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View Askew Productions - The officialest official site for Kevin Smith and Jay & Silent Bob.
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See Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ralph Garman and more as...
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View Askew Productions is an American film and television production company founded by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier in 1994. Actors Ben Affleck, Jeff Anderson, Matt Damon, Chris Rock, Walter Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Brian O'Halloran and Ethan Suplee are people that frequently appear in projects under the View ...
- 10 Clerks Began The View Askewniverse
- 9 Mallrats Is A Mid-1990S Classic
- 8 Chasing Amy Was A More Dramatic View Askewniverse Entry
- 7 Dogma Is A More Contentious View Askewniverse Movie
- 6 Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
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Filmed on a shoestring $27,575 budget (via Dazed Digital), Clerks launched Kevin Smith's filmmaking career and established his company View Askew Productions. The stellar directorial film debut charts a day in the life of convenience store clerks Randal and Dante, who lament their dead-end job and express hilarious Gen X grievances about pop cultur...
After Clerks' minor success, Universal gave Smith far more resources to expand the View Askewniverse. Technically a prequel to Clerks, Mallrats follows best friends Brodie and T.S., who spend their day in a mega mall trying to win back their girlfriends while getting into a series of hijinks with sordid characters. Unlike Clerks, which eventually f...
As the character of Holden McNeil states in the film, Smith "finally had something to say" in Chasing Amy, easily his most mature, touching, and emotionally fraught movie of his career until then. The story of indie comic book artist Holden falling in love with Alyssa Jones, who happens to be gay, finally lived up to Smith's potential as a cinemati...
If Chasing Amy is Smith's most personal film, then Dogma is his most irreverent. The ambitious religious satire follows exiled angels Loki and Bartleby who try to use a loophole to return to Heaven, calling on a chosen abortion clinician to save Earth from Armageddon. This storyline made it easily the most controversial of the Kevin Smith movies. T...
With the success of Dogma, Smith was given a $22 million budget (via Box Office Mojo) to make Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, the fifth movie in the View Askewniverse. A loose sequel to Chasing Amy, the buddy stoner road movie concerns the great movie comedy duo Jay and Silent Bob attempting to stop the Hollywood movie adaptation of their famous co...
Learn the history and evolution of Kevin Smith's multimedia empire, from Clerks to Clerks III, with this guide to the View Askewniverse watch order. Find out where to stream or rent the movies, comics, podcasts, and TV shows that make up the Askewniverse timeline.
- Clerks (1994) The inaugural movie installment in Kevin Smith’s cinematic universe, Clerks follows a day in the life of a convenience store worker. The film is shot in black and white, conveying the perceived sense of mundanity Smith felt toward his job working in the same convenience store in which the film was shot.
- Mallrats (1995) Mallrats centers around two college-aged friends during their day at a local mall. After being dumped by the girl he intended to wed, T.S.
- Chasing Amy (1997) Chasing Amy is one of Smith’s few attempts at romance, offering a unique insight into dating in the ‘90s. Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards are lifelong friends and fellow comic book artists.
- Dogma (1999) The fourth installment in the View Askewniverse marks a stylistic change for Smith, shifting from the relatively grounded projects of his early career to the more absurdist style for which he has become known.
- Every Kevin Smith movie in chronological order. In this guide, we go over the best way to watch Kevin Smith's movies, and we reveal the biggest easter eggs across the View Askewniverse.
- Mallrats (1995) Jason Lee and Jeremey London star as Brodie and TS, mallrats who literally spend all day at the mall. Mallrats follows Brodie Bruce (Jason Lee) in the mid-90s as he navigates his life as an American teen mallrat.
- Clerks (1994) Clerks shows a day in the life of Quick Stop clerks Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randall (Jeff Anderson). Clerks is Kevin Smith's directorial debut.
- Chasing Amy (1997) Comic book artist Holden (Ben Affleck) falls for another artist, Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams), but she is a lesbian. Ben Affleck returns to the View Askewniverse for Chasing Amy - this time as Holden McNeil.
Jan 14, 2024 · With director Kevin Smith announcing a surprising new Jay and Silent Bob film that will enter production in 2024, now is the perfect time to revisit the entire series — taking a look at each film with a focus on the iconic duo that made each one so memorable.
See Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ralph Garman and more as SModCo Shows hit the road and perform LIVE in front of you! See all LIVE show dates here! Watch live video from nycc on TwitchTV. Watch the Comic Book Men New York Comicon panel.
