Cheech and Chong's first movie and a prelude to a long and high relationship. Two stoners from different social layers of the 70's meet when one of them is hitch-hiking. Their friendship starts almost instantly when one offers a joint to the other and they embark on a weird journey. Getting high together seems to always to get them into trouble whether that is smuggling marijuana in the form of a van (sic) or performing live at a rock contest! A must-see for any stoner or a people who can appreciate an alternative sense of humor.
Tommy Chong and Lou Adler direct this (one of his 2 films as a director) with Tommy Chong and Cheech Martin writing most of the stuff in this film. What's so special about this movie? It sets the difference between a comedy and a stoner comedy and works as a reference for such movies up until now. The classic exaggeration on the hemp appreciation, the most absurd situations one seems to find himself, the slow tempo everything are only some things that this movie has to offer to the stoner cinema.
Cheech and Chong, a duo that is even funny without speaking (at least for me). Their high looks and movement is so well-studied and well-performed that they will have you fooled they were actually high (maybe they were). They certainly do the trick and get their message delivered which is just to take things slowly and chill the fuck out!
Must watch this : you will need plenty of beers, pizzas, pot (if it gets you goin') and lots of friends both boys and girls.And of course you will need to chill heavily!
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078446/
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| 420.Blaze it faggot! |
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| Whaaaaat? |
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| Riding the hemp-van! |
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