Archive for May 23rd, 2004

More From Kevin!

May 23rd @ 11:13 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Here’s a few more interesting tidbits directly from Kevin:
  • On the Jersey Girl DVD release: “I’ve heard August 25th, but don’t quote me on that. Could be Sept/Oct too.

    Being that Miramax is rushing it, we didn’t have time to re-assemble the longer cut and clear the music rights for the cut material. So there will be two “Jersey Girl” releases. The first release is the theatrical cut, with extras that include one or two commentary tracks (we’re not sure yet), some behind-the-scenes shorts (which you probably saw on Starz or Bravo), and five “Roadside Attractions” (yeah, I know – what does “Roadside Attractions” have to do with “Jersey Girl”? I don’t know; ask Harvey).

    The next release (probably a year or so down the road) will be the first cut of the movie, with more Ollie/Gertrude background and whatnot, as well as all the music that we cut out or replaced. Don’t know what kind of extras will be on it just yet, but we’ll try to pack it, as per usual. “

  • The special figure likely to appear at cons this year from the Dogma set? A variation of the Golgothan. Sadly, the proposed God and
    Metatron figs won’t be ready in time.
  • We’re likely to see t-shirts featuring that pretty new View Askew logo soon.
  • If Kevin made a ton of money on Green Hornet, he’d love to try and persuade Miramax into letting him use Jason Lee as Fletch.

That’s it for now! Keep watching the View Askew Board for your chance to ask Kevin any question your heart desires.

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Jersey Girl DVD Covers!

May 23rd @ 11:12 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by JW




  • You read Kevin’s update about the disc above, now take a look at some of the proposed covers floating around! The studio’s in the
    process of deciding on one, and chances are the movie-only edition will look like one of the above. With the special edition DVD a year or so off, we’re
    sure they’ll come up with something new for the cover. So, take a look, click the above images for a larger version. We’ll keep you informed of any other
    JG-related DVD news we’ve got!

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View Askew NewsBites™

May 23rd @ 11:11 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brian Goodman, Daniel Zelter, Grand King, Jordy, Jeff Raden

  • A Clerks re-enactment makes it into the latest edition of “Good Scenes Gone Bad” at the silly, but fun Liquid Generation site, full of some of the goofiest Flash and Shockwave games on the web.
  • According to popular film site Dark Horizons, Harvey Weinstein has stated that Fletch Won is on the slate for next year and that Kevin remains attached to direct.
  • Here’s a brief write-up from another attendee of Kev’s WGA appearance a week or so back:
I paid $20 for my ticket and battled traffic to get the event on time. I thought the event rocked! Smith was in his usual hilarious form, and I’d seen him speak at comic-con a few times – so it wasn’t like I’d never seen the guy. I paid to go to a writer’s event hosted by the WGA, and really, I got my money’s worth. The MC and Kevin got along great onstage – not sure what the previous reviewer was talking about one of them being “annoyed” at the other. The questions were really old-school styled, a lot about breaking in as a writer/director- something I’m trying to do. The MC did a great job of keeping the conversation focused on writing, which was exactly what I’d hoped the night would be about. Then when they opened up to the audience for questions, all kinds of fun fan questions rolled in. At that point, it was just like every other Kevin Smith event I’d been to – awesome Smith rants based on fan questions. An even balance if you ask me. Smith rocked. The MC solid kept writing as the focus while always being respectful to Kevin. I heard stories told I’ve never heard before.
  • Kevin is mentioned in an article about movies that are morden “instant classics”, because of the director in the Canberra Times, the newspaper of Australia’s capital:
“Indeed, it’s the entire story of a generation – the 70s group of Coppola, Lucus, Friedkin, Bogdanovich, de Palma and to a lesser extent Scorsese.

Now that the 90’s indie generation of Soderbergh, Lee, Tarentino, Smith, the Andersons and Linklater have about a decade or more behind them, it’s interesting to conjecture whether their best films actually are still ahead. By their third cinema release, their body of work already included Sex, Lies and Videotape, Do the Right Thing, Pulp Fiction, Chasing Amy, Boogie Nights, Rushmore and Slacker.

Then the article finishes with a list of the five best DVD Commentaries:

1 Boogie Nights
2 The Ususal Suspects
3 Any Kevin Smith Film (Smith’s biplay with “Bender” Affleck on Dogma and Chasing Amy is priceless.)
4 El Mariachi
5 This is Spinal Tap

  • And on a final note today: Send your good thoughts over to a member of the extended View Askew family, Soul Asylum’s Karl Mueller, who is undergoing treatment for throat cancer. The band’s been a friend of View Askew since the Clerks days, and we wish him well.

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