Dogma (DVD, 2002)

Scott Mosier

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Dogma

Janeane Garofalo, Alanis Morissette, Matt Damon, Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, Brian O'halloran, Salma Hayek, George Carlin, Linda Fiorentino, Jason Mewes, Chris Rock, Bud Cort, Guinevere Turner, Jeff Anderson, Alan Rickman, Ben Affleck

Kevin Smith

DVD

English

2002

Widescreen, Closed Caption

2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen

General, Comedy

123 Mins

15

1

United States of America

Robert D. Yeoman

Abigail Murray

Robert Ratface Holtzman

Premiere - "...Funny, original....A high-wire act..." -- 3 out of 5 stars, USA Today - ...There is a keen intellect behind this devoutly defiant fable....Stuffed with cheery irreverence and inspired in equal parts by comic books, sports bar culture and the Bible..., Box Office - ...There are kernels of genius here..., New York Times - ...Mercilessly funny....[The actors] bring great, understandable enthusiasm to Mr. Smith's smart talk and wild imaginings..., Variety - ...A fiercely ambitious script that never loses its raucous rhythm....Affleck gives his strongest performance to date...

English

Imaginative theology and a bigger-than-usual budget make Kevin Smith's (CHASING AMY, CLERKS) fourth film a kind of post-Catholic fantasy that only a comic-book enthusiast of his caliber could dream up. It concerns banished angels, Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) who, after a few millennia in Wisconsin, discover a loophole in Catholic doctrine that would allow them back into heaven--but prove the fallibility of God and destroy the universe. As they make their way to New Jersey to receive a plenary indulgence, God dispatches a seraphim (Alan Rickman) to recruit lapsed-Catholic Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) to stop the angels. She finds help in muses, prophets (Jay and Silent Bob, played by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith respectively), and the forgotten 13th apostle, Rufus (Chris Rock). Before long, all hell breaks loose--literally--and God (Alanis Morrisette) has to put in an appearance of her own. Smith's controversial (and very funny) film is powered by his trademark dialogue, ripe with observations on pop culture, religion, and bodily functions.

Dogma

Howard Shore

Dolby Digital 5.1

Kevin Smith

DVD 9

Vincent Pereira, Kevin Smith, Scott Mosier