Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)

The two stoners and their friends go through another series of crazy, drug-influenced misadventures.

Director:

Tommy Chong

Writers:

Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin

Stars:

Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Evelyn Guerrero

Cast

Credited cast:
Cheech Marin	...	Cheech / Dwayne 'Red' Mendoza (as Richard Marin)
Tommy Chong	...	Chong (as Thomas Chong)
Evelyn Guerrero	...	Donna
Betty Kennedy	...	Candy
Sy Kramer	...	Mr. Neatnik
Rikki Marin	...	Gloria
Bob McClurg	...	Chicken Charlie
Edie McClurg	...	Gloria's Mom
Paul Reubens	...	Pee-wee Herman / Desk Clerk
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gary Austin
Don Bovingloh	...	Man in hotel room bed with 'puppet' lady
Peter Bromilow	...	Gay Motorcyclist
Shelby Chong	...	Beautiful
Missy Cleveland	...	Massage Girl
Don S. Davis	...	One Man Band

Storyline

Cheech must deal with losing his job, his angry neighbor, and trying to score with sexy Donna. Meanwhile, Chong meets Cheech's cousin Red and the two have a wild time in Hollywood with a big bag of buds and a cool Ferrari. Along the way they meet everyone from Pee Wee Herman to really cool aliens.

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Plot Keywords:

stoner | pee wee | annoyed neighbor | munchies | marijuana | 

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Taglines:

It's bold audacious underground fun! [Video Australia]

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 July 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

High Encounters of the Ultimate Kind

Filming Locations:

Texaco - 6407 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rita Wilson:  As an actress hopeful.

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Goofs

When Chong is urinating out of the open bathroom window, the camera pulls back slightly and reveals that the "pee" is actually water running from a sponge being held just off frame. The crew member holding the trickling garden hose quickly pulls his hand out of frame, but not fast enough.

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Quotes

Chong: I dig it, man. It's good. But you know, while you were singing that, I came up with another song, man.
Cheech: Oh, yeah?
Chong: Yeah. It's like the same thing, only different.

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Connections

Featured in Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy (2002)

User Reviews

More antics with the old hippies

When you see the opening scenes with Cheech & Chong trying to siphon gas from a car, losing most of it because of a milk carton clog and the rest of it from reckless spillage, you know this film is going to be different. From that point on the film accelerates us into the cinematic realm of two aging hippies who wander the dusty emptiness of late-70s east L.A., not knowing whether it's Tuesday or Saturday. Cheech is the 30-something Latino who acts 20-something, continually absorbed in a futile pursuit for parties and romance. Chong's low-key character is an example of someone who, if a heroin user, would have overdosed long, long ago. This brain-dead character is the epitome of boredom, and when left to his own devices he invariably ends up revving his motorcycle inside the house, making as much electric guitar noise as is theoretically possible, and consistently annoying the neighbors.

The second part of the movie, unfortunately, lapses into a series of mediocre setpieces, featuring Cheech's cousin Red (actually Cheech Marin himself) wandering through hotels, nightclubs, and the Sunset Strip. The movie then just gets bizarre rather than funny.

This film is certainly the best Cheech & Chong movie and is is good for a few good belly laughs, but they are a little bit few and far between. Good for a lazy Saturday afternoon.