Free from his dead-end job (and lodged in a new one), Dante begins to break free of his rut, planning to move away with his clingy fiancée, played by Smith's wife, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, who used to work for USA TODAY. Dante is ready to leave the horrors of minimum-wage New Jersey behind, but Randal — always the more hostile of the two — starts to become overwhelmed by his own rancor.
The new movie features the oriignal movie's cast, as well as Rosario (Sin City) Dawson, and Jason Lee, who got his start in Smith's Mallrats.
The article includes a couple of sidebars: one talks about the impact the original Clerks had on independent filmaking when it debuted in 1994, while the other asks whether or not Smith has sold out by returning to the familiar one (or two, or three) too many times.
After reading about the new movie, check out Smith's video diary of the film here, where you'll find lots of digital video clips of the behinds the sceneds goings on of the movie. The best one features Jason Lee, now known for the smash sit-com My Name is Earl. Lee talks about the difference between making the film and the TV show, does some of his movie lines in his Earl accent, and endures some ribbing by Jason Mewes, who accuse Lee of acting like a big shot.
Maybe Smith has sold out, but then again -- stick with what you know. I know I'll be seeing it.
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