Dogma

Starring: Ben Affleck, Jeff Anderson Director: Kevin Smith Original UK Premiere: 1999 Dvd Release: 21st October, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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Dogma is a 1999 comedy film, written & directed by Kevin Smith, who stars in the film along with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Alan Rickman, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, George Carlin & Alanis Morissette. The comedic portrayal of the Catholic church thoughout the film caused organized protests & much controversy in many countries, which resulted in long delays in releasing it & also a death threat against Smith. Smith also participated in a protest of the film near his local theater in Eatontown, New Jersey. Aside from some scenes filmed on the New Jersey coast, most of the movie was filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This movie was rated R by the MPAA for strong language including sex-related dialogue, violence, crude humor & some drug content. Get touched by an angel. Two fallen angels, Loki & Bartleby, were banished by God to spend all eternity in Wisconsin. Posters Of Dogma

DVD Extras: Dogma's budget outstripped the early Smith films by miles, & the 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen transfer does it justice, with divine colour & heavenly sound. The picture quality of the extras--including trailers, TV spots & cast & crew interviews--is not so good & pixilation occurs throughout. The interviews are provocative enough, though, giving huge insight into the film. And it's quite something to see Smith looking all Clark Kent in his civvies.

Bored of being eternally banished to earth, two errant angels hatch a plan to sneak back into heaven. Unfortunately, if they use the required loophole in religious Dogma, theyll prove God fallible & undo the very fabric of the universe, ending all existence. Bummer. Enter the distant grand niece of Jesus Christ & an army of angels, beautiful mythical figures, saintly apostles & all entities good & holy. And Jay & Silent Bob.

The phrase its a religious comedy must have caused Hollywood to have a sacred cow. And, as Smiths first attempt to move away from the early lo-fi, character-centred, relationship-based comedies toward the narrative-led big-budget spectacular, Dogma is not without problems. Proving controversial on release, stones were cast by churchgoers & Smith devotees alike. Frothing-mouthed extremists levelled charges of blasphemy at the more colourful elements , leaving the devoutly Catholic Smith, whos intentions were to celebrate the mystery & beauty of religion, completely bemused. Equally, the Luddite Clerks obsessives who wrote it off as Smith-gone-Hollywood should have recognised that the script was written way before he gave us his black-and-white debut.

More ambitious than his previous mates-roped-in cheapies, the apocryphal & apocalyptic Dogma is still blessed with water-into-wine performances, pop culture gags, postmodern self-referencing & stoopid shagging jokes. Though it may not be wholly miraculous, this is still a righteous movie; and, in comparison with the average big-buck formulaic Hollywood evil, its practically saintly.

Benjamin Geza Affleck, is an American actor. Born in Berkeley, California, he grew up in the Boston, Massachusetts area. He currently lives in Santa Monica, California. He was a child actor, having roles on television series & made-for-television movies when young. He came to national attention when he & good friend Matt Damon wrote the screenplay for Good Will Hunting, for which they won an Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. He is also known for his roles in many of Kevin Smith s films - all of them, in fact, except for Clerks. Along with Matt Damon & producer Chris Moore, Affleck founded the production company LivePlanet, through which the three friends created the documentary series Project Greenlight. Afflecks most recent films, including Gigli, Paycheck, Jersey Girl & Surviving Christmas have been box office bombs. In 2002 it was announced that he was engaged to actress/singer Jennifer Lopez & the relationship between the two received an extremely ham-handed treatment by the entertainment media. Posters Of Ben Affleck

Editors Choice: Gigli, Paycheck, Daredevil, Pearl Harbor, The Third Wheel, Changing Lanes, The Sum Of All Fears, Bounce, View DVDology

Jeff Anderson is an actor who stared as Randal Graves in the 1994 cult comedy Clerks. He has since appeared in later Kevin Smith films & has written/directed/starred in the film Now You Know. Was a high school friend of Kevin Smith. Once worked for AT&T before starring in Clerks. Proposed to Clerks co-star Lisa Spoonhauer after only knowing her for three weeks. They eventually married. Chewed gum while shooting Clerks to build off pressure. Even though he hates beef jerky, Jeff had to chew a lot of it while shooting Clerks. Was inspired by the Matchbox 20 song Push to write Now You Know. Wrote the film Now You Know in only 2-3 months. He shot it in 18 days. Was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Perfomance. He is featured on the Clerks. The Animated Series DVD & VHS releases in the sixth episodes introduction by Jay & Silent Bob. According to the skit, he is the owner of the expensive California house & pool from which Jay & Bob introduced the episodes, having hired the duo as groundskeepers. Jeff Anderson at the Internet Movie Database. Posters Of Dogma

Editors Choice: Dogma, Clerks, Unleashed, View DVDology

Kevin Smith was a New Zealand conservationist. He was active in the area of forest conservation. In 1985 Smith was employed by Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of New Zealand as a West Coast conservation officer before being appointed as the Society’s conservation director in 1989. He remained as the director until 2000 when he was employed as an adviser to Sandra Lee-Vercoe. New Zealand Herald - news article on his death. Posters Of Jersey Girl

Editors Choice: Jersey Girl, Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back, An Evening With Kevin Smith, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, View DVDology

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