Nice Dreams (1981)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Tommy Chong

Writers:

Tommy Chong (written by) &
Cheech Marin (written by)

Release Date:

24 July 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

The story of two enterprising young men who make an amazing amount of money selling ice cream.

Plot:

Disguised as ice cream vendors, Cheech and Chong make--and subsequently lose--millions of dollars selling a batch of marijuana with an unusual side effect.

Plot Keywords:

Marijuana | 420 | Marijuana Joint | Exercise | Ice Cream Truck

Cast

Tommy Chong	...	Chong
Cheech Marin	...	Cheech (as Richard 'Cheech' Marin)
Benita Barrie	...	Mrs. Del Whacko, Owner Casa Del Whacko
Sandra Bernhard	...	Girl Nut
Big Yank	...	Male Nurse #2 (as Big Yank 'Anderson Ball')
Don Carlson	...	Nut #7
David Castle	...	Nut #8
Jerry Chambers	...	Male Nurse #1
Jennifer Child	...	Dishwater / Blondie Group #5
Shelby Chong	...	Body Builder
Tony Cox	...	Midget Nut (as Joe Antony Cox)
Roderick F. Daniels	...	Janitor
Jimmy Fame	...	Grow Room Weirdo / Weird Jimmy
James Faracci	...	CHP #1
Lorraine Fiorito	...	Hooker #2

Also Known As:

Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:(Banned) (1981) | Finland:K-15 (2005) | Australia:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Malibu, California, USA

Company:

C & C Brown Production

Trivia:

Cameo: [Paul Reubens]

Goofs:

Continuity: Donna tells the Highway Patrol officer that her apartment number is 714 but when Animal comes to the room, he knocks on 716.

Quotes:

Cheech: Hey scratch my balls man... anybody scratch my balls!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Soundtrack:

SAVE THE WHALES

The only way to make them bleed, is to bust their ass and ....Come on Noodles !!!

Cheech and Chong return as incognito ice cream men, selling a particularly potent flavor of ice cream (Mary Jane) out of a crazy ice cream truck (with a giant clown head on a spring). While this is going on, the incompetent 5-0 are on their tail in a sting operation (Narcothon). This is all due to their discovery of a new kind of weed that turns the smoker into a lizard. Thats the plot.

The rest consists of the outrageous interactions between Cheech, Chong and everyone else. Imagine an entire evening of constant bar hopping, for reference. The major difference between this movie and the other good C&C movies (Up in Smoke, Next Movie) is that C&C are quite wealthy due to their ice cream sales. Their lavish incomes can afford them luxury dreams such as :

1) sipping pina colonics, on their bought island, where they have topless slaves that worship them and are referred to as the Sun Kings.

2) a theme park called Vatto Land, with Guitar Land in it. (guest gangs, everyone gets to do their own graffiti walls,etc.)

This is by far the craziest set of circumstances out of all the good C&C movies. It is also, I feel, the funniest of all the C&C movies. Paul Reubens (this is Pee Wee's 2nd appearance in a C&C movie) and Timothy "I have the key right here" Leary are amongst the famous cameos. Stacy Keach also reprises his role from Up in Smoke, as Sgt. Stedenko. Even Sandra Bernhard makes a brief cameo as one of the nuts.

There are numerous scenes of hilarity in the movie. The funniest of these has to be the scene at the Honk Kong restaurant where the guys meet Cindy the Agent (Chong is mistaken for Jerry Garcia), followed by Cheech's Quaalude reunion with his high school sweetheart Donna (who was going to be a nun) and her date, the Hamburger Dude (a.k.a, Paul Reubens), bearing Koka-Kola (original version). The other funny scene is Cheech's death-row trip, complete with Michael Winslow (a.k.a Larvell Jones, who also makes his second appearance in a C&C movie). Of course this wouldn't be a C&C movie without a musical number. Nice Dreams gives us "Save the Whales".

This is an absolute can't miss for fans of Cheech and Chong and a perfect remedy for the munchies, blood-shot eyes, cotton-mouth, late night insomnia and cancellation of Dave's show.

-Celluloid Rehab