Plot
An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is enlisted to prevent two angels from reentering Heaven and thus undoing the fabric of the universe. Along the way, she is aided by two prophets, Jay and Silent Bob. With the help of Rufus, the 13th Apostle, they must stop those who stand in their way and prevent the angels from entering Heaven.
Keywords: god, angel, clinic, abortion-clinic, abortion, church, apostle, jay-and-silent-bob, prophet, new-jersey
Get 'touched' by an angel.
It Can Be Hell Getting Into Heaven
Faith is a funny thing.
A New Comic Fantasy from the Director of 'Clerks' and 'Chasing Amy'
Prepare Thyself.
Look out Below
Jay: [to the Stygian triplets] Go back to your paper routes, you Mighty Duck fucks.
Jay: Dude, I know they were just kids, but we kicked their fucking pube-less asses.
Jay: Yo man, tell me something about me.::Rufus: You masturbate more than anyone on the planet.::Jay: Aw fuck, everyone knows that. Tell me something nobody knows.::Rufus: When you do it, you're thinking about guys.::[a shocked Silent Bob stares at Jay]::Jay: Dude, not all the time.
Bartleby: Ladies and gentlemen, you have been judged guilty of sinning against our almighty God, and I promise you, you shall pay for your trespasses, in blood!::[he rips open his shirt to reveal a silver breastplate]::Bartleby: Wings, now.::Loki: I'm feeling a little exposed here...::Bartleby: DO IT!
Jay: I know they were just kids, but we kicked their pube-less asses!
Bartleby: "I do believe in this." What does that mean?
Azrael: Get me a... Holy Bartender.::Bartender: Never heard of it.::Azrael: Ahh, he doesn't know how to make a Holy Bartender. You do, don't you, Muse?::Serendipity: Don't...::Azrael: Ahh, anybody? No?::[Jay and Silent Bob shake their heads]::Azrael: Well, I know how to make a Holy Bartender...::[Azrael pulls out an uzi, shoots the bartender repeatedly, then laughs hysterically]::Azrael: Get it?::Serendipity: [restrained by the Stygian triplets who have suddenly appeared] Sweet Jesus, Azrael why?::Rufus: Come on, demon, I wanna see you try that shit on someone who's already dead!::Azrael: Now, now, apostle, you maintain that kind of an attitude and you and the barkeep won't be the only corpses in the room. The Christ bitch will join you.::[referring to Bethany]::Jay: [face lights up] Oh... wait. I get it. Holy Bartender! Ha, ha, ha!
Metatron: Anyone who isn't dead or from another plane of existence would do well to cover their ears right about now.
Metatron: Wax on, wax off.
Metatron: I am to charge you with a holy crusade.::Bethany: For the record, I work in an abortion clinic.::Metatron: Noah was a drunk. Look what he accomplished. And no one's even asking you to build an ark. All you have to do is go to New Jersey, and visit a small church on a very important day.::Bethany: New Jersey? That doesn't sound like much of a crusade.::Metatron: Aside from the fine print, that's it.::Bethany: What's the fine print?::Metatron: [mumbling into glass] Stopacoupleofangelsfromenteringandthusnegatingallexistence.::Bethany: Wait, wait, wait. Repeat that.::Metatron: Stop a couple of angels from entering and thus negating all existence. I hate when people need it spelled out for them.
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name | Dogma |
director | Kevin Smith |
producer | Kevin SmithScott Mosier |
writer | Kevin Smith |
starring | Ben AffleckGeorge CarlinMatt DamonLinda FiorentinoSalma HayekJason LeeJason MewesKevin SmithAlan RickmanChris Rock |
music | Howard Shore |
cinematography | Robert D. Yeoman |
editing | Scott MosierKevin Smith |
studio | View Askew Productions |
distributor | Lions Gate Entertainment |
released | November 12, 1999 |
runtime | 130 minutes |
country | United States |
language | English |
budget | $10 million |
gross | $30,652,890 |
preceded by | Chasing Amy |
followed by | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back }} |
Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson, the stars of Smith's debut film Clerks, have cameo roles, as do Smith regulars Scott Mosier, Dwight Ewell, Walt Flanagan, and Bryan Johnson.
The 4th film set in the View Askewniverse is a hypothetical-scenario film revolving around the Catholic Church and Catholic belief, which caused organized protests and much controversy in many countries, delaying release of the film and leading to at least two death threats against Smith. The film follows two fallen angels, Loki and Bartleby, who, through a loophole in Catholic Dogma, find a way to get back into Heaven after being cast out by God. However, as existence is founded on the principle that God is infallible, their success would prove God wrong and thus undo all creation. The last scion and two prophets are sent by the Voice of God to stop them.
Aside from some scenes filmed on the New Jersey shore, most of the film was shot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Two fallen angels — Bartleby (Ben Affleck), a watcher, and Loki (Matt Damon), the former Angel of Death — were banished from Heaven after an inebriated Loki, with Bartleby's encouragement, resigned. Exiled to Wisconsin for all of eternity, the pair see their salvation when a church in Red Bank, New Jersey celebrates its centennial anniversary with a plenary indulgence. They can have their sins forgiven by passing through the doors of that church, and—upon death—regain access to Heaven. They fail to realize that this will overrule the word of God and therefore destroy all of existence.
Metatron (Alan Rickman), the seraph who acts as the Voice of God, appears to Bethany Sloane (Linda Fiorentino) and tasks her with preventing Bartleby and Loki's return. Bethany resists the mission, as she lost her faith in God due to her infertility and resultant divorce. The next night, Bethany is attacked by the Stygian Triplets—but is saved by Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith), two prophets whom Metatron said would appear. She is also aided by Rufus (Chris Rock), the thirteenth apostle left out of the Bible because he is black, and Serendipity (Salma Hayek), a Muse with writer's block.
Loki suggests getting back on God's "good side" before their return; Bartleby thinks it unnecessary but complies. Due to idolatry and various personal sins, Loki kills all but one member of the board of directors of a company whose mascot is a golden calf. The demon Azrael (Jason Lee), a former Muse, warns them that the forces of Heaven and Hell are attempting to kill them, as Satan will not let them succeed where he has failed and make him look bad, and Loki's killings are counterproductive. Bethany's party unwittingly meet the angels on a train, where a drunk Bethany reveals her mission—and the consequences of the angels' plan—to Bartleby, who then threatens to kill Bethany before a melee ensues, in which Bartleby and Loki are thrown off the train by Silent Bob.
Bartleby snaps, ranting that existence would be better off destroyed as God shows man infinite patience, while angels are punished after one transgression. Loki is alarmed by the ramifications of their plan and Bartleby's sudden change in personality, and becomes reluctant to continue, comparing Bartleby's attitude to that of Lucifer. Bartleby orders him onwards, claiming nothing can stop them.
Bethany learns the reason she was chosen for the mission: she is the Last Scion, the last descendant of Mary and Joseph and hence last relative of Jesus Christ. Metatron comforts Bethany as she copes with this revelation, and the group ponders who orchestrated the angels' plan. Metatron explains that God goes to Earth in human form every now and again to play skee ball, and has gone missing on his most recent trip; apparently, someone knew enough to incapacitate God, leaving Him alive but unable to return to Heaven. The group deduces that Lucifer has as much to lose if Bartleby and Loki succeed as anyone else. Arriving at the church, they fail to persuade Cardinal Glick (George Carlin) to cancel the celebration.
When Bartleby and Loki reach the church, Bartleby begins to massacre all in attendance at the church's centennial celebration. At a nearby bar, Azrael captures the heroes and explains that he is the mastermind behind the Angels' plan; he wants to destroy existence rather than spend eternity in Hell, but he was forced to manipulate Bartleby and Loki, as demons cannot become human. Silent Bob kills Azrael with Cardinal Glick's blessed golf club. Serendipity tells Bethany to bless the sink, making the water in the sink holy; Jay, Rufus and Serendipity then kill the Stygian Triplets by dunking their heads into the sanctified water.
The heroes reach the church before Bartleby and Loki enter. Loki's wings have been torn off by Bartleby; he is now human and decides to help the others. Bartleby kills Loki and fights off Rufus, Serendipity and Bob. During an attempt to seduce Bethany, Jay mentions John Doe Jersey, a comatose patient (from the opening scene) in a hospital across the street who was attacked outside a skee ball arcade and is being kept on life support. Hoping this is God trapped in mortal form, Bethany and Bob race to the hospital. Jay foolishly shoots off Bartleby's wings with a submachine gun, turning him human.
Bethany removes the life support, allowing God to escape while inadvertently killing Bethany. In the form of a woman, God (Alanis Morissette) manifests at the church before a remorseful Bartleby, and kills him with the power of Her voice. Silent Bob shows up with Bethany's bloodstained corpse. God resurrects Bethany and conceives another Scion inside her. The heavenly beings return to Heaven through the church doors, leaving Bethany, Jay and Bob to reflect on events.
The film opened at #3 in its opening weekend with approximately $8,669,945, behind The Bone Collector (the previous week's champion) and the newly released Pokémon: The First Movie.
Critics were mostly positive about the film; it has a 68 percent "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It did much better with fans, ranking 82 percent by the Rotten Tomatoes community. On Metacritic, the film received a rating of 62 percent based on 36 reviews, with an 8.4/10 by fans based on 21 votes.
The film was screened out of competition at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
According to Kevin Smith's comments on the Dogma publicity stills on the film's official website, there was going to be a final face-off between Silent Bob on one side and the redhead Triplet and the Golgothan on the other side in the hospital. The Triplet would come back with a burned-out face, and at the end of the battle, God would turn the Golgothan into flowers. The scene was dropped from the final cut of the film.
When the film actually came out, Kevin Smith and his friend Bryan Johnson participated in a protest at the Sony Multiplex in Eatontown, New Jersey, carrying a sign which read "Dogma is Dogshit." A news crew captured the incident and broadcast an interview with Smith (though he wouldn't give his real name and gave Johnson's as his own) on News 12 New Jersey.
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