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  • Anyone want to settle a mystery? A fan just spotted this IMDB posting on a 1996 comedy script titled “Hiatus” written by Kevin Smith and Jason Lee. The description:
Man comes back to small home town after years of being away in California living a double life as a porn star. once back at home he decides to use the money he made to open a comic book store, all while trying to keep his family and townsfolk under the radar to exactly what he was doing while away on “hiatus”.

Is there more of a story behind this one? Kevin? Anyone?

“Having watched the original Evening with Kevin Smith, and then finally seeing Kevin Smith in person at the Clerks 2 Melbourne premiere, I thought to myself “I could listen to this guy talk about anything for an unlimited amount of time”. That’s not an exaggeration. Evening Harder continues the trend of fascinating conversation, there’s no gap between Evening With and Evening Harder. Just like a good sequel, plots are mentioned from the first one, loose ends are tied up and there are updates on the fall out of events.

Evening Harder had a tough task of maintain the freshness and spontaneity of the first one, but Kevin never tires the audience out and keeps everything moving at a great pace from Toronto to London. His fantastic story about Dora the Explorer is one of the highlights and had myself tuning in to the kids show for a laugh. The opening in London is hilarious as Kevin himself proves to be even more of a foul mouth, gutter talker as he throws the C word out like it’s the new “google”. After watching his Evening DVD’s, and seeing him live on stage, one thing becomes clear: He doesn’t treat his audience with contempt. He doesn’t patronise them. He puts up with a lot and in the end comes across as a genuine bloke. There’s too much to report on and so much to discover about this wonderful collection of conversations. In Australia, we got 2 for the price of half a 1. Both Evening are packaged together for $27AU. I would have paid much much more for it.”

Buy your own copy here in the US starting November 28th (or pre-order NOW from the Stash)!

  • They did get Evening Harder very early, however, Australians will have to wait a bit for the Clerks II disc. EzyDVD confirms that the disc won’t street there until January 3rd, 2007. Here, stateside, we’re counting the days until November 28th!
  • In this month’s issue of Spin Magazine, there’s a section called “What have you been listening to?”. Kevin and Bam Margera split a page where Kevin talks about his love of David Byrne and Public Enemy’s “Fear of a Black Planet”. If anyone’s got a scan, hook us up!
  • A Silent Bob shows up as one of the costumes in this gallery from our local Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire (from their recent costume contest).
  • Attention UK fans! The great “Dinner For Five” with Jon Favreau has finally started showing on UK digital channel ITV4 and should be showing the Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner episode in about 5 weeks (according to the current schedule). Watch for it!
  • Seems that the F*CK documentary is having problems being promoted due to its title (not a surprise). IMDB reports:
Marketing Dilemma: How To Promote a Film Called ‘F***’?

How can a studio promote and market a film whose title is the F word? That is the challenge facing ThinkFilm, which is releasing F**k the movie in New York and Los Angeles on Nov. 10 before expanding it. Bloomberg News quoted ThinkFilm’s marketing chief, Mark Urman, as describing his quandary this way: “Newspapers, unless they are alternative weeklies, cannot print the word … and movie theaters cannot put the title on a marquee.” Another complication facing the company — the title of the movie would also force the MPAA ratings board to issue an NC-17 rating; ThinkFilm has therefore decided to release it unrated. However, Mark Cuban’s Landmark Theatre Corp. has reportedly agreed to exhibit it in 57 theaters in 23 markets.

See ya next time, folks. Hope you had a fine weekend.

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