An Evening with Kevin Smith

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
166 Capitol Ave.
Hartford, CT 06106

Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009 Time: 7:30PM Hall: Mortensen Hall

Run Time: Approximately 3hrs w/ no intermission. This is event is mostly Q & A.

Cost: Between $36.50 and $42.50, 10% off for groups of 10 or more, 10% affinity discount

Brief description: This event is for mature audience only and will contain adult language

Born and raised in New Jersey and very proud of it, this fact can be seen in all of his movies. His first movie, Clerks. (1994), was filmed in the convenience store in which Smith worked. He was only allowed to shoot at night after the store closed. This movie won the highest award at the Sundance film festival and was brought to theaters by Miramax. The movie went over so well that Smith was able to make another movie, Mallrats (1995). This movie, as Kevin has said, was meant to be a "smart Porkys". Although it didn't do well at all in the box office, it has done more then well on video store shelves and is usually the favorite among many Smith fans. His next movie, Chasing Amy (1997), Smith's comedy drama which won two independent Spirit awards: Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Role (for Jason Lee. After Chasing Amy, Smith started on Dogma (1999), a controversial film about Christianity. Smith’s next film, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) is a road trip comedy that follows cult heroes, Jay and Silent Bob as they go on an adventure to stop the production of a movie being made about them, find true love, and save an orangutan. In 2004, he wrote and directed Jersey Girl (2004), starring Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler, and two years later he completed the sequel to his first film, Clerks II (2006). Smith has also written scripts for such comics as Daredevil and Green Arrow. He also wrote a script for a new Superman movie but decided to leave the project. Smith has opened a comic book store, has a production company, writes articles for Arena magazine, and does short films for the Leno show. He has accomplished so much and he has only been around since 1994.