Clerks II

Clerks II
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKevin Smith
Written byKevin Smith
Based onCharacters
by Kevin Smith
Produced byScott Mosier
Starring
CinematographyDave Klein
Edited byKevin Smith
Music byJames L. Venable
Production
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Distributed by
Release dates
  • May 26, 2006 (2006-05-26) (Cannes)
  • July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21) (United States)
Running time
97 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[1]
Box office$26.9 million[1]

Clerks II is a 2006 American black comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, the sequel to his 1994 film Clerks, and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. The film stars Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Trevor Fehrman, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Jason Mewes, and Smith, and picks up with the original characters from Clerks: Dante Hicks, Randal Graves and Jay and Silent Bob ten years after the events of the first film. Unlike the first film, which was shot in black and white, this film was shot mostly in color.

The film screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival[2] and won the Audience Award at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival[3] before receiving a theatrical release on July 21, 2006 to critical and commercial success, grossing $27 million worldwide from a $5 million budget. A third film was released in 2022.

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Clerks II". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. ^ News – Edinburgh International Film Festival Archived September 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine