Clerks

Clerks X 10th Anniversary Edition (1994 Comedy, R) 3Discs
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Crew: Kevin Smith (Dir), Jason Mewes, Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Lisa Spoonhauer, Scott Mosier
Details: Convenience and video store clerks Dante Hicks and Randal Graves are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed…bored out of their minds, and deal with their offbeat love lives. (Netflix)
DVD Extras: Informative booklet included.
Disc 1: Original Cut (92:00), Original Commentary Track, Enhanced Playback (Popup Facts) Track, Lost Funeral Animated Short with Introduction (10:05), Flying Car Short Film & Intro (8:15), 8 MTV Spots with Jay & Silent Bob and Intro (17:52), Theatrical Trailer with Original Intro (1:54), Soul Asylum-Can't Even Tell Music Video & Intro (5:41), Restoration-1. Sound (5:14), 2. Look (:36), & 3. Theatrical Cut (7:02), Original Auditions & Intro (13:55),
Disc 2: Introduction (8:40), Original Cut (104:00), New Commentary Track (also available as live video footage only),
Disc 3: Snowball Effect Documentary (90:30), SED Outtakes (41:28), May Day Documentary & Intro (11:37), 10th Anniversary Q&A (42:07), Still Photo Gallery, Kevin Smith's Pre-Clerks & Sundance Journals, and 8 Articles & Reviews.
Eggs: Unknown: I have tried this egg, but cannot get it to work, so I assume this rumor is false. From disc 1, stop the disc and choose 3 on your remote.
Factoids: 1. The "Clerks" logo is made out of letters cut from various magazines and food items. The C is from Cosmopolitan Magazine, the L is from Life, the E is from Rolling Stone, the R is from Ruffles potato chips, the K is from Clark Bar and the S is from a Goobers box. 2. Clerks is loosely based on "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri hence the name. Also, there are nine breaks in the movie to represent the nine rings of hell. 3. The VHS cassette of this film is the most stolen video tape in video stores across the USA. 4. Grace Smith who plays the "Milk Maid" in the movie, is Kevin Smith's mother. 5. While standing outside the video store, Jay exclaims, "I'll f**k anything that moves!" This is a reference to the same line that is said by Dennis Hopper's character in Blue Velvet. 6. After Randal is introduced and is walking back to the video store, he turns to a pedestrian and says, "Dr. Jones, no time for love!" This line was taken from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. 7. The character Caitlin Ryan was named after the same character in the TV show, Degrassi Junior High, one of Kevin Smith's favorite TV shows when we worked at the Quick Stop in his hometown. Caitlin Ryan was his favorite character on the show. 8. The "RST" in RST Video stands "Rajiv, Sarla, Tarlochen." Those are the first names of the son, mother, and father team who owned (and still own) the video store and the Quick Stop. (IMDB, Moviemistakes)
Comments: Rating B+. (Unknown, Own) I fell in the cult movie status of this flick around the early Dogma days, and I still enjoy it. The only other possible element I could think of for this package to be topped off would have ben the Clerks Original Unaired TV Pilot. But that wasn't Smith's project, and it sounds like it was pretty bad and may never be bundled in. A die hard fan should find a nice bit of fun by selecting to view the annimated lost scene within the movie on the first disc with the popup facts option on, or even just watching the video commentary only on disc two. There aren't any eggs (which were flat out fun on Dogma, and An Evening with Kevin Smith...Mallrats 10th Anniversary's were so-so), but the release is full of extras. I myself felt my first overload of too much material, and I still love it. I wish they included the animated lost scene as an option to watch on the extended version...but I understand the First version probably wouldn't have included that anyway.
Differences: The only differences I saw was that in the original DVD release, the deleted scenes section (including the Alternate ending) and music video have introductions. The music video introduction is completely changes and the deleted scenes introductions were dropped in the X release. However, those old introductions do not add anything at all, so they aren't really missed. I went as far as to check and see if the seven deleted/extended scenes available on the first DVD release were included on the Disc 2 Original Cut, and they were, with exact timing and complete with the Kevin Smith smoke ending. S, toss out the old version and grab the new one.
Here are some additional fan based locations to check out.
Kevin Smith's Online Diary, MySpace, NewsAskew, Quick Stop Entertainment, PoopShoot & Press.
Official Drinking Game
-- GENERAL RULES (Apply to first four films):
Any reference to hockey is made (1 drink).
A character from another Askew-niverse film is mentioned (1 drink).
Jay or Silent Bob raise their fist to someone approaching them (1 drink).
A reference to a non-askewniverse film is made (Star Wars, Jaws, Pretty In Pink, etc.) (1 drink).
A pop culture reference is made (2 drinks, use your own discretion.)
Any character gives another character advice that he/she received from his/her grandmother (2 drinks).
Any reference of Rick Derris having sex with someone is made (2 drinks).
Jay gives or offers any drug to another character (2 drinks).
Walt Flanagan's dog is mentioned in any context (3 drinks).
(OPTIONAL) Choose a character and drink once each time their name is mentioned.
-- TAKE ONE SIP WHEN...
Someone buys a pack of cigarettes (2 if this person happens to be a little girl).
A customer asks, "Are you open?" (3 drinks if the reply is "NO!!!").
Dante proclaims, "I'm not even supposed to BE here today!"
A lyric from "Berserker" is sung.
Dante slams the cash register door closed in anger.
A reference to Star Wars is made.
-- TAKE TWO SIPS WHEN...
Someone says "37".
A scene is inserted to allow a cut to break up a long take.
Quik Stop or RST Video's doors are locked during normal business hours.
Randall insults a customer.
Someone mentions smelling the odor of shoe polish.
Someone says, "Bunch of savages in this town."
-- TAKE THREE SIPS WHEN...
Someone screws a dead guy.
A word from from one of your high school vocabulary quizzes that you can't define appears onscreen.
Lenin's Tomb is onscreen.
Randal is seen "working" behind the counter at RST video.
-- SPECIAL CASE...
Silent Bob has a line (6 big ones!).