Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - Definition and Overview

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Director	Kevin Smith
Producer	Scott Mosier
Writer	Kevin Smith
Starring	Jason Mewes Kevin Smith
Distributor	Dimension Films
Released	August 22, 2001
Runtime	104 min.
Language	English
New Jersey films:	Clerks. Mallrats Chasing Amy Dogma Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Clerks 2: The Passion of the Clerks
Tagline:	Hollywood had it coming
IMDb Page (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261392/)

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is the fifth movie from Kevin Smith, famous for his cult films Clerks. and Mallrats and the more commercially successful films Chasing Amy and Dogma. The title is a take-off on the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back.

At the time Smith said that this would be the last of his films to feature Jay and Silent Bob. He has since announced that they will appear in the film . It includes numerous references to Smith's earlier films, including brief appearances by many characters from those films.

This movie is a prime example of the phenomenon of fanservice. While maintaining its own plot, the movie has nearly constant references to past Kevin Smith/Jersey Trilogy movies, contains myriad cameos, in-jokes, and homages to pop-culture icons, especially the aforementioned Star Wars movies.

The soundtrack to this film features the 2001 Afroman hit, Because I Got High.

See also: New Jersey films, fanservice.

External link

• IMDb entry (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261392/)