,” Who’s last film was the controversial Dogma, I just wanted to do something light.” In this Hollywood satire, the duo that appear in every on of Smith’s films-foul mouthed Jay (Mewes) an enigmatic Silent Bob (Smith)-are trying to stop a movie about themselves from being made. As they road trip from New Jersey to Hollywood they encounter characters from previous Smith efforts, played by such folks as Jason Lee (Chasing Amy, Marats) and Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (Amy, Dogma), and such new jokers as Jason Biggs, James Van Der Beek, and Will Ferrell, who plays a bumbling wildlife marshal who tracks our heroes and a missing orangutan. “My first scene is me pleasuring myself and reading this dirty wildlife magazine.”

May the Farce Be With You: Watch for a cameo by Star Wars’ Mark Hamill. “He has a line that anyone who has ever seen him in his other job would have loved to have heard him say,” Smith says

“Adrian Zink of Larned, KS sent us this photo of himself with noted film director Kevin Smith. If Mr. Smith ever decides to do Mallrats II, it would appear that Adrian has the inside track on the lead role! Nevertheless, we’re stuck sending this future clerk a three-year subscription for his “effort!”