Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

The comic "Bluntman and Chronic" is based on real-life stoners Jay and Silent Bob, so when they get no profit from a big-screen adaptation, they set out to wreck the movie.

Director:

Kevin Smith

Writers:

Kevin Smith (characters), Kevin Smith

Stars:

Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Mewes	...	Jay
Kevin Smith	...	Silent Bob
Ben Affleck	...	Holden McNeil / Ben Affleck
Jeff Anderson	...	Randal Graves
Brian O'Halloran	...	Dante Hicks (as Brian Christopher O'Halloran)
Shannon Elizabeth	...	Justice
Eliza Dushku	...	Sissy
Ali Larter	...	Chrissy
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith	...	Missy (as Jennifer Schwalbach)
Will Ferrell	...	Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly
Jason Lee	...	Brodie Bruce / Banky Edwards
Judd Nelson	...	Sheriff
George Carlin	...	Hitchhiker
Carrie Fisher	...	Nun
Seann William Scott	...	Brent

Storyline

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a tale of adventure on the open road. When Dante and Randal (of Clerks fame) get a restraining order to keep the punchy Jay and his hetero life-mate, Silent Bob, from selling drugs in front of the Quick Stop convenience store, their lives are suddenly empty. They find new purpose when their friend, Brodie, informs them a movie is being made featuring two infamous characters based on their likenesses. After visiting one of the creators of the Bluntman and Chronic, Holden McNeil, they set out to get what fat movie cash they deserve and hopefully put an end to people slandering them on the Internet. Along the way, they learn the rules of the road from a hitchhiking George Carlin, ride with a group of gorgeous jewel thieves, and incur the wrath of a hapless wildlife marshal for liberating an orangutan named Suzanne. The quest takes them from New Jersey to Hollywood where a showdown involving the police, the jewel thieves, and the Bluntman and Chronic ...

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Plot Keywords:

silent bob character | independent film | jay character | time bomb | jay and silent bob | 

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Taglines:

Scooping the Money!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for nonstop crude and sexual humor, pervasive strong language, and drug content

Did You Know?

Trivia

Another reference to The Fugitive (1993), the name of lab that Jay and Silent Bob break into beside the diamond exchange is Provasik. Provasik is the name of the drug that Harrison Ford's doctor character in The Fugitive does liver tissue test samples for just before he is framed for murdering his wife.

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Goofs

During the final shoot-out, the girls empty their magazines (the slides on their guns lock back)... but they continue to fire anyway, with CG muzzle-blasts and all.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Silent Bob's Mother: Bobby Boy, stay here while mommy picks up the free cheese, kay? Here, this will keep the sun out of your eyes.
[puts a baseball cap on his head backwards]
Silent Bob's Mother: You be good, now.
[walks in store, then Jay and his Mom arrive]
Jay's Mother: Alright, don't you fuckin' move you little shit machine. Your Momma's going to try to score.
Passerby: What the hell? 'Scuse me. Who's watching these babies?
Jay's Mother: Uh... the fat one's watchin the little one?
Passerby: Oh yeah, nice parenting. Leave 'em out here like that and see what happens.
Jay's Mother: YO, ...
[...]

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Crazy Credits

No animals were harmed while making this movie, but some internet snipers got their asses handed to them.

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Alternate Versions

In an earlier test screening of "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back" the discussion between Marshall Willenholly and the Boulder Police about the search for Jay, Silent Bob and the missing orangutang was much longer. It also included an homage/referrence to the famous scene in The Fugitive where Tommy Lee Jones briefs the marshalls on "the hard-target search."

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Connections

Spoofs The Flintstones (1994)

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Soundtracks

Life's Been Good
Written by Joe Walsh
Performed by Joe Walsh
Used by permission of Wow & Flutter Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

Did this get a 7.8 or a 1.8 ?!?!

I've always trusted imdb movie scores, and a 7.8 was always a movie at least worth watching... But what is this Jay and Silent Bob stuff? It is really a disgrace even to slapstick comedy! Unless you yourself are a brainless idiot really don't waste your time!

0/10

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 August 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

VA5

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,018,543, 26 August 2001

Gross USA:

$30,085,147

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$33,788,161

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, View Askew Productions, Miramax

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1