Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Joey Figueroa directs. Zak Knutson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 20 years ago.
• 3Editor Zak Knutson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 4Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes and Scott Mosier carry the top of the cast.
• 5IMDB entry: tt0772155 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 6Only 26 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing

Zak Knutson

Runtime

90 min · 1h 30m

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

Back to the Well: 'Clerks II' (2006) ↗

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  Sold Out: A Threevening with Kevin Smith

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• 
  Kevin Smith: Burn in Hell

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• 
  Milius

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• 
  Kevin Smith: Too Fat For 40

  2010 · ★ 6.5

Production companies

Who made it

• CH

  Chop Shop Entertainment

• 

  View Askew Productions

  US

• 

  The Weinstein Company

  US

Key crew

• Executive ProducerKevin Smith
• Executive ProducerScott Mosier
• Executive ProducerShannon McIntosh
• MusicDaniel Sternbaum
• EditorZak Knutson
• Post Production AssistantMike Cecconi
• Transportation CaptainJon Bardon

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• making of

Release history · US

When it landed

• Physical2006-11-28

Also known as

International titles

• The Making of Clerks IIUS