God – who still seems to be a fan of mine, and vice versa

Jenny – The proof that God’s still a fan. I love you so so much, my muse.

Scott – Love you too. You’re the James Brown of film, dude.

Mom – thanks for raising me right.

Harley – The original Jersey Girl

Gail and Byron – The Glue

Philbert – aka Mosier Jr.

Laura- she who makes it all happen.

Lehrman – an A.D. so good, he was practically the D.

Vilmos – The master of light

Ben – You were flat out brilliant

George – Funny, smart and a great actor. It’s just not fair.

Liv – My new favorite actress. You elevated Maya

Raquel – Kid, you’re a star.

Jen – who inspired Ben to greatness and while being great herself.

Root and Starr – the mid-life Jay and Silent Bob

Biggs – You’ve now lived down the pie.

Betty – the best teacher the kids could have.

Will – I love you all the way to the moon and back down to the dirt.

The Crew – The true filmmakers

Carol – for riding shotgun

Sue – For grace under pressure

Charlie – for our third act show stopper

Jon G. – Officially Miramax, unofficially View Askew. You’re the fourth Beatle, dude.

Harvey – for an excellent suggestion.

Phil – My deal-maker and friend.

Sloss – the legal eagle.

Mas – for support from day one.

Sondheim – for “Sweeney” in both our movie and real life.

The Boss – for lending us his art. Twice.

Stevie, Aimee, Ben and Pete – For flick-defining tunes.

Joey, Zack and Donald – For lots of Crystal Light, Baja fresh chicken and smoke runs.

Carol – who keeps me rolling in dough.

Ming – The architect.

Chappy – My merch partner in crime.

The city of Philadelphia – for being great hosts.

The town of Paulsboro – for the location and the street

The Town of Highlands – For giving a fat kid a nice place to grow up.

And the Tabloids – For nothing.

…What can I say about Jersey Girl? It’s a movie that I was very very fond of until it underperformed, and now I hate it. Sweet little movie, never got a chance because we had a really big albatross hanging around our neck in the form of, I’ll say it.. George Carlin… It wasn’t him. It is a movie that got checked on two fronts, I’d love to push all the credit off onto the Bennifer shit, but it really wasn’t just them. I read the reviews and a lot of people were like ‘this dude has no business making this fucking picture, it’s got too much heart and class.’ Ok, alright, duly noted. So this next thing I’m going to do is put out this home video we made of Jason Mewes fucking his ex-girlfriend. I’d love to see what BV Home Video puts together for that presentation.

So, please go out there and write about it. I’ve been whoring this thing on our website for the last year or two years, I don’t there’s much more ink to be had for our thing. But, if you feel the need, go out there and say shit about it, because I would love to move a few more. Clerks is one the only Miramax movies that I’ve been involved in, one of my only movies that is actually in profit, so I see back end on that. Jersey Girl, I don’t think I’ll ever see back end on that. It’s actually going to take a little while for it to get back into profit, but frankly I doubt if our company (Miramax) will exist in another year. Clerks I am in profit on. So basically when we came up with the idea to put out the tenth anniversary, it wasn’t because we were like feeling sentimental, and because the movie has survived for ten years, and still works and still plays, I was like ‘we’ll make more fucking money, let’s put it out on three discs, charge even more.’ Maybe I can finally retire from this fucking dog and pony show. So help me move a few more units. I don’t want to keep you guys any longer than you have to be here, because I know you’ve got food and drink and booze and I’d like to fucking go home now. Thanks for coming out, go pimp my shit please.

Director Kevin Smith Plans ‘Clerks’ Sequel

By ANTHONY BREZNICAN, AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES – Kevin Smith is making another convenience store run.

The writer-director of “Dogma,” “Chasing Amy” and “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” told the Associated Press on Friday that he has begun work on a sequel to “Clerks,” his homemade indie classic from 1994.

That $27,000 movie, shot at night in a store where Smith worked, chronicled the adventures of Dante and Randal, two guys who talk about life, death, sex and movies while working at neighboring stores.

The sequel picks up 10 years later.

“It’s about what happens when that lazy, 20-something malaise lasts into your 30s. Those dudes are kind of still mired, not in that same exact situation, but in a place where it’s time to actually grow up and do something more than just sit around and dissect pop culture and talk about sex,” Smith said during an interview at his Hollywood office. “It’s: What happened to these dudes?”

A new 10th anniversary DVD of “Clerks” debuts Sept. 7, and Smith said working on that three-disc set inspired him to write about what became of those characters.

The sequel — titled “The Passion of the Clerks” — is set to begin shooting in January. Miramax Films, which turned the original into a cult-hit after buying it at the Sundance Film Festival (news – web sites), plans to distribute the follow-up.

“It’s funny, it’s very raw, insanely foul-mouthed. In many ways it’s the antithesis of ‘Jersey Girl,’” Smith said, referring to his recent PG-13 comedy with Ben Affleck (news) as the widowed father of a little girl.

Smith is also writing the screenplay for a movie version of “The Green Hornet,” but no longer thinks he will direct it. The “Clerks” movie has moved to the top of his to-do list.

He said he called Jeff Anderson, who played the combative video-store worker Randal, and Brian O’Halloran, who was the besieged-by-strangeness convenience store employee Dante, to run the idea by them first.

“Jeff was actually very protective of ‘Clerks,’” Smith said. “Jeff was like, ‘Are you sure you want to do this? That movie means a lot to people and do you want to go back?’ I thought about it honestly, and it would seem chicken to not give it a shot just because I’m afraid of (messing) with the first film.”

So far, he said he has gotten only positive responses from the people who have read the script, so he decided to move forward with it. Both O’Halloran and Anderson are signed on, and Jason Mewes, will return as stoner Jay, the “hetero life-mate” of Smith’s stoic Silent Bob.

“I’m sure there will be naysayers who say, ‘Oh my God, it’s an opportunistic grab at a buck,’ but it’s not. We’re doing it for nothing,” Smith said. “We’re going to do it insanely inexpensively. The budget will be somewhere between 250 grand and $5 million.”

The original was shot pre-dawn, and most of the actors worked for free and then went straight to their day-jobs with little or no sleep.

“This time around we’ll afford ourselves the luxury of nice 12-hour days,” Smith said. “And people can get paid.”