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Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke

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Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978)

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Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 8  Rotten:9 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Runtime: 87 mins
Synopsis:
Cheech and Chong's first "hit" movie is a popular comedy for the red-eyed generation. The outrageous pair begin their search for green pastures and good grass. After several wacky adventures and close shaves ensue, the comedic duo end up at L.A.'s Roxy Theatre to perform a hilarious final... [More]
Cheech and Chong's first "hit" movie is a popular comedy for the red-eyed generation. The outrageous pair begin their search for green pastures and good grass. After several wacky adventures and close shaves ensue, the comedic duo end up at L.A.'s Roxy Theatre to perform a hilarious final scene. Without giving away too many clues, it can be said that a pink tutu and a red quaalude are involved. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Edie Adams, Stacy Keach, Strother Martin, Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin

Director: Lou Adler
Producer: Lou Adler, Lou Lombardo
Screenwriter: Thomas Chong, Cheech Marin

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 4, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.40

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 Mono - English
  • Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 Mono - English
  • Mono - French
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - Cheech Marin - Star; Lou Adler - Director
  • Deleted Scenes - ROACH CLIPS (Deleted Scenes) with Optional Commentary
  • Featurette - 1. LIGHTING UP - A Look Back at UP IN SMOKE
  • 2. THE MAN SONG
  • Music Video - "Earache My Eye" Animated Music Video
  • Radio Spots - 2 Radio Spots

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The funniest of all the Cheech and Chong movies, Up in Smoke provides a feast of gags for the sympathetically minded.

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05/07/08 10:53 AM
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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What's lacking in Up in Smoke is a cohesiveness in both humor and characterization.

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05/07/08 10:52 AM
Variety Staff
Variety
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Director Lou Adler (the record producer) finds a few chuckles, but mostly it's amateur night.

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05/07/08 10:50 AM
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Arguably one of the funniest Cheech and Chong movies, the weed comedy was dismissed by most critics (and parents) but it was embraced by young viewers and launched the subgenre of "stoner" comedies way before Linklater made Slacker and Dazed & Confused.

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04/12/08 09:18 AM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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As far as comedic ingredients go, weed is not so much a surefire laugh-getter as it is a free-floating lubricant capable of setting off wicked complications.

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09/05/07 03:06 PM
Fernando F. Croce
Slant Magazine
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Cheech & Chong had their act down pat by '78 and turned out to be a natural movie-comedy team.

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04/09/07 03:15 AM
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com
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As the most fun comes not from watching the movie but from recalling great lines later, it would seem that the audio success of C & C has not translated too well into visuals.

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06/24/06 03:27 AM
Time Out
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Up in Smoke is the world's most revered -- and most idiotic -- drug movie.

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09/06/05 03:15 AM
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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06/26/05 12:44 AM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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No review available.

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02/12/05 03:47 PM
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals
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No review available.

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02/09/05 11:47 PM
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat
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one joke stretched too far

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11/08/04 03:14 AM
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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A cult drug movie that lacks decent acting, script or direction.

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07/08/03 05:14 PM
Channel 4 Film
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The duo wrote the genial script about the never-ending search for great pot, and a good supporting cast co-stars.

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03/10/03 08:27 AM
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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01/22/03 08:49 AM
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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07/30/02 10:26 AM
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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The boys first, and still their best, foray into cinematic stonededness.

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07/25/02 11:44 PM
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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