Up in Smoke | | Cast : | Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin | | Director : | Lou Adler, Tommy Chong | | Studio : | Paramount Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 15, 1978 | | DVD Released Date : | November 21, 2000 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | June 06, 2005 | | Summary | Classic movies, however dvd extras are sparse | Content
 | This is a review more on the DVD itself and not so much the movie. The movie gets a 5, it is one of the best loved classic comedies that is still relevant today with the younger crowd. The movie brings back a lot of fond memories not only of Cheech and Chong but of California in the late 70's.
Anyways the reason this DVD gets 4 stars is I found that the DVD extras are rather sparse for such a classic film. i would expect that a movie like Up In Smoke would at least have a new documentary done for it's DVD release.
Seeing how the DVD came out in 2000 I can forgive them some, back then it was just a big deal to be out on DVD (I remember having to call 4 Block Busters in 1992 trying to find a VHS of this movie to rent, they were not currently in production and no one would ever return their copy). But you know you are in trouble when on of the Special Features listed is "interactive menus". That amount to albums from the 60's with STEREO in big print, or old movies saying "IN COLOR".
There is a director's commentary track with Cheech and I believe a producer. It was good commentary but horror of horror Chong was not on it. They did give him his props through out but I so wanted to hear his perspective as well.
Compared to the other dismal releases for this pair I guess I can not complain. At least they had a director's commentary, deleted scenes and old trailers, which are always fun for old movies. But truth be told I am still waiting for the "Kind Chronic" edition of this DVD.
Come on Cheech and Chong, you guys are the John and Paul of 70's counter culture comedy. Your flag ship film deserves a release where the studio spends some money.
Now I know why Howard Stern wont release his Private Parts film on DVD. The studio wants to do a crap job of it and Howard rather not do it at all.
Caddy Shack had one of those "a look back" 15 minute documentary. What would that cost really, $20,000 to produce? Heck I could do it with my handy cam in one hand and a bong in the other ;-) |
| Rating | | | Date | February 06, 2005 | | Summary | Very Funny | Content
| Now I've seen a few Cheech & Chong films but I don't remember any of them and after I saw this on a shelf at my friends house I decided to borrow it and watch it. Well, it is a realyl funny movie. If I remember the other movies correctly, I believe this is the best film of them all. The movie is about Pedro(Cheech Marin) a mexican stoner who picks up Man(Tommy Chong) while he's hitchhiking. The two begin to smoke weed and try to score some more, all the while being pulled over by cops, and being chased by some bumbling, idiotic undercover cops. They eventually end up in Mexico and end up driving a van made completely out of marijuana. One line in this movie that I found funny and kind of shows you what the humor is like in the movie is when a cop pulls over Pedro and Man and asks if they have any illegal substances in the vehicle, to which Pedro replies "not anymore man." Very funny and entertaining. A-. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 15, 2004 | | Summary | Igpays! Igpays! Vamoos! | Content
| What can I say about this movie that hasnt already been said except that it's one of my all time favorites. I watched my VHS copy so many times it doesnt play anymore so of course I had to get the DVD. I still find this movie very funny, but feel the last 30 minutes or so tend to drag a bit. Maybe because the punk music concert is a bit dated. Nevertheless this movie has some of the funniest lines and gags ever. Just a few:
"I didn't know your name was Alex man"
Cheech "Am I driving ok?" Chong "I think we're parked man"
"I wasn't looking at his neck"
Cheech to Chong on the phone "Don't answer the phone even if it's me calling"
Gloria the drug dealing cop. The police dog that ends up stiff on his back after sniffing the van made of pot.
And of course the "bevy" of nuns that are wrongfully busted.
Buy this movie when you just want to sit back and laugh. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 11, 2004 | | Summary | Bonus Material, Great Picture, Funny Movie! | Content
| Cheech Martin, and Tommy Chong's Up In Smoke is perhaps one of the funnist rock n roll comedy movies ever! Featured with many bonus material including feature length commentary with cheech martin, and director lou adler, delted scenes with commentary, theatrical trailer, widscreen version enhanced for 16:9 TV's, Dolby Digital, english subtitles, and interactive menu's. Cheech, and Chong have a marijuana-humor in this movie that really makes it really funny expesically Chong's drum playing towards the end of the movie, and Cheech's pink tuto with a guitar in hand, this will make you laugh guarnteed! This is without a doubt the best Cheech, and Chong movie ever. Get Up In Smoke Now! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 23, 2004 | | Summary | laughoutloud | Content
| Nostalgia for my childhood recently caused me to buy and watch the Cheech and Chong movies (with the exception of The Coriscan Brothers). Aside from realizing I shouldn't have been watching those movies in my pre-teen days, I realized how well done they are. Most amazing to me was that they held up one after the other, feeling not repetitive, though each of them is rather episodic. Most impressive was Chong's direction; he makes a number of interesting choices that elevate him beyond the status of writer/star who has enough power to direct; clearly, he took this role quite seriously. The movies, of course, are not serious. I rarely laugh out loud in movies these days, but I did at least a half dozen times in each of these. The characters are not only given funny situations in which to work and funny lines to deliver, but each of them is presented with a kind of earnestness that makes them likeable, and the films all he more watchable. |
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