View Askew Productions

Smith and Monsieur founded the company in 1994 to produce their first film, Clerks , in which the fictional View Askew Universe (View Askewniverse) first appeared. After the film was successful, View Askew received a large budget for the next film, which was the film Lobotryasy in 1995, which was poorly received by critics and had a commercial failure. Soon there were new films of the company - " In pursuit of Amy " (1997) and " Dogma " (1999).

At the beginning of the new millennium, View Askew released the animated sitcom Clerks: An Animated Series based on the movie Clerks. In 2001, “ Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ” was released , starring Smith and his old friend Jason Muse in the characters of the inhabitants of the View Askew universe, Jay and silent Bob , who first appeared in Clerks and were present in most View Askew films. The next film was “The Girl from Jersey ” (2004), the first film “View Askew” which does not take place in the View Askew Universe . Two years later, Clerks 2 was released (2006), the film takes place 10 years after the actions of the first part. Two years later, View Askew releases Zack and Miri Make Porn (2008), the second film that takes place outside the View Askew Universe .

The company also released some of Smith's work, such as his answers to questions from the audience on the DVD “Evening with Kevin Smith” (2002), “Evening with Kevin Smith 2: The Evening is Harder” (2006), “Sold out: Third evening with Kevin Smith ” (2008) and “ Kevin Smith: Too Fat for the Forty ” (2010). And also “Less Sloppy with Kevin Smith” - a show in which three UCLA students participate, enrolled in the cinema class as a teacher in which Smith is.

The company also produces films for directors other than Smith: Malcolm Ingram ( “Drawing Flights” , “ Gay Bar in a Small Town ” ), Brian Johnson ( “Vulgar” ), Vincent Pereira ( “Best Place” ), and Brian Lynch ( "The Big Helium Dog" ).

The original logo of the company was a clown with bristles in lingerie and on an inflatable platform. The logo was later changed to a caricature of Jay and silent Bob.

• Clerks (Clerks, 1994), Miramax Films
• Lobotrans (Mallrats, 1995), Gramercy Pictures
• Drawing Flying (Drawing Flies, 1996)
• Chasing Amy (1997) Miramax
• Best Place (A Better Place, 1997)
• Big Helium Dog (1999)
• Dogma (Dogma, 1999), Lionsgate ; Miramax sold distribution rights
• Vulgar (Vulgar, 2000), Lionsgate
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, 2001), Dimension Films
• Jersey Girl (2004), Miramax
• Clerks 2 (Clerks II, 2006), The Weinstein Company and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Gay bar in a small town (Small Town Gay Bar, 2006)
• Zack and Miri Make Porn (Zack and Miri Make a Porno, 2008), The Weinstien Company
• Bear Country (Bear Nation, 2010)

• Clerks: The Animated Series (2000) - ABC

• View Askewniverse - a fictional universe
• Kevin Smith
• Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash - Kevin Smith Comic Book Store

• The View Askewniverse - the official website of the company
• News askew