Jay and Silent Bob strike back
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German title | Jay and Silent Bob strike back |
Original title | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2001 |
length | 104 minutes |
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FSK 12 JMK 14 |
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Director | Kevin Smith |
script | Kevin Smith |
production | Scott Mosier |
music | James L. Venable |
camera | Jamie Anderson |
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Scott Mosier Kevin Smith |
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Original title: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ) is an American comedy film of director Kevin Smith and already the fifth part of the New Jersey films , this time with the duo Jay and Silent Bob ( Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith) in the lead roles.
action
Jay and Silent Bob find out that the comic book Bluntman & Chronic , for which they are the model, is to be made into a film by Miramax Films . The film and its leading actors are discussed on the Internet, and so the duo set off to Hollywood to prevent the film from being shot. They want to travel by bus first and are amazed that you need a ticket for it - unlike what you are used to from school buses. Later they meet a hitchhiker who convinces them that it should be the custom to orally satisfy the driver as a thank you for taking them along. One of the boys applies this knowledge when they are taken away by a nun. They are thrown out of the car immediately.
On their way they join the supposed animal protection association CLIT, consisting of Sissy, Missy, Chrissy and Justice. The man in the team is thrown out of the car by Jay. The two heroes are used by CLIT to serve as scapegoats for a robbery. During this time, the women steal diamonds, Jay and Silent Bob steal a monkey from a laboratory with which they travel on.
Despite the ruse, Jay and Justice develop a love affair, and despite the persecution by Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly and the police, the team makes their way to Hollywood . There she informs Ben Affleck about the conditions in the film industry. Jay and Silent Bob let themselves be persuaded to accept money and not do anything about the film. Instead, they use the money to buy a lot of plane tickets and travel to the people who have been insulted on the Internet to beat them up.
Remarks
- The title of the film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is based on the second Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back .
- Kevin Smith claimed when the film came out that it would be the last with Jay and Silent Bob .
- In addition to the actual plot, the film has a number of references to Kevin Smith's earlier New Jersey films . There are some cameos from actors in these films, for example
- Jeff Anderson and Brian O'Halloran as Randal Graves and Dante Hicks from Clerks
- Jason Lee as Brodie Bruce from Mallrats and as Banky Edwards from Chasing Amy
- Ben Affleck as Holden McNeil from Chasing Amy and as himself
- Alanis Morissette as a god out of dogma
- other cameos from earlier films include George Carlin , Chris Rock and Shannen Doherty .
- Furthermore, films, actors and directors are satirically targeted, among other things
- contact Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill in the film. Hamill plays a character with whom he caricatures his character Luke Skywalker from Star Wars . In this film, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill appear together for the first time since The Return of the Jedi (1983).
- Wes Craven plays himself as a director.
- Jason Biggs ( American Pie - Like a Hot Apple Pie ) and James Van Der Beek ( Dawson's Creek ) play themselves and make fun of their acting skills.
- Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play their roles from the movie Good Will Hunting and parody them in the fictional sequel Good Will Hunting II: Hunting Season . The director of the Good Will Hunting film, Gus Van Sant , also appears here as the disinterested director of the sequel.
- Since Kevin Smith is a huge movie fan himself, there are several tributes to other films and TV series, including a. Star Wars , Scooby-Doo , Matrix , Planet of the Apes , On the Run , ET - The Extra-Terrestrial and Scream - Scream! .
- Kevin Smith is also a comic book maker, so there are cameos from this scene too.
- The current Marvel comics editor -in- chief Joe Quesada , who is also the illustrator of the Daredevil adventure Guardian Devil, which was written by Kevin Smith himself (published in Germany by Panini -Comics), appears as a pizza delivery man who, in a scene cut out by one of the CLIT ladies, “ is spoiled ".
- In addition, the co-creator of the animated Batman series, Paul Dini , gives a small guest appearance as one of the producers on a film set.
- In some scenes Jay wears a T-shirt that shows Olaf from the film Clerks and the word "Berserker". Berserk is the name of the song Olaf sings in the film.
- The soundtrack of the film includes the songs Because I Got High by Afroman and Kick Some Ass by Stroke 9 . In the accompanying music videos play Jay and Silent Bob starred in Because I Got High Kevin Smith led also directed.
- At the end of the credits it says “Jay and Silent Bob have left the building.” Then you see a short clip of Jay saying “ Snoogans ”.
Reviews
"[...] A pubescent farewell party full of tasteless jokes, scantily clad girls, drugs, pop culture references and absurd guest appearances from old companions and youth idols."
“Like ping-pong balls, the ideas jump back and forth between the different levels of fiction and reality and lose energy with every impact: It's rarely really original and funny, the plot can shake off its indolence about as badly as the two heroes Jay and Bob. The jokes stay at American Pie zoten level and the blockbuster movie quotes and swipes at the Miramax studio are always a bit too obvious to be really enjoyable. "
“The comedic road movie offers more or less funny situations as well as numerous guest appearances by US stars, which are intended to underline the filmmaker's status. Less anarchistic than its predecessor, the film is just a copy of earlier attempts to paint the picture of a generation that refuses to accept commerce. "
publication
After the film opened in theaters on August 24, 2001, it has grossed over $ 33 million worldwide on a production budget of $ 22 million. In Germany, the film opened in cinemas on April 18, 2002 and has been available on VHS and DVD since September 19, 2002 .
Web links
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jay and Silent Bob strike back in the German dubbing file
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jay and Silent Bob strike back. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Age rating for Jay and Silent Bob strike back . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ cf. imdb.com
- ↑ Jörg Böckem: "Jay and Silent Bob strike back": Nice guys are silent . In: Der Spiegel , March 30, 2002.
- ↑ Anke Sterneborg: Chatting, smoking weed, hanging . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 17, 2010.
- ↑ Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back at boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed November 2, 2011.