High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Zack and Miri Make a Porno is a 2008 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, and distributed by The Weinstein Company. It is Smith's second film (after Jersey Girl) not to be set within the View Askewniverse and the first not set in New Jersey. It was released on October 31, 2008.Monroeville, Pennsylvania roommates Zack Brown and Miriam "Miri" Linky, have been friends since the first grade. Despite Miri working at the local shopping mall and Zack working at a coffee shop, they have not payed their utility bills in months. After work, their water gets turned off before they go to their high school reunion. At the reunion, Miri attempts to seduce her attractive former classmate Bobby Long, while Zack strikes up a conversation with Brandon St. Randy, who reveals that he is a gay porn star, and Bobby's boyfriend. After returning home from the reunion, the apartment's electricity is turned off. Inspired by both the cultural mainstreaming of porn and the successful viral video that a coffee shop patron shot of Miri in her underwear, Zack convinces Miri that they should film a pornographic movie to make money.