When was cheech and chong up in smoke made

That was the story, and it resonated with everybody. We changed a culture; We took a whole culture out of the ghetto and put it in the mainstream, and it's been there since. Cheech and Chong are confident U. Attorney General Jeff Sessions isn't taking advantage of the Up In Smoke pre-order -- "They're doing exploratory surgery; They're looking for a heart," Chong cracks -- but the duo is happy with the state of marijuana law reform in the U. People know. Search term. Billboard Pro Subscribe Sign In.

Top Artists. Top Charts. I ended up financing it myself and they paid me back. It had a smattering of dialogue. But it was mostly a roadmap. Cheech and Chong eventually concocted a zany narrative where Pedro meets Man and they go to Tijuana to pick up a van constructed from marijuana.

As they try to smuggle it across the border, they witlessly evade a narcotics unit led by a Sgt. Stedenko actor Stacy Keach and make their way to a battle of the bands. Throughout the picture, they included hilarious glimpses into their real lives. He was bumming for money. That really sucked. Was he a good lighting tech? I took some really good acid this afternoon. For some of the other roles, they looked to their funny friends. Their friend, June Fairchild, played a cokehead partygoer who snorted three lines of Ajax that made her do what sounds like an impression of Donald Duck imploding, and they cast other buddies as extras in the party scenes.

So we put it in the movie. The only unrealistic aspect of Up in Smoke was just how much marijuana Cheech and Chong smoked on set: practically none.

We had to sustain a level of energy, especially making movies. We had long days on set. Despite how the movie was made, Cheech and Chong are proud of how they blazed a trail pun always intended for marijuana legalization today if not just by normalizing it in the movies. You can make rope, fabric, fuel — you can do everything with it.

It also the answer to the opioid crisis. When people are waiting for their dose of heroin, they smoke a joint and they survive until their dose comes in some cases. One point where Marin and Chong seem to diverge regarding legalization is with forgiving the criminal records of people who have been convicted of marijuana offenses. Harold Fong Chauffeur as Chauffeur. Richard Novo Richard as Richard. Donald Hotton Bailiff as Bailiff.

Christipher Joy Curtis as Curtis. Lou Adler Tommy Chong uncredited. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Cheech and Chong meet up by chance on the highway somewhere in California. They go in search of some dope and are accidentally deported to Mexico where in their desperation to get home they agree to drive a van back to the States so they can get back in time for a gig they are due to play.

Unaware of the properties from which the van is constructed they make their way back having aquired a couple of female hitch-hikers whilst all the time avoiding the cops whom they are not even aware are following them. It will make you feel VERY funny!

Did you know Edit. Trivia The dog that took the burrito out of Man's hand was not a trained dog, but a local stray. He simply walked into frame, took the burrito, and walked away. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong ad-libbed around this, and it was left in the movie.

Goofs When Cheech and Chong are crossing the street in Mexico, someone in a passing bus flashes a peace sign at the camera. Quotes Pedro : Man, what is in this shit, man? Pedro : What? Pedro : Yeah?

Crazy credits The opening credits are in the style of spray-painted graffiti, super-imposed over Pedro's low-rider. Connections Edited into Yoostar 2: In the Movies User reviews 96 Review. Top review. The Definitive Cheech and Chong Film. Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van -- made entirely of marijuana -- from Mexico to Los Angeles, with incompetent Sgt.

Although Cheech and Chong made several films together, they will probably always be best remembered for this one, their first.