''Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party'' is a 2004 American

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about the making of ''

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' is a 2001 American satirical stoner buddy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of h ...

'' (2001), released and produced by

Kevin Smith Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, YouTuber, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy buddy film '' Clerks'' (1994), which he wrote, directed, ...

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. Co-directed by

Malcolm Ingram Malcolm "Mo" Ingram (born 1968) is a Canadian independent film director and podcaster. Directing Ingram wrote and directed '' Drawing Flies'', which was produced by Scott Mosier and Kevin Smith of View Askew Productions. He also made '' Tail ...

, it marks the directorial debut of

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(credited as Jennifer Schwalbach), Kevin Smith's wife. Initially over three hours, the film was made available in an 87-minute cut. It was originally intended to be a bonus feature on the ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' DVD, but due to its length, it became a standalone feature. Plans for inclusion on the ''

Clerks X ''Clerks'' is a 1994 American black-and-white buddy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith (in his feature directorial debut), produced and edited by Smith and Scott Mosier, and starring Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigli ...

'' DVD were scrapped for similar reasons. It has since been screened at several of Smith's "Vulgarthon"

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s. According to an early 2009 Q&A session with Smith in

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, the full film would be included on a future

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release of ''Clerks'',News Askew -- "Vancouver Q&A: What We Learned..."
ultimately being available on the November 2009 release.

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The Trailer at View Askew Productions
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