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Shannen Doherty, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, and Ethan Suplee in Mallrats (1995)
Tried to produce remakes for C.H.U.D. (1984) and Race with the Devil (1975).
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Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier in Clerks - Die Ladenhüter (1994)
In high school, he video taped his school's sporting events and town meetings for the local cable access station.
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Kevin Smith and John Henry Westhead in Clerks - Die Ladenhüter (1994)
Once tried to buy a warehouse near his View Askew production office in Red Bank, New Jersey, to convert into sound stages for independent films. He even approached Miramax president Harvey Weinstein to split the bill. However, the warehouse owner wanted too much money.
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Kevin Smith, Leslie Hope, and Jason Mewes in Clerks - Die Ladenhüter (1994)
Wrote a short story in his college creative writing course about a serial killer, who also happened to be a priest. He received the best grade in the class.
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Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in Clerks II (2006)
The reason why there hasn't been a Jay and Silent Bob video game yet, is because Smith wants to be fully involved in the game's creation and he simply does not have the time. He does insist there will one day exist a Jay and Silent Bob video game.
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Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in Clerks II (2006)
Once considered buying a local movie theater in Red Bank New Jersey and showing all kinds of movies. He said one week could be Scorsese themed with Taxi Driver (1976) and Mean Streets (1973), then the next week could be superhero themed, like the original Batman and Superman movies.
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Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in Clerks II (2006)
During his childhood, he was a big fan of Tom Savini's special effects work.
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Kevin Smith and Floriana Lima in Supergirl (2015)
Shortly after Clerks (1994) was released theatrically, Smith taught an acting class at his old high school, Henry Hudson Regional.
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Kevin Smith in Supergirl (2015)
After Mallrats (1995), pitched an idea he had for a "Jaws 5" to Universal. They gave him the go ahead to write a treatment, but he had other projects to work on.
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Kevin Smith and Chyler Leigh in Supergirl (2015)
In the fall of 2002, the town of Paulsboro in New Jersey named a street after him: Kevin Smith Way. This was in response to Smith using the town to film in.
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Kevin Smith and Melissa Benoist in Supergirl (2015)
Wrote and produced with Jason Lee, a pilot for a sitcom, to star Lee, called "Hiatus". The premise had Lee's character coming back home to open up a comic book store after living in California for a few years, trying to make it as a struggling actor. Unknown to his family and friends, he was actually a porno star for a while,when he didn't land any "legitimate" work.
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Kevin Smith and Melissa Benoist in Supergirl (2015)
Had an idea for an science fiction alien themed story that was to be a part of the film anthology called "Alien Love Triangle" but his idea was never used. He has stated an interest in turning his idea into a feature one day.
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Kevin Smith in Supergirl (2015)
Played goalie during games of street hockey with his friends Bryan Johnson, Walter Flanagan, and Ed Hapstak.
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Kevin Smith in Supergirl (2015)
Was approached by Dimension chairman Bob Weinstein to do a Jay and Silent Bob/Hellraiser crossover movie in the same vein as the old Abbott and Costello meets the Wolfman type crossovers. Smith declined.
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Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
Suspected that he was hired to write the doomed "Superman Lives" script after someone at Warner Brothers saw the exchange in Mallrats (1995) between "TS" and "Brodie" involving Superman's reproductive habits. Warner executives told Smith to cut a romantic scene between "Superman" and "Lois" on Mt. Rushmore. Kevin complained and said, "This has the best dialog in the script". Executives responded, "This is a toy movie. People don't care how good the dialog is". The script was eventually rejected by Tim Burton, who elected to personally rewrite it.
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Kevin Smith and Melissa Benoist in Supergirl (2015)
Graduated from Henry Hudson Regional in Highlands, New Jersey in 1988.
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Kevin Smith in Planet of the Apes: Rule the Planet (2001)
Received an honorary degree (Doctor of Humane Letters) from Illinois Wesleyan University on May 7, 2000.
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Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in Clerks - Die Ladenhüter (1994)
Shot a pictorial of his wife, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, for Playboy Magazine.
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Kevin Smith in An Evening with Kevin Smith (2002)
Cast Alan Rickman as Metatron in Dogma (1999) after learning Rickman was a fan of Chasing Amy (1997).
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Kevin Smith in An Evening with Kevin Smith (2002)
His daughter plays his character, Silent Bob, as a small child in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001).
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Kevin Smith in An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder (2006)
In 2005, he appeared as himself in several episodes of the Canadian TV series teen drama, Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001). Although he is married in real life, for his appearances on this show, Smith (as a character in the show) is said to be single, in order to allow him to make out with one of the main (adult) characters in the series.
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Kevin Smith in An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder (2006)
In a review of Clerks (1994), one critic described his writing style as "David Mamet meets Howard Stern."
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Kevin Smith in An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder (2006)
Said in his DVD commentary of Dogma (1999) that actress Linda Fiorentino was very difficult to work with, even to the point that she wouldn't speak to him some days. In retrospect he says he wishes he had cast Janeane Garofalo as Bethany instead (Garofalo appears in Dogma as Liz at the abortion clinic).
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Kevin Smith in Bats of the Round Table (2014)
While filming Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), accidentally mispronounced Eliza Dushku's last name, and subsequently simply called her "Duck Shoot."
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Kevin Smith in Yoga Hosers (2016)
Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 131, pages 408-413. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
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Kevin Smith and Harley Quinn Smith in Yoga Hosers (2016)
Was at one point attached to write the script for Scary Movie 3 (2003).
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Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in Dogma (1999)
Won a Harvey Award, given for achievement in comic books, in 1999 for Best New Talent based on his work with Marvel's Daredevil as well as his comic book series "Clerks" and "Jay & Silent Bob" for Oni.
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Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in Dogma (1999)
At one point or another, he was set to write (and in some cases direct) the big- screen versions of Scooby-Doo (2002) and Alien Love Triangle (2008).
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Linda Fiorentino, Kevin Smith, and Jason Mewes in Dogma (1999)
Favorite bands: The Police, Talking Heads, Run-D.M.C., Public Enemy, E Street Band, and The Cure.
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Linda Fiorentino, Chris Rock, Kevin Smith, and Jason Mewes in Dogma (1999)
Has maintained that had he not had the success with Clerks (1994), he would still be a clerk at the Quick Stop and RST Video in Leonardo, New Jersey.
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Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in Jay und Silent Bob schlagen zurück (2001)
Had a long running feud with Jeff Anderson shortly after Clerks (1994) was released and ended just before production began on Dogma (1999). This explains Anderson's absence in Mallrats (1995) and Chasing Amy (1997).
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Ben Affleck, Kevin Smith, etc.
Was a guest critic for Ebert & Roeper while Roger Ebert was recovering from throat surgery. He reviewed the films for the weekend of August 12-13, 2006. He gave thumbs-up to World Trade Center (2006), Step Up (2006), and Half Nelson (2006). He gave thumbs-down to Scoop (2006).
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Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in Jay und Silent Bob schlagen zurück (2001)
Pitched a superhero movie to Miramax in 1999 and Miramax chairman Harvey Weinstein loved it. It was described as a "Justice League" type of superhero team that has to disband because of the government. Once on their own, the film would follow the same type of format used in Pulp Fiction (1994) which would be stories inter-connected. In the end, the team would have to unite to defeat one of their own, turned villainous. Smith just never got around to writing a full script. It was also pitched to HBO as a possible series.
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Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in Jay und Silent Bob schlagen zurück (2001)
Once wrote and produced two pilots for sitcoms. One was called, "Hating Hal" and the other one was "Hiatus".
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Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in Chasing Amy (1997)
Has said that after his career is over he'd like to teach film and creative writing courses at a college.
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Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in Mallrats (1995)
Wrote a script called "Busing" in 1994 for Hollywood Pictures. It was described as "Clerks in a restaurant". Parts of this script became Clerks II (2006).
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Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes in Mallrats (1995)
Wanted to write and direct a big screen adaptation of the book "Sex and Rockets".
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Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, Jeremy London, and Jason Mewes in Mallrats (1995)
Has stated that he had an idea for a children's book and that he'd like to write it before his little girl reaches her teens.
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