The Flying Car is a six-minute 2002 short film written and directed by Kevin Smith.^[1] It stars Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson as the View Askewniverse characters Dante Hicks and Randal Graves, who were introduced in Clerks.

The short film was first commissioned by the Ford Motor Company as an inspirational film for its engineers at a yearly meeting, but when presented with Smith's final script, the company objected to the dialogue and dropped the project.^[2] Jay Leno later offered to have Smith go ahead with filming for airing on The Tonight Show and it premiered there on February 27, 2002.^[3] It also appears on the 10th anniversary Clerks X DVD. The DVD cut is remastered and features an introduction by Kevin Smith.

Plot

While stuck in a traffic jam, Dante and Randal have another philosophical, pop culture-laden conversation — this one sparked when Randal asks Dante what he would hypothetically sacrifice in exchange for marketing rights to a flying car from The Jetsons. The hypothetical scenarios Randal continues to suggest grow increasingly ridiculous, culminating in Dante agreeing to have his foot cut off with a hacksaw, get knocked out, and get molested by the German inventor and his friends in exchange for the flying car. Randal expresses disgust that Dante would "do it with a bunch of guys just to get a car".

Cast

• Brian O'Halloran as Dante Hicks
• Jeff Anderson as Randal Graves

References

External links

• The Flying Car
• The Flying Car at IMDb
• The Flying Car at View Askew's Web site; includes the film in QuickTime, RealVideo and Windows Media formats
• Transcript
• The Flying Car on Kevin Smith's YouTube channel