New Jersey diehard Kevin Smith has always forged his own path to glory. Before he established his independent filmmaking street credibility, he first tried the writing route, enrolling in the creative writing program at the New School for Social Research in New York City, then dropping out and enrolling at the Vancouver Film School.Canada didn't prove to be his cup of tea, though, so he wound up back home in New Jersey, where he spent some down time working at a convenience store. That stint proved to be inspiring, as Smith later teamed up with childhood pal Scott Mosier to film Clerks (1994), a talky, irreverent low-budget comedy that became an underground phenomenon.
What followed were similarly refreshing oeuvres such as Mallrats, Chasing Amy (starring Ben Affleck), the star-studded Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and the buzzed-about Jersey Girl.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike BackWhen Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) 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 travels to Tinseltown to sabotage the production. Smith also writes and directs... Read More
An Evening with Kevin SmithKnown for portraying portly loiterer Silent Bob in his films, brash and gifted writer-director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma) entertains with his frank views in this no-holds-barred question-and-answer session filmed live at several college events in 2001 and 2002. Witty and... Read More
Sold Out: A Threevening with Kevin SmithWriter-director Kevin Smith appears alongside wife Jennifer Schwalbach Smith (Clerks II, Jersey Girl) and daughter Haley in this Q&A documentary, filmed before a sold-out house at the Count Basie Theatre in Smith's hometown of Red Bank, N.J. Celebrating his 37th birthday on the night of the... Read More
Now You KnowWriter-director Jeff Anderson (Clerks) stars in this comedy about a man whose fiancée dumps him on the eve of his bachelor party. As the troubled couple prepares to regroup and sort out their relationship, they both get some advice from their pals. She gets an earful about love from her angry... Read More
An Evening with Kevin Smith 2One of the most original voices to come out of the independent film scene of the 1990s, Kevin Smith is also one of the funniest and most irreverent -- two traits on full display in the concert footage captured here. The director and writer of films such as Clerks and Dogma lets his most brazen... Read More
Comic Men (2012) | NR | |
Red State (2011) | R | |
Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40 (2010) | TV-MA | |
Cop Out (2010) | R | |
Don't You Forget About Me (2009) | NR | |
Official Rejection (2009) | NR | |
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The Junior Defenders (2007) | NR | |
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006) | NR | |
Southland Tales (2006) | R | |
Catch and Release (2006) | PG-13 | |
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Bottom's Up (2006) | R | |
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Comic Book: The Movie (2004) | PG-13 | |
Jersey Girl (2004) | PG-13 | |
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An Evening with Kevin Smith (2002) | NR | |
Now You Know (2002) | R | |
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Starwoids (2001) | NR | |
Vulgar (2000) | R | |
Clerks: Uncensored (2000) | R | |
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Independent's Day (1998) | NR | |
Chasing Amy (1997) | R | |
Split Screen (1997) | NR | |
Drawing Flies (1996) | NR | |
Mallrats (1995) | R | |
Mallrats: Extended Edition (1995) | NR | |
Clerks (1994) | R | |
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