- DVD Supersite The Digital Bits ran a report over the long holiday
weekend which detailed the extras included on the Clerks X DVD, due on September the 7th. They very kindly note that Kevin and View Askew
always put a ton of work into their DVDs, so it’s nice to see that the community at large agrees that it doesn’t get much better than our
special editions.
So, as for extras, there’s not much new here, aside from the fact that the documentary now has a clever title we hadn’t seen before: “Snowball
Effect†(as well as the fact that it runs a full 150 minutes, WOW). Now, the potential BIG news here was that the Clerks TV pilot was again
thrown onto the list. Well, we immediately did some fact checking, and we’re sorry to report that word has come down from above that the
press release is INCORRECT in that regard, and the Clerks TV pilot will NOT be in the set. Sorry, folks. We wanted to see it, too.
However, take a look at what the Bits had to say, we think it’ll have you drooling and marking your calendar days with glee as the 7th
of September draws closer:
an SRP of $39.99. The set will include the original theatrical version of the film as well as the extended, Sundance version. Both will
feature audio commentary by director Smith and the cast and crew (the Sundance version will feature video commentary as well). The
video/audio specs are listed as 1.85:1/16×9 enhanced and Dolby Digital 5.1, but I don’t know if this applies to both versions or just the
theatrical version. Extras will include the 150-minute Snowball Effect documentary, an animated missing scene, the Mae Day: The Crumbling
of a Documentary featurette, the original unaired Clerks TV pilot, Jay & Silent Bob TV spots, the Flying Car short film seen on the Tonight
Show, video of the 10th Anniversary screening Q&A, original audition tapes, theatrical trailers and TV spots, music videos for Soul
Asylum’s Can’t Even Tell and Girls Against Boys’ Kill the Sex Player, a still photo gallery, DVD-ROM “enhanced†playback, Kevin Smith’s
original journals, and 7 articles about the film by critics and film historians. Knowing Smith, you can bet there’s lots of hidden material
as well, and other items not listed in the press release. We’ll have the final official artwork as soon as its available. Should be a very
cool release. Out hats off to Kevin for all the TLC he puts into his discs.
Speaking of which, we should mention that Miramax is also releasing Smith’s Jersey Girl on DVD on 9/7 (SRP $29.99), but we’re told that the
director is working on a more elaborate special edition version that will be released at a later date.
We’re going to try and get our hands on both of these releases as soon as possible, and hope to give you some exclusive looks at all of the
amazing content coming your way in just a couple of short months. Stay tuned, more news later.
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