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Overview

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Director:
Lou Adler
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Writers:
Tommy Chong (writer)
Cheech Marin (writer)
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Release Date:
15 September 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Music more
Tagline:
It will make you feel VERY funny! more
Plot:
Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail. full summary | full synopsis
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User Comments:
Cheech and Chong's Screen debut! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Cheech Marin ... Pedro De Pacas

Tommy Chong ... Anthony 'Man' Stoner
Strother Martin ... Arnold Stoner

Edie Adams ... Mrs. Tempest Stoner
Harold Fong ... Chauffeur
Richard Novo ... Richard
Jane Moder ... Jail Bait
Pam Bille ... Jail Bait

Arthur Roberts ... Arresting Officer
Marian Beeler ... Judge Gladys Dykes
Donald Hotton ... Bailiff
John Ian Jacobs ... Prosecuting Attorney
Christopher Joy ... Curtis
Ray Vitte ... James (Bass Player)
Michael Caldwell ... Duane (Guitar)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke
Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
Strother Martin and Edie Adams (who played Arnold and Tempest Stoner, Anthony "Man" Stoner's parents) were allowed to ad-lib their dialogue in the scene where they talk to their son about getting a job. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Chong is playing the drums at the Roxy after being "revived", his drum strokes clearly don't go with the music. more
Quotes:
Pedro: Don't worry, man. Those aren't narcs, they're Las Emigras; you know, the Immigration Service looking for illegal aliens.
Man Stoner: What's the Immigration Service doing here, man?
Pedro: My cousin needed a ride to his brother's wedding in Tijuana; so he called the Emigras, man. They'll deport the entire wedding party, man. They get a free bus ride across the border and lunch. When the wedding is over, man, they'll just come back across the border.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Low Rider more

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17 out of 20 people found the following comment useful:-
Cheech and Chong's Screen debut!, 17 August 2005
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Author: Captain_Couth (sirjosephu@aol.com) from Sacramento, CA

Up in Smoke (1978) was the comic team of Cheech and Chong's big screen debut. After selling a ton of albums during the early and mid-seventies, the duo finally got a chance to star in their own picture. Anthony "Man" Stoner (Tommy Chong) is a rich kid who's still living the hippie life and enjoys pot. Pedro De Pacas (Cheech Marin) is a kid from East L.A. who's into three things: gaudy car upholstery, rock music and finding smoke. This would be the first of several movies starring these two characters (or different variations of them).

Anthony Stoner leaves his rich parents house after a falling out over getting a job. His car breaks down near the ocean. But his savior arrives in the form of Pedro De Pacas. Pedro is cruising for girls when he meets Anthony. Th two strike up a friendship and the movie goes off in several different and bizarre directions. What kind of adventures do Anthony and Pedro get into? You'll just have to find out for yourself when you watch UP IN SMOKE.

A funny film that'll keep you laughing from beginning to end. Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin play the ultimate slackers. All they want to do is partying and smoke a lot of dope. This movie was followed by several sequels.

Highly recommended.

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