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{{Short description|2006 American comedy film directed by Kevin Smith}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Clerks II
| image          = Clerks_II_Theatrical_Poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Kevin Smith]]
| producer       = [[Scott Mosier]]
| writer         = Kevin Smith
| based_on       = {{Based on|[[List of View Askewniverse characters|Characters]]|Kevin Smith}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jeff Anderson]]
* [[Brian O'Halloran]]
* [[Rosario Dawson]]
* [[Trevor Fehrman]]
* [[Jennifer Schwalbach Smith|Jennifer Schwalbach]]
* [[Jason Mewes]]
}}
| music          = [[James L. Venable]]
| cinematography = [[David Klein (cinematographer)|David Klein]]
| editing        = Kevin Smith
| studio         = {{plainlist|
* [[The Weinstein Company]]
* [[View Askew Productions]]
}}
| distributor    = {{plainlist|
* [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
}}
| released       = {{Film date|2006|5|26|[[2006 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|2006|07|21|United States}}
| runtime        = 97 minutes<ref name="mojo" />
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $5 million<ref name="mojo" />
| gross          = $26.9 million<ref name="mojo" />
}}
'''''Clerks II''''' is a 2006 American [[Black comedy|black]] [[comedy film]] written and directed by [[Kevin Smith]]. It is the [[sequel]] to ''[[Clerks (film)|Clerks]]'' (1994) and the 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 [[Dante Hicks]], [[Randal Graves]] and [[Jay and Silent Bob]] ten years after the events of the previous 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]]<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4370295/year/2006.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Clerks II |access-date=2009-12-17|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> and won the Audience Award at the 2006 [[Edinburgh International Film Festival]]<ref>[http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/news/articles/feature_film_award_winners_for_2006_announced News – Edinburgh International Film Festival<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929104634/http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/news/articles/feature_film_award_winners_for_2006_announced |date=September 29, 2006 }}</ref> before receiving a theatrical release on July 21, 2006 to critical and commercial success, grossing $27 million worldwide from a $5 million budget. A [[Clerks III|third film]] was released in 2022.

== Plot ==
Ten years after [[Clerks (film)|the events of the first film]], [[Dante Hicks]] arrives at the [[Quick Stop]] convenience store for another day of work, only to find, upon opening the security shutters, that the store is on fire. [[Randal Graves]], Dante's best friend, had left the coffee pot on after closing the night before. Because Quick Stop and the adjacent RST Video have been destroyed in the fire, Dante and Randal begin working at a [[Mooby the Golden Calf|Mooby's]] fast food restaurant along with devout Christian teenager [[List of View Askewniverse characters#Elias Grover|Elias Grover]] and their manager [[List of View Askewniverse characters#Becky Scott|Becky Scott]].

A year later, Dante is planning to leave his [[minimum wage]] lifestyle and move to [[Florida]] with his wealthy but overbearing fiancée Emma Bunting, whose parents will provide them with a home and a car wash business to run as wedding gifts. Afraid of losing his best friend, Randal becomes resentful towards Dante and Emma's relationship. [[Jay and Silent Bob]] have followed Dante and Randal, and now loiter outside of Mooby's. Although they no longer use drugs (after being arrested for possession, sent to [[Drug rehabilitation|rehab]], and supposedly becoming devout [[Born again]] [[Christians]]), the duo continue to sell them and perform their typical antics in the parking lot.

Dante tells Becky that he is worried about dancing at his wedding, so she takes him up to the restaurant's roof to teach him some moves. Dante soon releases his inhibitions and begins dancing to [[The Jackson 5]]'s ''ABC''. When the song ends, Dante, caught up in the moment, confesses his love for Becky. Becky then reveals that she's [[Pregnancy|pregnant]] as a result of a [[one-night stand]] they had at work a few weeks prior. Becky tells Dante not to tell anyone about the baby. However, he tells Randal but threatens to beat Randal up should he tell anyone. Becky finds out and, furious at Dante for telling Randal, drives off.

Randal encourages Dante to leave Mooby's in search of Becky, so he can set up a surprise going away party for him. Randal hires "Kinky Kelly and the Sexy Stud," a [[donkey show]] act, complete with a fog machine, for the party. When Dante returns, he mistakes the fog for fire and calls the fire department, but upon discovering that it's not a fire, proceeds to watch with Randal, Jay, Silent Bob, and a very drunk/stoned Elias.

The group discovers that "Kinky Kelly" is, in fact, the donkey, while the man, whom Randal thought to be the [[pimp]], is "The Sexy Stud". When Becky returns, she admits that she too loves Dante. As they kiss, Emma arrives with a cake she made for Dante. She knees Dante in the crotch, dumps the cake over his head, throws her engagement ring at Becky, and storms off in tears.

The fire and police departments arrive and Dante, Randal, Elias, Jay, Silent Bob, and The Sexy Stud are arrested as a result of the show. In their jail cell, Dante gets into a heated argument with Randal, angry with him for ruining his life and expresses his eagerness to start a new life without him, while Randal becomes indignant and condemns Dante for his willingness to live his life under the standards of others and for abandoning their friendship, revealing how upset he is that Dante is moving away. The two then finally realize how much they care about their friendship.

Randal proposes that they buy the Quick Stop and re-open it themselves, although Dante says that neither have the money to do it. Jay and Silent Bob offer to lend them the money (from the royalty money they collected from the ''Bluntman and Chronic'' movie in ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'') provided that they can hang out outside of the store anytime they want without the police being called. Randal accepts their offer, but Dante is uncertain, prompting Randal to emotionally confess his fear of losing Dante. Moved by Randal's confession, Dante agrees to the proposition. Shortly after, the group is released off-screen without being charged since (as the Sexy Stud had assured them) you can't be imprisoned for watching an inter-species sex act.

Soon afterwards, Dante, having embraced fatherhood, proposes to Becky at Mooby's, who happily accepts. After both the Quick Stop and RST Video are rebuilt, Dante and Randal hire Elias to work at RST Video.

In the very last scene, with the stores open, Dante tells Randal, both having finally taken control of their lives, "Can you feel it? Today is the first day of the rest of our lives." The color then evaporates from the film and the camera pulls back to reveal the milk maid from the first movie still going through all the gallons.

== Cast ==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Brian O'Halloran]] as [[Dante Hicks]]
* [[Jeff Anderson]] as [[Randal Graves]]
* [[Rosario Dawson]] as [[List of View Askewniverse characters#Becky Scott|Becky Scott]]
* [[Trevor Fehrman]] as [[List of View Askewniverse characters#Elias Grover|Elias Grover]]
* [[Jennifer Schwalbach Smith|Jennifer Schwalbach]] as [[List of View Askewniverse characters#Emma Bunting|Emma Bunting]]
* [[Jason Mewes]] as [[Jay and Silent Bob|Jay]]
* [[Kevin Smith]] as [[Jay and Silent Bob|Silent Bob]]
* [[Jason Lee]] as [[List of View Askewniverse characters#Lance Dowds|Lance Dowds]]
* [[Zak Charles Knutson|Zak Knutson]] as Sexy Stud
* [[Wanda Sykes]] as Angry customer
* [[Earthquake (comedian)|Earthquake]] as Angry customer's husband
* [[Ethan Suplee]] as Weed customer
* [[Ben Affleck]] as Gawking customer
* [[Kevin Weisman]] as Lord of the Rings geek
* [[Scott Mosier]] as Concerned Father
* [[Walt Flanagan]] as Quick Stop Customer
{{div col end}}

== Production ==
=== Development ===
In 1999, the original title was slated to be ''Clerks 2: Hardly Clerkin{{'}}'' (cf. [[Jerry Lewis]]'s ''[[Hardly Working]]''), as seen in the credits of ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]''. Smith later modified the title to ''The Passion of the Clerks'', lampooning the title of [[Mel Gibson]]'s ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]''. According to the DVD documentary, the title was changed to simply ''Clerks II'', due to negative reaction to the "Passion" title. The film was shot from September to November 2005. It was originally scheduled for a 2005 release, and then a January 2006 release, but the production was pushed back due to other projects and Kevin Smith's involvement in the romantic comedy ''[[Catch and Release (2006 film)|Catch and Release]]''.

Smith released production diaries on the ''Clerks II'' website (see [[#External links|links]] below). They chronicle the entire making of the film from the first rehearsals all the way through to the final release. Some of these web diaries are also available on the two-disc [[DVD]] of the film. Smith released a Web-only teaser trailer on the ''Clerks II'' website on January 9, 2006,<ref name="teaser">[http://www.clerks2.com/teaser/ Clerks 2 - Teaser] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929073935/http://www.clerks2.com/teaser/ |date=September 29, 2011 }}</ref> and a web-only trailer on April 2, 2006.<ref name="teaser" /> Smith also released several shorts featuring action figures from his previous films to promote the film.

Before the release of the film, Smith had mentioned releasing an [[MP3]] file commentary to be downloaded and listened to in movie theaters via [[iPod]]. Ultimately, theater owners and exhibitors objected,{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} and the plan was scrapped. The abandoned commentary, featuring Smith, [[Scott Mosier]] and Jeff Anderson, is included on the DVD.

The bookend Quick Stop scenes are in black and white (to simulate the original visual style of ''Clerks''), while the rest of the film is in color. Smith has said that much of the film's color was [[Colorfulness|desaturated]] almost to the point where the film had a similar texture to the first film.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} The contrast in color saturation used can be seen in the "[[ABC (The Jackson 5 song)|ABC]]" sequence in which a more vibrant and saturated [[color temperature]] is used to give a warm and sunny look that adds to the playful nature of the piece.

On the film's [[MySpace]] account, a contest was held in which the first 10,000 MySpace users who added ''Clerks II'' as a friend would have their name in the theatrical and DVD end credits; the list follows the View Askew and [[The Weinstein Company|Weinstein Company]] logos. The names are not present in the credits on the [[DVD region code#2|Region 2]] DVD.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}

=== Locations ===
The Mooby's restaurant was a shut-down [[Burger King]] at 8572 Stanton Ave in [[Buena Park, California]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://clerks2.com/images/pics/moobyssm.jpg |title=Images |publisher=Clerks2.com |access-date=14 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708164009/http://clerks2.com/images/pics/moobyssm.jpg |archive-date=July 8, 2011 }}</ref> (near [[Knott's Berry Farm]]); it has since been demolished.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=8572+Stanton+Ave,+buena+park,+ca&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=8572+Stanton+Ave,+Buena+Park,+CA+90620&gl=us&ei=HvlRTJWeFIKingeH1JmTAw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ8gEwAA |title=8572 Stanton Ave, buena park, ca |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=14 September 2010}}</ref> The final days of principal photography were filmed at the Quick Stop and RST Video store in [[Leonardo, New Jersey]], with some exceptions, the most notable being the go-kart scene, which was shot at Speedzone in [[Industry, California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.themoviedistrict.com/clerks-ii/|title=Clerks II (2006) Filming Locations|website=The Movie District|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-09|archive-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220224131/http://www.themoviedistrict.com/clerks-ii/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The opening sequence where Randal and Dante are driving to work is a montage of Route 35, mostly in Middletown, New Jersey.

=== Casting ===
Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes, and Kevin Smith all reprised their roles from the first film.

According to the DVD commentary{{Specify|date=January 2009}},<!--there are multiple commentaries--> Kevin Smith originally wanted to cast his wife Jennifer Schwalbach Smith as Becky. Executive producer [[Harvey Weinstein]] objected, however, wanting a known actress to play the role for marketing reasons. Other actresses that Smith had met with were [[Sarah Silverman]] and [[Bryce Dallas Howard]] who both declined. Smith recalls having lunch with Howard who said she was interested in the film but ultimately passed in order to do ''[[Lady in the Water]]''. Silverman said she didn't want to play the Becky character as she had been cast as girlfriends in numerous other productions and feared type-casting, but loved the script and would have been more than willing to play the part of Randal Graves. [[Rachel Weisz]] was another name the studio considered, but Smith figured she would turn the role down and never offered her the part. [[Ellen Pompeo]] expressed an interest but could not commit due to scheduling difficulties with ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} Finally, the role was offered to Rosario Dawson who loved the script. She later said that reading the "donkey show" scene sealed the deal for her. Schwalbach Smith was given the secondary female role of Emma Bunting. Smith also cast his daughter [[Harley Quinn Smith]] as the little girl Dante waves to in the window of a restaurant and his mother Grace as the Milk Maid, reprising her role from the first film. [[Walt Flanagan]] makes a cameo appearance as a customer who asks for a "pack of cigarettes" (after the film changes from color to black and white), in a nod to the first film as well.

The character of Elias was played by Trevor Fehrman who had previously worked in Anderson's film ''[[Now You Know (film)|Now You Know]]''. Smith saw him in the film and was impressed enough to give him a part. In keeping with Smith's tradition of casting actors that he has previously worked with, both [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]] and [[Ben Affleck]] had parts in the film. Lee played Lance Dowds and Affleck played a random Mooby's customer. After finding no one else who could pull off being the Sexy Stud, Smith turned to crew member [[Zak Knutson]] to fill the role.

== Release ==
=== Rating ===
The film was originally planned to be released without an [[MPAA film rating system|MPAA film rating]], in order to avoid receiving an NC-17. Smith claimed "If we put it in front of the ratings board they'd be like, 'You're insane. We have to create a new rating for that.'"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060203041038/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1521655/01262006/story.jhtml 'Clerks 2' An Unrated Classic, Smith Vows] from the [[MTV]] website</ref> However, he later submitted it, and it received an R rating without any edits.

=== Box office ===
The film opened in 2,150 theaters and grossed $10.1 million domestically in its first weekend.<ref name="mojo" /> The film's theatrical gross was $24.1 million domestically, plus an additional $2.8 million from other territories foreign, against its production budget of $5 million.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=clerks2.htm|title=Clerks II (2006) |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

==Reception==
''Clerks II'' holds a 63% approval rating on review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 166 reviews with an average rating of 6.10/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Clerks II'' dishes up much of the graphic humor and some of the insight that made the 1994 original a cult hit."<ref name="rottentom">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/clerks_2|title=Clerks II (2006)|access-date=8 September 2020|via=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref name="metacrit">{{Metacritic film}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "CLERKS II" in the search box|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=April 3, 2019}}</ref>

In a review for ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[A. O. Scott]] wrote that: {{cquote|What makes ''Clerks II'' both winning and (somewhat unexpectedly) moving is its fidelity to the original ''Clerks'' ethic of hanging out, talking trash and refusing all worldly ambition. If anything, the sequel is more defiant in its disdain for the rat race, elevating the white-guy-doing-nothing prerogative from a lifestyle choice to a moral principle.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/21/movies/21cler.html |title=''Clerks II'': Aimless and Aging in Slacker Paradise, N.J.|date=July 21, 2006|work=[[The New York Times]] |last=Scott |first=A.O. |access-date=2008-12-12}}</ref>}} Justin Chang's review at ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it a "softer, flabbier and considerably higher-budgeted follow-up to Kevin Smith's 1994 indie sensation that nevertheless packs enough riotous exchanges and pungent sexual obscenities to make its 97 minutes pass by with ease."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=features2006&content=jump&jump=review&articleid=VE1117930681 |title=Clerks II |date=May 28, 2006 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |last=Chang |first=Justin|access-date=2008-12-12}}</ref>

At an advance screening for critics, [[Joel Siegel]] walked out of the film approximately 40 minutes in, during a scene in which the characters attempt to procure a [[donkey]] for sexual purposes. Smith claimed on his website that Siegel "bellowed" the phrase "Time to go! This is the first movie I've walked out on in thirty fucking years!"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=263 |publisher=from silentbobspeaks.com| work=Silent Bob Speaks |last=Smith |first=Kevin |access-date=2008-12-12 |title=A Dick in a Mustache is Still Just a Dick (Updated with Sound Clip!!!)|date=July 18, 2006}}</ref> ''[[TV Guide]]'' film critic [[Maitland McDonagh]], who said she was sitting next to Siegel, largely confirms Smith's account but insists that Siegel did not curse or "bellow." However, she reports that he left from the farthest possible exit, thereby making sure everyone noticed his departure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://community.tvguide.com/forum.jspa?forumID=700000633 |title=Ask FlickChick Blog |publisher=[[TVGuide.com]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813132503/http://community.tvguide.com/forum.jspa?forumID=700000633 |date=July 19, 2006 |archive-date=August 13, 2006 }}</ref> On his [[blog]], Smith criticized Siegel for unprofessional conduct.<ref>[http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=263 My Boring Ass Life »<!-- Bot generated title -->] from silentbobspeaks.com</ref> Cinegeek wrote a profanity-laced tirade in which Stephen and Suzie Lackey referred to the critic performing sexual acts on director [[M. Night Shyamalan]] in regard to his praise for ''[[The Village (2004 film)|The Village]]'' before having seen it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinegeek.com/features/the_village.htm |title=M. Night Shyamalan: In The Director's Chair |author=Stephen and Suzie Lackey |date=2004-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820094752/http://www.cinegeek.com/features/the_village.htm |archive-date=August 20, 2004 }}</ref> Smith later confronted Siegel in a live interview on ''[[Opie and Anthony]]''; Siegel apologized for cursing and causing a scene, and told Smith that he thinks he is a "fine filmmaker," while still defending his decision to walk out.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Kevin-Smith-Confronts-Joel-Siegel-On-The-Air-3019.html |title=Kevin Smith Confronts Joel Siegel Live |date=July 21, 2006 |publisher=Cinemablend.com |access-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126124057/https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Kevin-Smith-Confronts-Joel-Siegel-On-The-Air-3019.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

British presenter and film critic [[Jonathan Ross]] has been largely critical of the film, saying he disliked it even more than the first film; he expressed distaste that the film was voted by viewers of his ''Film 2006'' show into the top ten of the year, in which it ranked sixth.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 December 2006 |title=Film 2006 viewers hail Irish movie |url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/1229/windthatshakesthebarley.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070507093823/https://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/1229/windthatshakesthebarley.html |archive-date=May 7, 2007 |access-date=14 September 2010 |work=The Cillian Murphy-starring Irish Civil War drama The Wind that Shakes the Barley' has been voted the second best film of the year by viewers of BBC One's 'Film 2006 with Jonathan Ross |publisher=RTÉ Ten}}</ref> It was voted the third-funniest film of 2006 by [[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]] users<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2007/poll/bestresults |title=Clerks II poll at IMDB.com |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=June 29, 2018 |archive-date=February 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204171517/http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2007/poll/bestresults |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the ninth-best reviewed comedy by Rotten Tomatoes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/rtawards/movie_2006.php?r=9&mid=1159622&genre=200003 |title= 8th Annual Golden Tomato Awards — Clerks II |date=January 2, 2007 |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=14 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025131524/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/rtawards/movie_2006.php?r=9&mid=1159622&genre=200003 |archive-date=October 25, 2012 }}</ref>

The film received an eight-minute [[standing ovation]] at the [[2006 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=252|title=My Boring Ass Life » An 8 Minute Standing Ovation!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/x-men-3-hits-history-books|title='X-Men 3' Hits History Books|first=Roger|last=Friedman|website=[[Fox News]] |date=May 28, 2006}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Music from the Motion Picture <span style="white-space:nowrap">Clerks II</span>
| type       = Soundtrack
| longtype   = to the film ''Clerks II''
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| released   = August 22, 2006
| recorded   = Various
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| length     = 56:41
| label      = Bulletproof, [[Fontana North]]
| producer   = [[Kevin Smith]] <small>([[Executive producer|exec.]])</small>
| chronology = [[View Askewniverse]] soundtrack
| prev_title = [[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back#Soundtrack|Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]
| prev_year  = 2001
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}}
''Music from the Motion Picture Clerks II'', the soundtrack to the film, was released on August 22, 2006 by Bulletproof Records. It includes songs from the film, which are of various artists and genres, as well as many soundclips of dialog from the film. One notable exception is that [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' "[[1979 (song)|1979]]", which was featured in the film, is not included. It has been replaced by All Too Much's "Think Fast", which was not featured in the film.

# ''Dialogue'': "[[Anne Frank]] vs. [[Helen Keller]]" &ndash; 0:27
# "[[(Nothing But) Flowers]]" &ndash; [[Talking Heads]] &ndash; 5:33
# ''Dialogue'': "Regret" &ndash; 0:28
# "[[Them (King Diamond album)|Welcome Home]]" &ndash; [[King Diamond]] &ndash; 4:36
# ''Dialogue'': "Of Parts Enlarged" &ndash; 0:17
# "Neckin' on the Swing" &ndash; [[James L. Venable]] &ndash; 3:49
# ''Dialogue'': "The First of the Fallen" &ndash; 0:55
# "[[Them (King Diamond album)|The Invisible Guests]]" &ndash; King Diamond &ndash; 5:04
# ''Dialogue'': "The Unholiest Act" &ndash; 0:52
# "[[Goodbye Horses]]" &ndash; [[Q Lazzarus]] & Garvey &ndash; 6:27
# ''Dialogue'': "On Knowing Pickles" &ndash; 0:17
# "[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head]]" &ndash; [[B. J. Thomas]] &ndash; 3:02
# ''Dialogue'': "Twelve Step" &ndash; 0:20
# "[[ABC (The Jackson 5 song)|ABC]]" &ndash; [[The Jackson 5]] &ndash; 2:58
# ''Dialogue'': "The Perfect Gift" &ndash; 0:54
# "Think Fast" &ndash; All Too Much &ndash; 3:24
# ''Dialogue'': "Party Planning" &ndash; 0:31
# "Goin' Away Party" &ndash; James L. Venable &ndash; 1:44 - This contains segments of the "Clerks" animated series' theme song, also by Venable
# ''Dialogue'': "I'm Gonna Miss You, Man" &ndash; 0:39
# "[[Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)]]" &ndash; [[Samantha Fox]] &ndash; 3:21
# ''Dialogue'': "Abstinence" &ndash; 1:01
# "[[Everything (Alanis Morissette song)|Everything]]" &ndash; [[Alanis Morissette]] &ndash; 4:36
# ''Dialogue'': "Semantics" &ndash; 0:31
# "[[Misery (Soul Asylum song)|Misery]]" &ndash; [[Soul Asylum]] &ndash; 4:24
# ''Dialogue'': "Battle of the Mega-Geeks" &ndash; 0:31

== Home media ==
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The ''Clerks II'' DVD was released on November 28, 2006.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.newsaskew.com/includes/feature.shtml?id=EEVZApyZukyISxbZFT&style=single |title= Clerks II DVD Comments |date= September 10, 2006 |work= News Askew |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205900/http://www.newsaskew.com/includes/feature.shtml?id=EEVZApyZukyISxbZFT&style=single |archive-date= September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' reported that the film opened to #4 in terms of rental and DVD sales, and made approximately $6 million in rentals, or a quarter of the total box office gross of $24.2 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/home_entertainment/news/e3i4e2055a0ae81a852849d19f00f7e9894 |title='Superman' tops charts in single bound |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210061452/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/home_entertainment/news/e3i4e2055a0ae81a852849d19f00f7e9894 |archive-date=December 10, 2006 }}</ref>

''Clerks II'' was released on [[HD DVD]] on January 16, 2007. The release featured the film in [[1080p]] [[High-definition video|high definition]] on one disc and the same extras as the DVD, also presented in 1080p, on a second disc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/clerksii.html|title=Clerks II HD DVD Review - High-Def Digest}}</ref> After the conclusion of the [[high definition optical disc format war]] in February 2008, ''Clerks II'' was released on [[Blu-ray Disc]] on February 3, 2009 with two additional special features.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1941/clerksii.html|title=Clerks II Blu-ray Review - High Def Digest}}</ref>

== Sequel ==
{{Main|Clerks III}}
On February 9, 2017, Smith revealed on Facebook that although a script had been completed, ''Clerks III'' had been cancelled as "one of the four leads opted out of the flick".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/YesThatKevinSmith/posts/10154103461971930 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/6985046929/10154103461971930 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Kevin Smith|website=[[Facebook]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref> He later revealed that Jeff Anderson was the one who opted out.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/clerks-3/ |title=Here's Why 'Clerks 3' Isn't Happening |date=May 30, 2018 |first=Chris |last=Evangelista |work=[[/Film]]}}</ref> On October 1, 2019, Smith announced on [[Instagram]] that ''Clerks III'' was happening and that Anderson agreed to reprise his role as Randal. {{cquote|It'll be a movie that concludes a saga. It'll be a movie about how you're never too old to completely change your life. It'll be a movie about how a decades-spanning friendship finally confronts the future. It'll be a movie that brings us back to the beginning{{emdash}}a return to the cradle of civilization in the great state of #newjersey. It'll be a movie that stars Jeff and @briancohalloran, with me and Jay in supporting roles. And it'll be a movie called CLERKS III!<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/movies/2019/10/01/kevin-smith-clerks-3-announced/|title=Kevin Smith Announces Clerks 3|website=comicbook.com|date=October 2019 |access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref>}}

[[Principal photography]] began on August 2, 2021 in [[Red Bank, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/clerks-3-has-officially-begun-production/ |title='Clerks 3' Has Officially Begun Production |website=[[/Film]] |first=Jeremy |last=Mathai |date=August 2, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/movies/kevin-smith-marks-51st-birthday-by-kicking-off-filming-of-clerks-3/ |title=Kevin Smith marks 51st birthday by kicking off filming of Clerks 3 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |first=Jolie |last=Lash |date=August 1, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref> Filming wrapped on August 31, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/clerks-3-movie-filming-wrap-kevin-smith-response/ |title=Kevin Smith Celebrates Clerks 3's Final Day Of Filming |website=[[Screen Rant]] |last=Hermanns |first=Grant |date=August 31, 2021 |access-date=October 14, 2021}}</ref> The film was released on September 13, 2022 in the United States by [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] (whose film studio acquired the catalogue of [[The Weinstein Company]] from [[Spyglass Media Group]] and now owns ''Clerks II'', although the rights to the first ''Clerks'' are with [[Paramount Pictures]] through their ownership of the [[Miramax]] film library) and [[Fathom Events]].<ref name="Premiere">{{Cite web |title=Clerks III : The Convenience Tour |url=https://clerks3.movie/ |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=Lionsgate.com - Official Company Website |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/clerks-iii-kevin-smith-announces-trailer-debut-date/ |title=Kevin Smith Announces Clerks III's Trailer Debut Date |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |last=Freitage |first=Lee |date=June 29, 2022 |access-date=July 2, 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [[View Askewniverse]]:
** [http://viewaskew.com/news/clerks2/ Kevin's thoughts on the Project]
** [http://www.viewaskew.com/news/aug04/3.html Press Release]
** [http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/jul/14/clerks_ii_lively_sitdown_dante_and_randal/ 2006 interview with Dante and Randal] from ljworld.com

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