Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was the link movie connecting Scary Movie and Clerks.
Linked through Shannon Elizabeth and Jason Mewes.
Both Shannon Elizabeth and Jason Mewes appeared in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
About Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
"Hollywood had it coming."
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travel to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.
Directed by Kevin Smith
Written by Kevin Smith
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Score by James L. Venable
The soundtrack Music from the Dimension Motion Picture: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was released August 14, 2001 by Universal Records, while Varèse Sarabande released James L. Venable's original score. The soundtrack alternates film dialogue with songs, features Afroman's Because I Got High whose video included Jay and Silent Bob, and includes Tube Of Wonderful.
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The film's title and logo are direct references to The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
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Originally intended to be the last film set in the View Askewniverse, it reunites many characters from earlier Askewniverse films, with some actors in dual roles or reprising roles.
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Principal photography ran from January 14 to April 19, 2001, with filming taking place in New Jersey and mostly in California.
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Kevin Smith later described the shoot as a "headache" largely because Jason Mewes's drug and alcohol abuse created mood swings, led Smith to throw Mewes out of his car, saw heavy drinking after shoots, and nearly resulted in a fistfight with producer Scott Mosier.
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A planned Scooby-Doo animatronic sequence—completed and rehearsed—depicting explicit behavior had to be cut after lawyers intervened.
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The film drew criticism from GLAAD for an overwhelmingly homophobic tone, prompting a request that Smith donate $10,000 to the Matthew Shepard Foundation and add a reference in the credits; the MPAA initially gave the film an NC-17 and it took three submissions to earn an R rating.
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