- Alright, so here’s the story behind the Jersey Girl Showest “trailer” that’s making the rounds on the net by force these days — Many months ago, a trailer was put together to air at Showest, which was aimed towards international distributions of the film. This was never meant as an official trailer for the film, yet it does feature a great deal of footage, including some wonderful scenes. It’s not at all what Miramax or View Askew want to call an official trailer for the film, though, and as an official source, we’ve been asked not to carry the trailer or link to it here for that purpose (hence the delay in posting this to you, as we tried to work this out). Truth be told, we tried to get a copy of this up for you many months ago, but the official position has always been to wait for the final trailer.
As with most things that leak out on the net, those of you who are resourceful enough should be able to track it down, though the powers that be can’t allow us to give out clues, links, or host a copy of this unofficial trailer here. Hopefully most of you will be able to track it down. Our advice, find it fast, while it’s still easy to come by. And of course, we’d love to hear your comments in the talkbacks if you get the chance to watch it. Happy hunting!
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Kevin On Stash Bash Date & More!
- Here’s the latest group of goodies from Kevin courtesy another recent Q&A session from the board:
- The Stash Bash has officially moved to October 12th, due to the Red Bank Film Festival already crowding up the town for the prior weekend.
- Talk/Miramax Books is collecting all the Arena columns and other article-type stuff that Kevin has written over the years into a book, coming out next fall. Kevin also hopes to write some new Arena columns in the future, as time permits.
- Kevin’s in the middle of the second draft of the Fletch Won script.
- Jay Mewes should be attending the Texas Wizard Comicon along with Kevin, Bryan, and possibly Walt. Kevin will be doing a live Q&A at the show.
- No new progress has been made regarding the Clerks animated movie.
- Kevin’s Playboy shoot is next week, likely someone we’ve heard of, but not someone who has posted nude before.
That’s all we got, for now!
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- UK residents – Nab another pair of those way cool Duncan Fegredo sketches from Duncan himself over at eBay’s UK division.
- The Astor Theatre in Melbourne, Australia is showing a View Askew double feature on Thursday, October 30th at 7:30 PM. Clerks and Chasing Amy are on the bill. See their site for more details.
- And finally today, on the weird side of things — Job #3 on this list of the Worst Jobs In Science seems like it would be right up one bit character in Clerks’ alley. Catch ya next time…
Limited Fegredo Jay/Bob Artwork on eBay!
- Duncan Fegredo, the artist on the Oni Press Jay & Silent Bob comics, has quite an exclusive going on over at eBay – Two brand new sketches of Jay and Bob, with a run of 10 on each character. Each sketch is individually drawn, inked, numbered, and signed by Fegredo. Yep, there’s only 20 in the world! Bids start at a very affordable $50.00 for the pair! Get your bids in NOW for these way cool items , VERY suitable for framing!
News Askew Retro: Sight & Sound, November 1997
- This week’s retro takes us back to 1997, when Chasing Amy was fresh in our minds and Kevin was again the talk of the critics with his return to smaller, lower budget projects. Sight & Sound’s November 1997 issue not only features their take on Chasing Amy (an uneven one at that), but a rarely-seen article from Kevin touting his love of “A Man For All Seasons”. Jump in the wayback machine and enjoy…
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- We mentioned last week that Clerks will be at the Brew & View in Chicago, but didn’t also realize THAT more Askew flicks would be showing there as well — From September 19th through the 25th, Dogma runs at 8, followed by Chasing Amy at 10. Bring those copies of the drinking games and have yourself a blast!
- Film Threat again featured a classic Askew quote at their site last week: “I didn’t come in you, Pete, I swear.” – Jay from “Dogma” (1999).
- Jersey Girl gets a small mention (along with the obligatory Gigli burn) in today’s Parade magazine which appears in most Sunday newspapers across the country.
- In other newspaper-type stuff, last week’s USA weekend (from USA Today) ran a cartoon that alluded to the fact that Jersey Girl is coming next year (though didn’t exactly name the film). Again, Gigli is targeted.
- A promotional video over at Gemini Films has a small reference to Kevin’s efforts to get “Clerks” made when citing past independent film directors and projects.
- Seems that the New Jersey governor is backing a program that will allow financial grants to filmmakers who come to the state with their projects. Jersey Girl is cited as a recent example of a film that brought attention to the area.
JG Producer Phil Benson Interviewed…
- Phil Benson, Jersey Girl’s Associate Producer, is interviewed at MoviePoopShoot.com. Surf over to read the piece and check out some new behind-the-scenes photos from Ratface.Here’s a preview:
Antony: Who’s responsible for the cataloguing of the footage, and for physically putting those tapes into the computer so Kevin and Scott can edit?
Phil Benson: I’m the guy who loads the BetaCam SP tapes the footage comes on into the AVID. The person who establishes the relationship between each frame of film and the video that gets loaded is the guy who actually transfers the film to video. There’s a machine that not only converts the film into video, but actually reads the number on the edge, and transfers those numbers to a data file that we receive. Every day, I receive BetaCam tapes of the previous day’s shoot, and I also receive a floppy diskette that tells the AVID exactly which scenes and takes are on that tape.
Antony: What has been your best moment?
Phil Benson: I was just talking with Scott [Mosier] about this. On JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK, the first time we had to do an audience preview, we got crushed with our time and we had to quickly mix everything together for an audience preview. Then we had some technical problems, and our mix was going late, and we had to be on a plane to San Diego for our first test screening. We ended up mixing all through the night with no sleep, and then Scott and Monica and I went straight from the mixing stage to the airport, went straight to San Diego, got off the plane, and did a run-through. The test screening went fantastically. We hadn’t slept for days. I remember thinking at the time that the kind of euphoria that comes from working non-stop for days, and then finally having a great test screening with all the Miramax people there, and Kevin being totally ecstatic, made it all worth it. It was probably one of the best moments of my career.
Phil Benson: I’m the guy who loads the BetaCam SP tapes the footage comes on into the AVID. The person who establishes the relationship between each frame of film and the video that gets loaded is the guy who actually transfers the film to video. There’s a machine that not only converts the film into video, but actually reads the number on the edge, and transfers those numbers to a data file that we receive. Every day, I receive BetaCam tapes of the previous day’s shoot, and I also receive a floppy diskette that tells the AVID exactly which scenes and takes are on that tape.
Antony: What has been your best moment?
Phil Benson: I was just talking with Scott [Mosier] about this. On JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK, the first time we had to do an audience preview, we got crushed with our time and we had to quickly mix everything together for an audience preview. Then we had some technical problems, and our mix was going late, and we had to be on a plane to San Diego for our first test screening. We ended up mixing all through the night with no sleep, and then Scott and Monica and I went straight from the mixing stage to the airport, went straight to San Diego, got off the plane, and did a run-through. The test screening went fantastically. We hadn’t slept for days. I remember thinking at the time that the kind of euphoria that comes from working non-stop for days, and then finally having a great test screening with all the Miramax people there, and Kevin being totally ecstatic, made it all worth it. It was probably one of the best moments of my career.
Paulsboro Residents Look Forward To JG…
- Residents of Paulsboro, NJ, where many of Jersey Girl’s exteriors were shot, are as excited as ever for the final product to hit theaters. This story, from Tuesday’s Gloucester County Times, explores that very notion:
Break-up does not dampen outlook for J.Lo film
By Theresa Katalinas
PAULSBORO — Tasha Frisby has crossed her fingers for the upcoming release of “Jersey Girl,” which was filmed in large part in her hometown.
Unlike other borough residents, Frisby has different hopes for the film which stars Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. Instead of merely wishing for box office success with its planned March 19 release, Frisby longs to share the spotlight with Affleck, her favorite actor.
By Theresa Katalinas
PAULSBORO — Tasha Frisby has crossed her fingers for the upcoming release of “Jersey Girl,” which was filmed in large part in her hometown.
Unlike other borough residents, Frisby has different hopes for the film which stars Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. Instead of merely wishing for box office success with its planned March 19 release, Frisby longs to share the spotlight with Affleck, her favorite actor.
“I hope they pick me,” Frisby, 26, said excitedly of her role as an extra in the movie.
Despite the rumored break-up of Affleck and Lopez just days ago, Mayor John Burzichelli, a co-owner of Hill Studio on Broad Street, said he doesn’t think Paulsboro will lose its 15 minutes of red carpet fame.
“In the motion picture industry, any publicity is good publicity,” Burzichelli said. “If they don’t stay together it probably helps. It certainly doesn’t hurt.”
Matthew Hiltzik, Miramax spokesman, said “Time will tell” if the movie has what it takes to withstand the alleged break-up.
“We feel very strongly about the quality of ‘Jersey Girl,’ ” Hiltzik said. “There’s a great story here and a great performance by Ben. We’re hopeful that the film will speak for itself.”
Hiltzik said the movie was set to hit the silver screen in the third quarter of this year, but the third installment of the “The Matrix” and the December release of another Affleck film pushed back the “Jersey Girl” debut to March 19.
Romeo and Emily Dixon, owners of Romeo’s Records on North Delaware Street, said they doubted that curiosity about the movie would fade because the couple split up.
“People could care less,” Romeo Dixon said. “It’s Hollywood.”
Emily Dixon added that Christmas music thought to be featured in “Jersey Girl” prompted a holiday harmony buying spree when a rush of people flocked to the two-square-mile town during filming. She said a display window featuring “nothing but Jennifer Lopez” helped J.Lo’s albums fly off the shelves.
“Everybody wants to see the movie,” Emily Dixon said. “People who know Paulsboro were like, ‘I was there.’ ”
Despite the flop earlier this summer of “Gigli,” a film which also stars Affleck and Lopez, Judy MacKenzie, Paulsboro Chamber of Commerce member, said the release of the highly anticipated “Jersey Girl” will cause a local frenzy. She said the following for Director Kevin Smith will bring masses of people to see the buildings, streets, and Tinicum Lighthouse used as movie backdrops.
“I really think there’ll be the ‘Kevin Smith Jersey Girl tour,’ ” MacKenzie said. “That’ll bring hundreds of people to this town … All of that is just a positive for us.”
You can also find this piece online at NJ.com.
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- The latest issue of Simpsons Comics (#86, out today) features a few neat Askew gags. First off, Springfield’s Aztec Theater hosts a film festival and at one point we see Apu and his wife watching a black and white film:
Page 6, panel 2
Manjula: Apu, have you ever seen “Clerks” before?
Apu: Seen it? I was the creative consultant!
(Onscreen is a rendering of Dante, hair seemingly patterned after the TAS version, saying, “Thank you, come again!”)
Panel 3:
Apu: The director liked me so much, he based a later film on me. The studio made a few changes in the final cut.
(Apu brandishes a “Chasing Apu” poster that features a close up of him, a la Joey Adams.)
Manjula: Apu, have you ever seen “Clerks” before?
Apu: Seen it? I was the creative consultant!
(Onscreen is a rendering of Dante, hair seemingly patterned after the TAS version, saying, “Thank you, come again!”)
Panel 3:
Apu: The director liked me so much, he based a later film on me. The studio made a few changes in the final cut.
(Apu brandishes a “Chasing Apu” poster that features a close up of him, a la Joey Adams.)
If anyone’s got some scans, send ‘em on, we’d love to post them.
- Quite possibly a Mallrats reference tucked into the latest Buffy The Vampire Slayer game (Chaos Bleeds) for the home consoles: One of the levels take place in an abandoned mall full of store fronts, one of which is called “Buy Me Toys”.
- Here’s a quick quote from a Seann William Scott interview in the latest “Maxim”:
Maxim: What the toughest thing about playing a doofus all the time?
Seann: It’s hard to do a comedy and play an intelligent guy. It’s always about some guy who’s not too bright and has to get himself out of a big mess. But I really don’t think my characters in Old School or Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back were doofuses. They were more like eccentric weirdos.
- Clerks plays the midnight show on 9/19, 9/20, and 9/25 at Chicago’s famous Brew & View Theater. Be there with your carefully laminated copies of the Clerks Drinking Game in hand.
- View Askew alum Joey Lauren Adams has a new thriller/drama on the way, titled “A Promise Kept” (also starring Sean Patrick Flanery and Mimi Rogers). The film will be screening on the 22nd of this month at the Angelika Theater in Dallas. Screening time will be 7:00 PM. Tickets are $8 and available online to purchase 3 days in advance of the screening. Visit the official website for the film for more info.
- And finally today, thanks to Salon.com’s gossip column “The Fix” for the site credit and link in their latest blurb, which lifted Kev’s quote regarding Ben & Jen’s “breakup” that appeared here over the weekend. ‘Til next we meet…
Kev On Stash Bash, Brodie, & More!
- Kevin chats us up on another possible weeks’ delay for Stash Bash 2, the creation of the Brodie dixie cup inaction figure, release schedules, more Nuart screenings, and more:
We may be moving the Stash Bash by another week to October 12th. More info soon.
We’re still working through all the essays. Results announced next week, probably.
I’m shooting another Panasonic commercial this week, Thursday and Friday, this time for the Panasonic DVD Recorder. The difference this time out is that I’m not only directing the spot, I’m in it too. I’ll throw it up here as soon as it’s done.
For those in L.A. – looks like we’ll be doing another midnight screening/Q&A at the NuArt in November. The Cannes cut of “Dogma” will screen the Friday after Thanksgiving.
You’ve seen the Dixie Cup Brodie figure already. Pretty cool. For the youngster who asked about doing the interchangeable hands: good idea. Wish I’d thought of it. Sadly, all the Brodie figs holding the comic were done months back (cast, painted, carded) and are on their way back from China as we speak, and the Con exclusive. In order to include a Dixie Cup hand with each, we’d have to send all the figs back, trash all the packaging, alter each figure by hand to make the appendages interchangeable, re-card and package the figs, and send them back here for distribution – all of which would be cost-prohibitive unless we double the price of the figure (not to mention defeat the purpose of the “Inaction” figure). I wish we’d thought of doing the Dixie Cup from the get-go, but we weren’t that clever, apparently. In fact, it wasn’t until Brad and Chris started lobbying for the Dixie Cup Brodie that it occurred to me that THAT would’ve been the ideal Brodie figure. Happily, the Dallas Wizard Con came up, which afforded us the opportunity to do a small run of Dixie Cup variants to at least somewhat rectify our error (besides – it felt too early to roll out the Golgothan, the original choice for the Con exclusive).
Anyway, don’t know why I’m over-explaining this. But when I read the kid’s post, I was like “Yeah – why didn’t we do that?” So I guess this post is more me thinking aloud than anything else. Sorry.
[On the Dogma Inaction Figures]: “As for when they’ll be released, we’re doing two waves a year. So six months from the “Rats” figs release, the “Dogma” Inaction figs will come out. “
We’re still working through all the essays. Results announced next week, probably.
I’m shooting another Panasonic commercial this week, Thursday and Friday, this time for the Panasonic DVD Recorder. The difference this time out is that I’m not only directing the spot, I’m in it too. I’ll throw it up here as soon as it’s done.
For those in L.A. – looks like we’ll be doing another midnight screening/Q&A at the NuArt in November. The Cannes cut of “Dogma” will screen the Friday after Thanksgiving.
You’ve seen the Dixie Cup Brodie figure already. Pretty cool. For the youngster who asked about doing the interchangeable hands: good idea. Wish I’d thought of it. Sadly, all the Brodie figs holding the comic were done months back (cast, painted, carded) and are on their way back from China as we speak, and the Con exclusive. In order to include a Dixie Cup hand with each, we’d have to send all the figs back, trash all the packaging, alter each figure by hand to make the appendages interchangeable, re-card and package the figs, and send them back here for distribution – all of which would be cost-prohibitive unless we double the price of the figure (not to mention defeat the purpose of the “Inaction” figure). I wish we’d thought of doing the Dixie Cup from the get-go, but we weren’t that clever, apparently. In fact, it wasn’t until Brad and Chris started lobbying for the Dixie Cup Brodie that it occurred to me that THAT would’ve been the ideal Brodie figure. Happily, the Dallas Wizard Con came up, which afforded us the opportunity to do a small run of Dixie Cup variants to at least somewhat rectify our error (besides – it felt too early to roll out the Golgothan, the original choice for the Con exclusive).
Anyway, don’t know why I’m over-explaining this. But when I read the kid’s post, I was like “Yeah – why didn’t we do that?” So I guess this post is more me thinking aloud than anything else. Sorry.
[On the Dogma Inaction Figures]: “As for when they’ll be released, we’re doing two waves a year. So six months from the “Rats” figs release, the “Dogma” Inaction figs will come out. “
Normally Kevin wouldn’t bring up a date change without it being pretty close to true, so expect that October 12th date to probably become official this week. Hopefully that doesn’t mess with too many schedules. We’ll let you know when we hear more.
And can we say again: Dixie Cup Brodie! Yes!!!!
More news later, we assure you.