Clerks II
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Clerks II is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that serves as the sequel to his cult classic indie film Clerks, following the further misadventures of Dante and Randal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clerks II canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5914278 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clerks II Context triple: [Kevin Smith, notableWork, Clerks II]
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A.
Clerks
Clerks is a 1994 independent black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that follows a day in the lives of two convenience store clerks and became a cult classic.
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B.
The Clerks
"The Clerks" is a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that characteristically explores the inner lives and quiet struggles of ordinary office workers through his reflective, psychologically nuanced verse.
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C.
Lebowski Fest
Lebowski Fest is an annual fan festival celebrating the cult film "The Big Lebowski" with themed events, costumes, bowling, and gatherings of devoted fans.
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D.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that follows the misadventures of his recurring characters Jay and Silent Bob as they travel to Hollywood to stop a movie based on their lives.
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E.
Bluntman and Chronic
Bluntman and Chronic are fictional comic book superheroes created by Kevin Smith within his View Askewniverse, parodying stoner culture and superhero tropes through the characters Jay and Silent Bob.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clerks II Target entity description: Clerks II is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that serves as the sequel to his cult classic indie film Clerks, following the further misadventures of Dante and Randal.
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A.
Clerks
Clerks is a 1994 independent black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that follows a day in the lives of two convenience store clerks and became a cult classic.
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B.
The Clerks
"The Clerks" is a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that characteristically explores the inner lives and quiet struggles of ordinary office workers through his reflective, psychologically nuanced verse.
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C.
Lebowski Fest
Lebowski Fest is an annual fan festival celebrating the cult film "The Big Lebowski" with themed events, costumes, bowling, and gatherings of devoted fans.
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D.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that follows the misadventures of his recurring characters Jay and Silent Bob as they travel to Hollywood to stop a movie based on their lives.
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E.
Bluntman and Chronic
Bluntman and Chronic are fictional comic book superheroes created by Kevin Smith within his View Askewniverse, parodying stoner culture and superhero tropes through the characters Jay and Silent Bob.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Clerks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwideUSD | 27000000 ⓘ |
| budgetUSD | 5000000 ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | David Klein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Kevin Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | The Weinstein Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Kevin Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scott Mosier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dante Hicks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ Randal Graves NERFINISHED ⓘ Silent Bob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingFormat | color ⓘ |
| follows | Clerks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
buddy comedy
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ independent film ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Clerks III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | James L. Venable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | View Askewniverse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prequel | Clerks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Kevin Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scott Mosier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | View Askew Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2006-07-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenplayType | original screenplay ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Kevin Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Ben Affleck
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brian O'Halloran NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Mewes NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennifer Schwalbach Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosario Dawson NERFINISHED ⓘ Trevor Fehrman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Clerks II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereLocation | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| writer | Kevin Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clerks II Description of subject: Clerks II is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that serves as the sequel to his cult classic indie film Clerks, following the further misadventures of Dante and Randal.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.