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Originally Smith's second film after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Film/TheViewAskewniverse, its exclusion therefrom was eventually {{retcon}}ned when the character of Brandon (Justin Long) was written into ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot''.

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Originally Smith's second film after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Film/TheViewAskewniverse, its exclusion therefrom was eventually {{retcon}}ned when the character of Brandon (Justin Long) (Creator/JustinLong) was written into ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot''.
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* EthicalSlut: The sex workers are almost implausibly sweet and well-adjusted in this movie; the neurotic suburbanites are the ones who have all the problems.

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* EthicalSlut: The sex workers porn actresses are almost implausibly sweet and well-adjusted in this movie; the neurotic suburbanites are the ones who have all the problems.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Stacey tells Zack that she's been constipated which is why she looks forward to her anal scene with Lester, who solves that problem.
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: At the beginning of the movie, Delaney (a Black man) accuses his boss of racism because he wants him to work on ''Black'' Friday. In reality, it's only an act so that Delaney wouldn't miss out on Black Friday shopping.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: PoliticalOvercorrectness: At the beginning of the movie, Delaney (a Black man) accuses his boss of racism because he wants him to work on ''Black'' Friday. In reality, it's only an act so that Delaney wouldn't miss out on Black Friday shopping.
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* ClassReunion: Which ends, unfortunately for Miri, with her old crush being gay and her discovery of being a joke on the internet. Meanwhile, Zack gets a handjob!

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* ClassReunion: Which ends, unfortunately for Miri, Zack and Miri attend their high school class reunion, which coincides with her old crush being gay and her discovery of being a joke on the internet. Meanwhile, Zack gets a handjob!water to their apartment shutting off. Seeing how many of their former classmates are successful, they realize they've become an incredible pair of losers.



* HighSchoolRejects: The title characters Zack and Miri.

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* HighSchoolRejects: The title characters Zack and Miri.Miri are faced with the harsh reality that their lives have gone down the toilet since high school when their ClassReunion shows them that the majority of their classmates lead much better lives than they do.
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* NobodyPoops: '''[[AvertedTrope Viciously averted]]''' as Jay finds out the hard way.

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* NobodyPoops: '''[[AvertedTrope Viciously averted]]''' as Jay Deacon finds out the hard way.
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* NobodyPoops: '''[[AvertedTrope Viciously averted]]''' as Jay finds out the hard way.
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* TheDitz: Stacey, and Lester.

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* TheDitz: Stacey, Stacey and Lester.
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Originally Smith's second film after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Film/TheViewAskewniverse, it's exclusion therefrom was eventually {{retcon}}ned when the character of Brandon (Justin Long) was written into ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot''.

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Originally Smith's second film after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Film/TheViewAskewniverse, it's its exclusion therefrom was eventually {{retcon}}ned when the character of Brandon (Justin Long) was written into ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot''.
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* BlackBestFriend: Delaney, for Zack.
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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes, and Creator/CraigRobinson.

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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes, Creator/JeffAnderson, Creator/TraciLords, Creator/JasonMewes, and Creator/CraigRobinson.

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Avoided in the main film, but the DeletedScene... well, there are two of them. One for Creator/JustinLong and one for Seth Rogen where they just sit there and ad-lib.

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: LeaveTheCameraRunning:
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Avoided in the main film, but the DeletedScene... well, there are two of them. One for Creator/JustinLong and one for Seth Rogen where they just sit there and ad-lib.



* SecretTestOfCharacter:[[spoiler: Miri sets one of these for Zack, telling him it's okay to sleep with one of the actresses (for the movie) and, essentially, punishing him when (she believes) he has. Zack calls her out for her [[{{CompressedVice}} newly-found]] ManipulativeBastard tendencies, [[{{ScrewThisImOuttaHere}} moves out, and abandons the production]].]]

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* SecretTestOfCharacter:[[spoiler: Miri sets one of these for Zack, telling him it's okay to sleep with one of the actresses (for the movie) and, essentially, punishing him when (she believes) he has. Zack calls her out for her [[{{CompressedVice}} newly-found]] ManipulativeBastard ManipulativeBitch tendencies, [[{{ScrewThisImOuttaHere}} moves out, and abandons the production]].]]


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* StraightGay: Brandon and his boyfriend, letting the two's sexuality be a surprise.
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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes and Creator/CraigRobinson.

Roommates Zack Brown (Rogen) and Miri Linky (Banks) decide to make a pornographic movie in order to pay their bills. However, during the filming of the movie Zack and Miri seem to deal with their UnresolvedSexualTension, although the path of love does not run smooth.

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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes Mewes, and Creator/CraigRobinson.

Roommates Zack Brown (Rogen) and Miri Linky (Banks) decide to make a pornographic movie in order to pay their bills. However, during the filming of the movie Zack and Miri seem to deal with their UnresolvedSexualTension, although the path of love does not run smooth.
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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Mewes' full frontal scene. In the words of Creator/BenAffleck, "That's not him on the way up, that's him on the way back down!"

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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Mewes' full frontal full-frontal scene. In the words of Creator/BenAffleck, "That's not him on the way up, that's him on the way back down!"



* IntimateArtistry: Zack and Miri both realize that making the porno will likely effect their friendship, [[DefiedTrope so they both promise each other that they will not let the movie change their emotions]]. To the surprise of none of the characters, [[PlayedStraight them filming together does cause both of them to realize their feelings for one another]].

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* IntimateArtistry: Zack and Miri both realize that making the porno will likely effect affect their friendship, [[DefiedTrope so they both promise each other that they will not let the movie change their emotions]]. To the surprise of none of the characters, [[PlayedStraight them filming together does cause both of them to realize their feelings for one another]].



* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Avoided in the main film, but the DeletedScene... well, there are two of them. One for Creator/JustinLong and one for Seth Rogen where they just sit there and ad lib.
** Kevin Smith openly dislikes people ad-libbing on his material and often requires actors to follow the script exactly, but acknowledged that when the lead of your movie is one of the most noted ad-lib comedians of his day, you'd be an idiot not to make use of it.

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Avoided in the main film, but the DeletedScene... well, there are two of them. One for Creator/JustinLong and one for Seth Rogen where they just sit there and ad lib.
ad-lib.
** Kevin Smith openly dislikes people ad-libbing on his material and often requires actors to follow the script exactly, but acknowledged that when the lead actor of your movie is one of the most noted ad-lib comedians of his day, you'd be an idiot not to make use of it.



* MoralGuardians: They didn't take too kindly to the film, the poster or even ''the title''. Which is probably why the movie was released on DVD in many places as simply ''Zack and Miri''. Apparently, the marketing people feared the possibility of [[ThinkOfTheChildren children asking their parents what a porno was]] if they saw the title, to which Smith, himself a father and who didn't believe the title was vulgar, angrily replied [[SarcasmMode "God forbid parents talk to their children."]]

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* MoralGuardians: They didn't take too kindly to the film, the poster or even ''the title''. Which This is probably why the movie was released on DVD in many places as simply ''Zack and Miri''. Apparently, the marketing people feared the possibility of [[ThinkOfTheChildren children asking their parents what a porno was]] if they saw the title, to which Smith, himself a father and who didn't believe the title was vulgar, angrily replied [[SarcasmMode "God forbid parents talk to their children."]]



* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: At the beginning of the movie, Delaney accuses his boss (who is Indian) of racism because he wants him to work on ''Black'' Friday. In reality, it's only an act because Delaney would miss out on Black Friday shopping.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: At the beginning of the movie, Delaney (a Black man) accuses his boss (who is Indian) of racism because he wants him to work on ''Black'' Friday. In reality, it's only an act because so that Delaney would wouldn't miss out on Black Friday shopping.



* WomenAreWiser: Subverted. Neither Zack nor Miri is intelligent, talented, skillful, or able to manage his or her money whatsoever, but Miri seems to display fewer screw-ups than Zack...[[spoiler:that is, until the last act of the film when Miri, in a truly, infuriatingly perplexing and bizarre move, purposely rejects Zack and acts like she's going to go through with her sex scene with Lester even after Zack spills his guts to her, tells her he loves her, and heavily implies that he didn't even sleep with Stacey. She still acts indignant and allows him to walk out on her and the film's production, ruining everything until Delaney convinces Zack to try talking to Miri again some time later.]]

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* WomenAreWiser: Subverted. Neither Zack nor Miri is intelligent, talented, skillful, or able to manage his or her money whatsoever, but Miri seems to display fewer screw-ups than Zack...[[spoiler:that is, until the last act of the film when Miri, in a truly, infuriatingly perplexing and bizarre move, purposely rejects Zack and acts like she's going to go through with her sex scene with Lester even after Zack spills his guts to her, tells her he loves her, and heavily implies that he didn't even sleep with Stacey. She still acts indignant and allows him to walk out on her and the film's production, ruining everything until Delaney convinces Zack to try talking to Miri again some time sometime later.]]
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* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: Miri in her "granny panties".

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* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: Miri in her "granny panties".panties", the video of which gets 200,000 views in just three hours.
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* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: Miri in her "granny panties".
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* UncoolUndies: A couple of punks video Miri changing outfits while wearing "granny panties" and post it online. She is horrified when, at the high school reunion she was dressing for, Brandon reveals how many hits the clip has gotten in just a few hours.

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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes and Creator/CraigRobinson. It was his second after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Film/TheViewAskewniverse.

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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes and Creator/CraigRobinson. It was his second after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Film/TheViewAskewniverse.
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Originally Smith's second film after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Film/TheViewAskewniverse, it's exclusion therefrom was eventually {{retcon}}ned when the character of Brandon (Justin Long) was written into ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot''.
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* HighSchoolRejects: Zack and Miri.

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* [[HerBoyfriendsJacket Her Roommate's Hockey Jersey]]: The opening scene shows Miri waking up wearing nothing but a [[UsefulNotes/{{NHL}} Pittsburgh Penguins]] jersey owned by roommate Zack.
* HighSchoolRejects: The title characters Zack and Miri.



* IntimateArtistry: Zack & Miri both realize that making the porno will likely effect their friendship, [[DefiedTrope so they both promise each other that they will not let the movie change their emotions]]. To the surprise of none of the characters, [[PlayedStraight them filming together does cause both of them to realize their feelings for one another]].

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* IntimateArtistry: Zack & and Miri both realize that making the porno will likely effect their friendship, [[DefiedTrope so they both promise each other that they will not let the movie change their emotions]]. To the surprise of none of the characters, [[PlayedStraight them filming together does cause both of them to realize their feelings for one another]].



* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: At the beginning of the movie, Delaney accuses his boss (who is Indian) of racism because he wants him to work on "Black Friday." In reality, it's only an act because Delaney would miss out on Black Friday shopping.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: At the beginning of the movie, Delaney accuses his boss (who is Indian) of racism because he wants him to work on "Black Friday." ''Black'' Friday. In reality, it's only an act because Delaney would miss out on Black Friday shopping.



** Made even funnier later on when we see the DVD cover for the movie and he's billed as "Pete Jonze."

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** Made even funnier later on when we see the DVD cover for the movie and he's billed as "Pete Jonze.[[Creator/SpikeJonze Jonze]]."
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: At the beginning of the movie, Delaney accuses his boss (who is Asian) of racism because he wants him to work on "Black Friday."

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: At the beginning of the movie, Delaney accuses his boss (who is Asian) Indian) of racism because he wants him to work on "Black Friday."" In reality, it's only an act because Delaney would miss out on Black Friday shopping.
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Roommates Zack (Rogen) and Miri (Banks) decide to make a pornographic movie in order to pay their bills. However, during the filming of the movie Zack and Miri seem to deal with their UnresolvedSexualTension, although the path of love does not run smooth.

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Roommates Zack Brown (Rogen) and Miri Linky (Banks) decide to make a pornographic movie in order to pay their bills. However, during the filming of the movie Zack and Miri seem to deal with their UnresolvedSexualTension, although the path of love does not run smooth.



* BadBadActing: During the shooting of the eponymous porno

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* BadBadActing: During the shooting of the eponymous pornoporno.



** Many posters listed the movie as ''Zack and Miri'', while others looked like the page image without the title at the bottom, carrying the tagline "Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks made a movie so outrageous that we can't even tell you the title"

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** Many posters listed the movie as ''Zack and Miri'', while others looked like the page image without the title at the bottom, carrying the tagline "Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks made a movie so outrageous that we can't even tell you the title"title."



'''Delaney:''' [[InvokedTrope WE SAID THAT ALREADY!!]]

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'''Delaney:''' [[InvokedTrope [[LampshadedTrope WE SAID THAT ALREADY!!]]
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* WorkInfoTitle: ''Zack and Miri Make a'' '''''Porno'''''.
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* NoJustNoReaction: Zack after Delaney pitches his "[[RevengeOfTheSith Revenge of the Shit]]" idea.

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* NoJustNoReaction: Zack after Delaney pitches his "[[RevengeOfTheSith "[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Revenge of the Shit]]" idea.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: "I'm gonna [[SubvertedTrope fuck]] you with my [[DoubleSubversion penis!]]"

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* GoshDangItToHeck: "I'm gonna [[SubvertedTrope fuck]] fuck you with my [[DoubleSubversion penis!]]"
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* UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}: The movie is set in Monroeville, PA, a large suburb about a 20-minute drive from Downtown (unless it's rush hour, in which case it's a 50-minute drive).
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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes and Craig Robinson. It was his second after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Film/TheViewAskewniverse.

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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes and Craig Robinson.Creator/CraigRobinson. It was his second after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Film/TheViewAskewniverse.
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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes and Craig Robinson. It was his second after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Franchise/TheViewAskewniverse.

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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes and Craig Robinson. It was his second after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Franchise/TheViewAskewniverse.
Film/TheViewAskewniverse.
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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes and Craig Robinson. It was the final film to be produced by Smith's company View Askew Productions and his second after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Franchise/TheViewAskewniverse.

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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes and Craig Robinson. It was the final film to be produced by Smith's company View Askew Productions and his second after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Franchise/TheViewAskewniverse.
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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes and Craig Robinson. Like ''Film/JerseyGirl'', this is not part of Franchise/TheViewAskewniverse.

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''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, and starring Creator/SethRogen, Creator/ElizabethBanks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes and Craig Robinson. Like ''Film/JerseyGirl'', this is not part It was the final film to be produced by Smith's company View Askew Productions and his second after ''Film/JerseyGirl'' to be set outside of Franchise/TheViewAskewniverse.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Avoided in the main film, but the DeletedScene... well, there are two of them. One for Justin Long and one for Seth Rogen where they just sit there and ad lib.

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Avoided in the main film, but the DeletedScene... well, there are two of them. One for Justin Long Creator/JustinLong and one for Seth Rogen where they just sit there and ad lib.

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