Editing Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

{{Short description|2001 American film directed by Kevin Smith}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
| image = Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (theatrical poster).jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Kevin Smith]]
| producer = [[Scott Mosier]]
| writer = Kevin Smith
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jason Mewes]]
* Kevin Smith
* [[Ben Affleck]]
* [[Eliza Dushku]]
* [[Shannon Elizabeth]]
* [[Will Ferrell]]
* [[Ali Larter]]
* [[Jason Lee]]
* [[Chris Rock]]
}}
| music = [[James L. Venable]]
| cinematography = [[Jamie Anderson (cinematographer)|Jamie Anderson]]
| editing = {{Plainlist|
* Scott Mosier
* Kevin Smith
}}
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dimension Films]]
* [[Miramax|Miramax Films]]
* [[View Askew Productions]]
}}
| distributor = Miramax Films (through Dimension Films)
| released = {{Film date|2001|08|24}}
| runtime = 104 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 104:20--><ref>{{cite web | title=''JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK'' (18) | url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-2001 | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=September 4, 2001 | access-date=February 14, 2014 | archive-date=October 24, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024155426/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-2001 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $22 million<ref name="mojo"/>
| gross = $33.8 million<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|title=Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jayandthesilentbobstrikeback.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=July 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714004920/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jayandthesilentbobstrikeback.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

'''''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back''''' is a 2001 American [[Satire|satirical]] [[Stoner film|stoner]] [[buddy comedy film]] written, co-edited, and directed by [[Kevin Smith]] and produced and co-edited by [[Scott Mosier]]. The film is the fifth set in the [[View Askewniverse]], a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of Smith's cult-favorite ''[[Clerks (film)|Clerks]]''. It stars [[Jason Mewes]] and Smith respectively as the [[Jay and Silent Bob|two eponymous characters]]. The film also stars [[Shannon Elizabeth]], [[Jason Lee]], [[Ben Affleck]], [[Matt Damon]], [[Will Ferrell]], [[Eliza Dushku]], [[Ali Larter]], and [[Chris Rock]], among many others, most of which make [[cameo appearance]]s. The title and logo for ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' are direct references to ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980).

Originally intended to be the last film set in the Askewniverse, or to feature Jay and Silent Bob, ''Strike Back'' features many characters from the previous Askew films, some in [[dual role]]s and/or reprising roles from [[Clerks (film)|the]] [[Mallrats|previous]] [[Chasing Amy|four]] [[Dogma (film)|entries]]. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

Smith announced in February 2017 that he was writing a sequel called ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Reboot]]'' and started filming in February 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/549210/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot/|title='Jay And Silent Bob Reboot' Is Kevin Smith's New Film, 'Clerks III' And 'Mallrats 2' Are Dead|first=Ethan|last=Anderton|date=February 10, 2017|website=SlashFilm|access-date=April 18, 2024|archive-date=December 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223075709/https://www.slashfilm.com/549210/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b0c495ee4b0fdb2aa55dacd|title=Jay And Silent Bob Reboot' Set To Start Filming This Summer|date=May 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=July 23, 2018|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/kevin-smith/275116/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot-movie-shooting-this-year|title=Jay And Silent Bob Reboot Movie Shooting This Year|work=Den of Geek |access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801222539/http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/kevin-smith/275116/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot-movie-shooting-this-year|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screengeek.net/2018/11/13/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot-2019/|title=Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Begins Filming in Early 2019|date=November 13, 2018|access-date=November 20, 2018|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419031803/https://www.screengeek.net/2018/11/13/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot-2019/|url-status=live}}</ref> and was released on October 15 that same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot-details-2018-5|title=KEVIN SMITH REVEALS 'JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT' DETAILS AND RELEASE DATE|date=May 29, 2018|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-date=February 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209070610/https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot-details-2018-5/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://collider.com/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot-filming-set-photo/| title=Kevin Smith Marks 'Jay and Silent Bob Reboot' Production Start with Behind-the-Scenes Photo| first=Vinnie| last=Mancuso| date=February 25, 2019| work=Collider.com| access-date=February 25, 2019| archive-date=August 3, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803064304/http://collider.com/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot-filming-set-photo/| url-status=live}}</ref> From February to June 2019, Smith additionally re-adapted the plot of the film to the character of [[Hit-Girl|Mindy McCready / Hit-Girl]] in the relaunched [[Image Comics|Image]] [[American comic book|comic book series]], titled ''Hit-Girl: The Golden Rage of Hollywood'', with [[Dave Lizewski]] filling the role of [[Banky Edwards]].<ref name="Hit-Girl">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/hit-girl-kevin-smith/|title=Kevin Smith to Write Hit-Girl Miniseries|publisher=CBR|year=2019|access-date=December 12, 2018|archive-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213115821/https://www.cbr.com/hit-girl-kevin-smith/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Plot==
[[Clerks (film)|Dante Hicks and Randal Graves]] get a [[restraining order]] against [[Jay and Silent Bob]], finally fed up with their [[Illegal drug trade|drug dealing]] outside the strip mall where they work after Jay and Silent Bob tell a pair of teenagers that they were married in a [[Star Wars]]-themed wedding. Not allowed within 100 feet of the strip mall for at least a year, Jay and Silent Bob visit [[Mallrats|Brodie Bruce]] at his comic shop where they learn that [[Miramax Films]] is adapting ''[[Bluntman and Chronic]]'', the comic book based on their likenesses.

The pair visit [[Chasing Amy|Holden McNeil]], co-creator and co-writer of ''Bluntman and Chronic'', and demand that he give them their royalty money from the film, but Holden explains he sold his half of the rights to co-creator and artist Banky Edwards. Seeing the film's negative reception online,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://asitecalledfred.com/old/story.html |title=Movie Poop Shoot - the Poop Scoop |access-date=2013-07-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626183925/http://www.asitecalledfred.com/old/story.html |archive-date=June 26, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> the pair set out for [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] to prevent the film from ruining their image, or at least to receive the royalties owed to them.

En route, they befriend an animal liberation group: Justice, Sissy, Missy, Chrissy, and Brent. The organization is a front; Brent is a [[Scapegoat|patsy]], who will free animals from a laboratory as a diversion while the girls rob a diamond depository. Jay throws Brent out of their van to get closer to Justice, to whom he is attracted to. Justice is fond of the pair, but reluctantly accepts them as new patsies. While the girls steal the diamonds, Jay and Silent Bob free the animals, stealing an [[orangutan]] named Suzanne. They escape as the police arrive and the van explodes, believing the girls have perished.

Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly (whose name is taken from [[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)|''Land of the Lost'' characters]] {{ref|b}}) arrives at the crime scene; oblivious to the diamond heist, he claims jurisdiction due to the escaped animals, all of which have been recovered but Suzanne. The police find footage of a video Sissy made of Jay claiming to be "the [[Clitoris|clit]] commander", with "Clit" edited to be an acronym for ''Coalition for the Liberation of Itinerant Tree-Dwellers''. Willenholly declares the crime an act of [[terrorism]] and calls for backup to hunt "the two most dangerous men on the planet." He finds Jay and Silent Bob at a diner near [[Vasquez Rocks]], and chases them into the sewer system of a nearby dam. Suzanne helps the duo in losing Willenholly by luring him off the dam, but is subsequently abducted by a Hollywood animal acting agency.

The duo then hitch a ride and arrive in Hollywood, and eventually, the Miramax lot. Chased by a team of security guards through the lot and several movie sets, including ''Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season'', and reclaiming Suzanne from the set of [[Scream (film series)|''Scream 4'']], Jay and Silent Bob end up in the dressing room of [[Jason Biggs]] and [[James Van Der Beek]], the actors playing Bluntman and Chronic respectively in the film. Suzanne beats up the actors, knocking them out, and Jay and Silent Bob assume the roles while Van Der Beek and Biggs are arrested after getting mistaken for the duo.

Meeting the film's anti-white director Chaka Luther King, who mistakes them for Biggs and Van Der Beek's stunt doubles, Jay and Silent Bob are then escorted onto the set and forced to fight [[Mark Hamill]], playing the supervillain of the film Cocknocker (a combination of Hamill's roles as [[The Joker]], [[Trickster (comics)#Television|The Trickster]], and [[Luke Skywalker]]) in a Star Wars-esque battle. Willenholly, armed with a shotgun, arrives to capture the pair, but Justice protects them, admitting the CLIT organization was only a diversion. The other thieves arrive and a climactic gun fight ensues. Jay and Silent Bob locate Banky and demand that he shut down production of the movie. Banky refuses on account of both the large sum of money Miramax offered him for the film and that the internet will continue to troll them regardless. Silent Bob then informs Banky that he violated their original likeness rights contract by selling the film rights of Bluntman and Chronic to Miramax without their permission, and therefore could face legal trouble if he doesn't give them their legally entitled royalties. Banky finally relents and agrees to give the duo half of his payment for the film.

Justice then turns herself and her former team in to Willenholly in exchange for a shorter sentence and dropping the charges on Jay and Silent Bob. The duo spend their royalty money locating everyone who mocked them, their characters, and the movie on the internet, including children and members of the clergy, and travel to assault them. The scene cuts to the El Rey theater where a bunch of people exit, including Dante, Randal, Banky, Steve-Dave Pulski, Walt "The Fanboy" Grover, Willam Black, Hooper LaMonte, and sisters Alyssa and Tricia Jones, having just watched the ''Bluntman and Chronic'' movie, to poor reception. Jay and Silent Bob, accompanied by Justice and Willenholly (now an FBI agent), go across the street to enjoy the after party, featuring a performance from [[Morris Day]] and [[The Time (band)|The Time]].

After the credits, God (''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]'') closes the [[View Askewniverse]] book.{{ref|a}}

==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Jason Mewes]] as [[Jay and Silent Bob|Jay]]/Chronic
* [[Kevin Smith]] as [[Jay and Silent Bob|Silent Bob]]/Bluntman
* [[Ben Affleck]] as himself / Holden McNeil / [[Good Will Hunting|Chuckie Sullivan]] / voice of Echo Base (Guard Over Radio)
* [[Jason Lee]] as Brodie Bruce / Banky Edwards
* [[Shannon Elizabeth]] as Justice
* [[Eliza Dushku]] as Sissy
* [[Ali Larter]] as Chrissy
* [[Jennifer Schwalbach Smith|Jennifer Schwalbach]] as Missy
* [[Will Ferrell]] as Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly
* [[Matt Damon]] as himself / [[Good Will Hunting|Will Hunting]]
* [[Brian O'Halloran]] as Dante Hicks
* [[Jeff Anderson]] as Randal Graves
* [[Judd Nelson]] as Sheriff
* [[George Carlin]] as Hitchhiker
* [[Carrie Fisher]] as Nun
* [[Seann William Scott]] as Brent
* [[Jon Stewart]] as Reg Hartner
* [[Tracy Morgan]] as Pumpkin Escobar
* [[Chris Rock]] as Chaka Luther King
* [[Jamie Kennedy]] as Chaka's production assistant
* [[Mark Hamill]] as himself / Cocknocker / voice of [[Scooby-Doo (character)|Scooby-Doo]]
* [[Marc Blucas]] as [[Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo)|Fred]] lookalike
* [[Matthew James (actor)|Matthew James]] as [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]] lookalike
* Jane Silvia as [[Velma Dinkley|Velma]] lookalike
* [[Carmen Llywelyn]] as [[Daphne Blake|Daphne]] lookalike
* [[Diedrich Bader]] as Gordon, the Miramax security guard
* [[Bryan Johnson (filmmaker)|Bryan Johnson]] as Steve-Dave Pulski
* [[Walter Flanagan]] as Walter "The Fanboy" Grover
* [[Scott Mosier]] as Willam Black / ''Good Will Hunting 2'' assistant director
* [[Renee Humphrey]] as Tricia Jones
* [[Joey Lauren Adams]] as Alyssa Jones
* [[Dwight Ewell]] as Hooper LaMont/Hooper X
* [[Scott William Winters]] as himself / Clark
* [[William B. Davis]] (''uncredited cameo'') as [[The Smoking Man]]
* [[Joe Quesada]] (''uncredited cameo'') as Pizza Delivery Man
* [[Alanis Morissette]] (''cameo'') as [[God]]
}}

Additionally, [[Wes Craven]], [[Jules Asner]], [[Steve Kmetko]], [[Gus Van Sant]], [[Jason Biggs]], [[James Van Der Beek]], [[Shannen Doherty]], and [[Morris Day]] all appear as themselves.

==Production==
The film's plot was heavily inspired by ''[[Chasing Dogma]]'', a comic book miniseries that Smith wrote in 1998 and 1999 to explore events that happened in the Askewniverse between ''[[Chasing Amy]]'' and ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meisfjord |first1=Tom |title=The Entire Jay And Silent Bob Story Finally Explained |url=https://www.looper.com/160877/the-entire-jay-and-silent-bob-story-finally-explained/ |website=Looper |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref>

The film was originally titled ''View Askew 5'' and the title was changed to ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back''. Filming began on January 14, 2001, and ended on April 19, 2001. Filming took in place in New Jersey, and mostly in California.

On his podcast ''[[Jay & Silent Bob Get Old]]'', [[Kevin Smith]] explained at length about how much of a "headache" the film was to make, mostly owing to [[Jason Mewes]]'s drug and alcohol abuse turning him into a "ticking time bomb", which threatened to shut the project down at any moment. During pre-production, Mewes would have constant mood swings due to heroin withdrawal, to the point that Smith actually threw him out of his car on their way to the set one day. Mewes would compensate for his lack of drugs by drinking heavily after every day of shooting and nearly got into a fist fight with producer [[Scott Mosier]] when he had to come back one night for a re-shoot while drunk. When filming wrapped, Smith told Mewes point-blank to get sober or he would never speak to him again.

==Release==

===Box office===
''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' grossed $30.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $3.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $33.8 million, against a production budget of $22 million.<ref name=mojo/>

The film grossed $11 million in its opening weekend, finishing third at the box office behind two other comedy sequels, ''[[American Pie 2]]'' ($12.5 million) and ''[[Rush Hour 2]]'' ($11.6 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2001&wknd=34&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office: August 24-26, 2001|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=June 2, 2010|archive-date=December 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226190740/http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2001&wknd=34&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' has an approval rating of 52% based on 151 reviews, with an average rating of 5.60/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Fans can expect a good laugh as the cast from Smith's previous films reunite for Jay and Silent Bob's last bow. The loose plotting and crude language may be too much for others though."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jay_and_silent_bob_strike_back|title=Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back &#124; Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com|access-date=April 18, 2024|archive-date=August 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829062839/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jay_and_silent_bob_strike_back|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.metacritic.com/movie/jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back|title = Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back|website = [[Metacritic]]|access-date = February 3, 2017|archive-date = February 14, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170214155719/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back|url-status = live}}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://m.cinemascore.com |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020914132118/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 14, 2002 |title=CinemaScore |work=cinemascore.com |access-date=September 9, 2020 }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three out of four stars, writing that "[w]hether you will like 'Jay and Silent Bob' depends on who you are ... Kevin Smith's movies are either made specifically for you, or specifically not made for you".<ref name=Ebert>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-2001|title=Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) Movie Review|author=Roger Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=24 August 2001|access-date=12 January 2017|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202001849/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-2001|url-status=live}}</ref> Adam Smith of ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' gave the film 3/5 stars, writing that "[w]hen it's good it's very, very good, but when it's bad it's offensive", and noting that "the gag hit/miss ratio is really only about 50/50".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/jay-silent-bob-strike-back/review/|title=Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back Review|author=Adam Smith|website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date=January 2000 |access-date=12 January 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118104827/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/jay-silent-bob-strike-back/review/|url-status=live}}</ref> Scott Tobias of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote that "[e]ven at a slim 95 minutes, ''Jay And Silent Bob'' lets initially funny scenes trail off into long-winded monologues and silly digressions", and Elvis Mitchell of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film "[may]be the greatest picture ever made for 14-year-old boys. Mr. Smith may have hit his target, but he aimed very low."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-20389|title=Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back|author=Scott Tobias|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=31 August 2001|access-date=12 January 2017|archive-date=January 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113171913/http://www.avclub.com/review/jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-20389|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9500E1D71531F937A1575BC0A9679C8B63|title=FILM REVIEW; Hitchhiking in a Hurry: What Does That Tell You?|author=Elvis Mitchell|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=24 August 2001|access-date=12 January 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226211737/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9500E1D71531F937A1575BC0A9679C8B63|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2001, Mike Schulz of ''[[River Cities' Reader]]'' wrote that, "for sheer laughs, both mindless and incredibly smart, nothing since 1997's ''[[Waiting for Guffman]]'' has even compared."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcreader.com/movies/smith-strikes-it-rich-jay-silent-bob-strike-back-also-curse-jade-scorpion-and-captain|title=Smith Strikes it Rich with "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back": Also, "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion" and "Captain Corelli's Mandolin"|date=August 28, 2001|access-date=September 8, 2021|archive-date=September 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908092104/https://www.rcreader.com/movies/smith-strikes-it-rich-jay-silent-bob-strike-back-also-curse-jade-scorpion-and-captain|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Home media===
''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' was released on [[VHS]] and on a two-disc DVD set on February 26, 2002, by Dimension Home Video as a part of their "Dimension Collector's Series", presented in its original 2.35:1 widescreen aspect ratio. Among the bonus features on the DVD is an audio commentary by Smith, Mosier, and Mewes, 42 deleted, extended, and alternate scenes, music videos for [[Stroke 9]]'s "[[Kick Some Ass]]" and [[Afroman]]'s "[[Because I Got High]]", storyboards, a gag reel, a behind the scenes special, still galleries, cast and crew filmographies, and TV spots.<ref>{{cite web|first=Fred|last=Topel|url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/product_article.cfm?article_id=2347|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020309085456/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/product_article.cfm?article_id=2347|title=Jay and Silent Bob's Creator Plots DVDs|website=hive4media.com|archive-date=March 9, 2002|date=January 4, 2002|access-date=September 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Jessica|last=Wolf|url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/product_article.cfm?article_id=2565|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020304231033/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/product_article.cfm?article_id=2565|title=Little-Seen Kevin Smith Film Bows Same Day as Silent Bob|website=hive4media.com|archive-date=March 4, 2002|date=February 7, 2002|access-date=September 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[Blu-ray]] version of the film was released on September 19, 2006, with all features carried over from the DVD. As for 2020, the film's home media distribution has been handled by [[Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment]] following [[Paramount Global]]'s purchase of 49% of Miramax (which includes Dimension Films' pre-2006 film and television catalog).

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Music from the Dimension Motion Picture <span style="white-space:nowrap">Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back</span>
| type       = soundtrack
| longtype   = to the film ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back''
| artist     = Various artists
| caption    =
| alt        =
| released   = August 14, 2001
| recorded   = Various
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = Various
| length     = 56:41
| label      = [[Universal Records|Universal]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Kevin Smith]] <small>([[Executive producer|exec.]])</small>|[[Scott Mosier]] <small>(exec.)</small>}}
| chronology = [[View Askewniverse]] soundtrack
| prev_title = [[Dogma (film)#Soundtrack|Dogma]]
| prev_year  = 1999
| next_title = [[Clerks II#Soundtrack|Clerks II]]
| next_year  = 2006
| misc       = {{singles
| name        = Music from the Dimension Motion Picture <span style="white-space:nowrap">Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back</span>
| type        = soundtrack 
| single1     = [[Because I Got High]]
| single1date = July 30, 2001
| single2     = [[Kick Some Ass]]
| single2date = August 2002
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Love |first=Bret |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-mw0000015399 |title=Original Soundtrack - Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=30 March 2019 |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330220031/https://www.allmusic.com/album/jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back-mw0000015399 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
''Music from the Dimension Motion Picture: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'', the soundtrack to the film, was released on August 14, 2001, by [[Universal Records]]. [[Varèse Sarabande]] released the original score by James L. Venable. It alternates film dialogue with songs of various genres that appear in the film. It features the 2001 [[Afroman]] hit, "[[Because I Got High]]", whose [[music video]] featured the characters Jay and Silent Bob. "Tube Of Wonderful" was previously used as the theme song from Smith's 1997 film ''[[Chasing Amy]]''.

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| headline = 
| extra_column = Artist
| title1 = Interlude: Cue Music
| note1 = dialogue
| extra1 = [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]] (as Brodie Bruce)
| length1 = 0:03
| writer1 = [[Kevin Smith|Kevin P. Smith]]

| title2 = Jay's Rap 2001
| extra2 = [[Jason Mewes]] (as Jay)
| length2 = 0:32
| writer2 = {{hlist|Kevin P. Smith (lyrics)|[[James L. Venable]] (music)}}

| title3 = [[Kick Some Ass]]
| extra3 = [[Stroke 9]]
| length3 = 4:05
| writer3 = {{hlist|Luke Esterkyn|Greg Gueldner|John McDermott|Eric Stock}}

| title4 = Holden on Affleck
| note4 = dialogue
| extra4 = [[Ben Affleck]] (as Holden McNeil)
| length4 = 0:28
| writer4 = Kevin P. Smith

| title5 = Tube of Wonderful
| extra5 = Dave Pirner
| length5 = 1:45
| writer5 = [[Dave Pirner]]

| title6 = Cyber Savvy
| note6 = dialogue
| extra6 = Ben Affleck (as Holden McNeil) and Jason Mewes (as Jay)
| length6 = 0:07
| writer6 = Kevin P. Smith

| title7 = Choked Up
| extra7 = Minibar
| length7 = 2:58
| writer7 = [[Ryan Adams]]

| title8 = Doobie Snacks
| note8 = dialogue
| extra8 = Jason Mewes (as Jay)
| length8 = 0:08
| writer8 = Kevin P. Smith

| title9 = [[Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf song)|Magic Carpet Ride]]
| extra9 = [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]]
| length9 = 2:43
| writer9 = {{hlist|[[John Kay (musician)|John Kay]]|[[Rushton Moreve]]}}

| title10 = Jay & Justice
| note10 = dialogue
| extra10 = [[Shannon Elizabeth]] (as Justice) and Jason Mewes (as Jay)
| length10 = 0:11
| writer10 = Kevin P. Smith

| title11 = [[Bad Medicine (song)|Bad Medicine]]
| extra11 = [[Bon Jovi]]
| length11 = 3:55
| writer11 = {{hlist|[[Jon Bon Jovi]]|[[Richie Sambora]]|[[Desmond Child]]}}

| title12 = Stealing Monkeys
| note12 = dialogue
| extra12 = Jason Mewes (as Jay)
| length12 = 0:09
| writer12 = Kevin P. Smith

| title13 = [[This Is Love (PJ Harvey song)|This Is Love]]
| extra13 = [[PJ Harvey]]
| length13 = 3:45
| writer13 = [[PJ Harvey|Polly Jean Harvey]]

| title14 = Advice From Above
| note14 = dialogue
| extra14 = Jason Mewes (as Jay)
| length14 = 0:23
| writer14 = Kevin P. Smith

| title15 = The Devil's Song
| extra15 = [[Marcy Playground]]
| length15 = 2:52
| writer15 = [[John Wozniak]]

| title16 = Idiots vs. The Internet
| note16 = dialogue
| extra16 = Jason Mewes (as Jay)
| length16 = 0:06
| writer16 = Kevin P. Smith

| title17 = Tougher Than Leather
| extra17 = [[Run-D.M.C]]
| length17 = 4:23
| writer17 = {{hlist|[[Joseph Simmons]]|[[Darryl McDaniels]]|[[Jason Mizell]]|David "Davy D" Reeves}}

| title18 = Willenholly's Woe
| note18 = dialogue
| extra18 = [[Will Ferrell]] (as Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly)
| length18 = 0:09
| writer18 = Kevin P. Smith

| title19 = Bullets
| extra19 = Bob Schneider
| length19 = 4:23
| writer19 = [[Bob Schneider]]

| title20 = Touching a Brother's Heart
| note20 = dialogue
| extra20 = [[Tracy Morgan]] (as Pumpkin Escobar) and Jason Mewes (as Jay)
| length20 = 0:23
| writer20 = Kevin P. Smith

| title21 = Hiphopper
| extra21 = Thomas Rusiak featuring [[Teddybears STHLM]]
| length21 = 4:46
| writer21 = {{hlist|[[Thomas Rusiak]]|[[Klas Ahlund]]|[[Joakim Ahlund]]|Patrik Arve}}

| title22 = Two Thumbs Up
| note22 = dialogue
| extra22 = [[Chris Rock]] (as Chaka Luther King)
| length22 = 0:07
| writer22 = Kevin P. Smith

| title23 = Jackass
| extra23 = [[Bloodhound Gang]]
| length23 = 2:26
| writer23 = [[Jimmy Pop]]

| title24 = A Smooth Pimp and a Man Servant
| note24 = dialogue
| extra24 = Jason Mewes (as Jay)
| length24 = 0:09
| writer24 = Kevin P. Smith

| title25 = [[Jungle Love (The Time song)|Jungle Love]] (Live)
| extra25 = [[Morris Day and The Time]]
| length25 = 3:03
| writer25 = {{hlist|[[Prince (musician)|Prince Rogers Nelson]]|[[Morris Day]]|[[Jesse Johnson (musician)|Jesse Johnson]]}}

| title26 = NWP
| note26 = dialogue
| extra26 = Chris Rock (as Chaka Luther King)
| length26 = 0:14
| writer26 = Kevin P. Smith

| title27 = [[Because I Got High (song)|Because I Got High]]
| extra27 = [[Afroman]]
| length27 = 3:18
| writer27 = [[Afroman|Joseph Foreman]]

| title28 = Stop Stealing Monkeys
| note28 = dialogue
| extra28 = Will Ferrell (as Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly) and Jason Mewes (as Jay)
| length28 = 0:10
| writer28 = Kevin P. Smith

| total_length = 56:41
}}

Other songs that featured in the film but weren't included on the soundtrack album include "[[Life's Been Good]]" by [[Joe Walsh]], "[[Too Much Heaven]]" by [[The Bee Gees]], and Jason Mewes' cover of "[[Fuck tha Police]]" by [[Ice Cube]].

==MPAA rating and GLAAD controversy==
In August 2001, three weeks prior to release, the film came under fire from the [[Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation]] (GLAAD), for an alleged "overwhelmingly [[Homophobia|homophobic]] tone",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b41964_glaad_strikes_back_silent_bob.html |title=GLAAD Strikes Back at 'Silent Bob' |last1=Armstrong |first1=Mark |date=August 2, 2001 |publisher=[[E!|eonline.com]] |access-date=June 2, 2010 |archive-date=August 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813212946/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b41964_glaad_strikes_back_silent_bob.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which included an abundance of gay jokes and characters excessively using the term "gay" to mean something derogatory. The scenes deemed particularly offensive included Jay's vehement refusal of giving oral sex to a male driver when hitchhiking, and Jay chastising Silent Bob for being willing to perform fellatio on him to get the security guard to let them go. Following an advance screening of the film, former GLAAD media director Scott Seomin asked Smith to make a $10,000 donation to the [[Matthew Shepard Foundation]], as well as to include a reference to GLAAD's cause in the ending credits.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,169884,00.html |title=GLAAD, Don't Get Mad |last=Ascher-Walsh |first=Rebecca |date=August 3, 2001 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly|EW.com]] |access-date=June 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421115112/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C169884%2C00.html |archive-date=April 21, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viewaskew.com/newboard/messages287/521.html |title=Some bad, bad news concerning me and GLAAD |last1=Smith |first1=Kevin |date=July 31, 2001 |publisher=viewaskew.com |access-date=June 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301105949/http://www.viewaskew.com/newboard/messages287/521.html |archive-date=March 1, 2010 }}</ref> Roger Ebert responded to this controversy, writing: "GLAAD should give audiences credit for enough intelligence to know the difference between satire and bigotry."<ref name=Ebert/>

On the bonus DVD, Smith explains in the on-camera intros of the deleted scenes that several scenes had to be cut from the theatrical release, due to the film initially receiving an [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system#X replaced by NC-17|NC-17]] rating from the [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system|MPAA]]. He also mentions in the audio commentary of the feature film that it took three submissions to the MPAA for the film to finally earn an R rating.

==See also==
* ''Hit-Girl: The Golden Rage of Hollywood'', Smith's comic book re-adaptation of the concept.
* ''[[Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party]]'', a documentary about the making of the film.
* ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Reboot|Jay & Silent Bob Reboot]]'', Smith's "[[Reboot (fiction)|requel]]" to the film.
* [[List of films featuring fictional films]]

==Notes==
{{note|a}}According to Ethan Alter of ''[[Film Journal International]]'', Smith did not intend to make [[Clerks II|another View Askewniverse film]] upon completion of ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'', but only decided to do so several years later, following the unsuccessful release of ''[[Jersey Girl (2004 film)|Jersey Girl]]''.<ref name="fci">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002877011|title=CLERKS II|last=Alter|first=Ethan|work=[[Film Journal International]]|access-date=June 27, 2013}}</ref>

{{note|b}}Will Ferrell would later star in the [[Land of the Lost (film)|2009 film adaptation]] of ''Land of the Lost'' as Dr. Rick Marshall alongside [[Danny McBride]] as Will Stanton and [[Anna Friel]] as Holly Cantrell.

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|0261392}}
* {{mojo title|jayandthesilentbobstrikeback|Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back}}
* {{Metacritic film|title=Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back}}
* [http://www.movielocationsguide.com/Jay_and_Silent_Bob_Strike_Back/filming_locations Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Filming Locations] at Movie Locations Guide
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/film.php?filmid=5377 ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' movie stills] at Virtual History Film

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