Clerks: The Lost Scene (2004) (V)

Director:

Kevin Smith

Writer:

Kevin Smith (written by)

Release Date:

7 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Short

Plot:

Dante and Randall attend Julie Dwyer's wake in this animated representation of a scene never before shot for the movie Clerks. (1994) |

Cast

Jeff Anderson	...	Randal Graves (voice)
Brian O'Halloran	...	Dante Hicks (voice)
Joey Lauren Adams	...	Alyssa Jones (voice)
Diana Devlin	...	Mrs. Dwyer (voice)
Zak Knutson	...	Mr. Dwyer (voice)

Runtime:

USA:9 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

View Askew Productions

Trivia:

Julie Dwyer's death is first mentioned in Clerks (1994) (which is why Dante and Randal are at the funeral parlor in the lost scene) and is used as a running joke in Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997) and Clerks II (2006)

Quotes:

[first lines]
Randall Graves: You know what I can't wait to get ahold of? Those death cards they give out here. You ever see 'em?
Dante Hicks: Would you lower your voice? People are mourning here.
Randall Graves: Holy shit! There they are, come on.
Dante Hicks: Fine. Just whatever you do, don't embarass me.
Randall Graves: If you're not already embarassed by your own sad fucking existence, then I assure you, nothing I can ever do or say is going to make you blush.

Movie Connections:

References "Clerks" (2000)

A nice tie-in to the film

This animated short, included on the tenth anniversary "Clerks X" DVD set, is a deleted scene (so to speak) that was excluded from the original shooting script of the film; in other words, it was written but never actually filmed.

Using the "Clerks" TV show animators, Kevin Smith got the original crew back to voice their characters and re-film the deleted scene -- as a cartoon.

There's a nice tie-in to "Chasing Amy" here. If you've seen that movie, Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams) references her best friend who dies; in this scene, we view the funeral. There's some funny stuff with Randal that happens and the animation just works well as a tie-in to both series.

This has gotten some bad reviews here on IMDb but I liked it for what it was. It's pretty funny and fits into the chronological timeline of "Clerks." It's an entertaining short scene and if you ever get the DVD, make sure to watch it after the film as I'm sure you'll enjoy it for what it is.