Still Smokin (1983)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Tommy Chong

Writers:

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

Release Date:

6 May 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Tagline:

You can always smell the excitement in the air.

Plot:

Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party/festival in Amsterdam. When they get there, however...

Plot Keywords:

Joint | Sexual Desire | Sexual | Marijuana Pipe | Wrestling

Cast

Cheech Marin	...	Cheech
Tommy Chong	...	Chong (as Thomas Chong)
Hans Man in 't Veld	...	Promoter
Carol van Herwijnen	...	Hotel Manager (as Carol van Herwijen)
Shireen Strooker	...	Assistant Manager
Susan Hahn	...	Hotel Maid
Arjan Ederveen	...	Bellboy
Kees Prins	...	Bellboy
Mariette Bout	...	Barge Waitress
Fabiola	...	Barge Lady
Carla van Amstel	...	Queen Beatrix
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James M. McEwen	...	(uncredited)
Linnea Quigley	...	Blonde in Spa (uncredited)

Directed by
Tommy Chong		(as Thomas Chong)

Writing credits
Tommy Chong		(written by) (as Thomas Chong) and
Cheech Marin		(written by)

Produced by
Shelby Chong	....	associate producer (as Shelby Fiddis)
Peter Macgregor-Scott	....	producer
Joseph Mannis	....	executive producer
Rikki Marin	....	associate producer

Original Music by
George S. Clinton

Cinematography by
Harvey Harrison

Film Editing by
James Coblentz
Ian Crafford
David Ramirez

Casting by
Margarete van Dam

Art Direction by
Ruud Van Dijk

Makeup Department
Jef Simons	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Wim Lindner	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jos Budie	....	second assistant director
Peter Carpentier	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Lody Crabbendam	....	set dresser
Hans de Groot	....	construction
Willem De Leeuw	....	construction
Koos Haykens	....	construction
Hans Rison	....	construction
Teun Terbrugge	....	construction
Jochem van den Berg	....	set dresser
Violet van der Straaten	....	prop buyer
Jan van der Windt	....	construction

Sound Department
Jeff Bushelman	....	sound editor
Stephen Bushelman	....	sound editor (as Steve Bushelman)
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Colin Charles	....	sound mixer
Milt Kleinberg	....	assistant sound editor
Ian MacGregor-Scott	....	sound editor
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gregg C. Rudloff)
Gary Weir	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Hal Miles	....	titles director

Camera and Electrical Department
Ferry Andre de la Porte	....	still photographer
Mat van Hensbergen	....	camera operator
Jacques de Koning	....	electrician
Cor Roodhart	....	gaffer
Jerome Schram	....	electrician
Shu Chen Tan	....	camera loader
Bart Tau	....	gaffer
Jan van den Berg	....	grip
Erik van Empel	....	assistant camera
Guus de Vre	....	assistant camera
Thijs Wijdeveld	....	grip

Casting Department
Leo Thonhauser	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Thea Grote Gansey	....	wardrobe
Isabella B. Van Soest	....	wardrobe (as Isabel Van Soest)

Editorial Department
Menno Boerema	....	assistant editor
J.W. Kompare	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Pieter Walther Boer	....	production assistant
John Bruno	....	title designer
Lydia De Koning	....	caterer
Natasa Hanusová	....	continuity (as Natasja Hanusova)
Lisbeth van der Heul	....	accountant
Harry Klooster	....	publicist
Bruce Kuban	....	production assistant
Linda Livingston	....	production associate
James M. McEwen	....	production assistant (as James McEwen)
Hans Treffers	....	production assistant
Anita van Reede	....	production secretary
Eric Woster	....	assistant: Mr. Chong

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• Cheech and Chong Comedy Festival Number One

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1983) (USA) (theatrical)
• CIC Video (198?) (UK) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (19??) (UK) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (19??) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2003) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Veronica (2005) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• Compact Sound Services  sound re-recording
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• West Coast Film Ent.  sound effects and music

Also Known As:

Cheech and Chong: Still Smokin'

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | Netherlands:12 | Netherlands:16 (VHS/DVD rating) | Australia:M | Canada:18A | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Norway:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Quotes:

Chong: [as Blind Melon Chitlin] I wanna sing a little tune I wrote one day while I was beatin' my old lady, it’s called "GOING DOWNTOWN GONNA SEE MY GIRL"

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Invisible Man (1933)

Soundtrack:

Delirious

I am your biggest fan. I have see all your movies, except the last one.

Cheech and Chong are invited to an international film festival in Amsterdam. When they arrive, Cheech is momentarily mistaken for Burt Reynolds. In true Cheech and Chong fashion, this guy they met at a party in LA (Patrick) got them tickets to this festival. This Patrick guy took the event promoters money and car, as well. The promoter is having trouble funding the event and is expecting Burt and Dolly to show up. Cheech and Chong inevitable fill Mr. Burt and Mr. Dolly's roles in the event. While staying in Amsterdam, all their needs are met for (inadvertantly and with comic consequences by the promoter) by just signing for it. When our heroes get bored of living the good life at the hotel (a debauchery combination of ganja, room service and "room service"), they hit the town. At the Bvlgar Café, they stop to eat the entire menu (consisting of multiple types of sensi and schrooms).

The movie is pretty straight forward. It is a basic fish out of water story. Cheech and Chong are dropped in a nonsensical situation in a foreign country. The rest of the movie is a collage of day dreams and ideas (series of sketches or vignettes) for the show they want to put on for the promoter in Amsterdam. These include the following :

Cheech and Chong are super famous celebrities.

The last part is Cheech and Chong doing a live or live-like stand up performance at the "festival".

Red Neck stand up and the world's oldest blue singer, Blind Melon Chitlin.

Queer Wars.

Con Talk.

Dope-A-Thon.

The Harder They Don't Come movie.

Wrestling with Italian champion Bruno Hakoluki and his partner Ichi Scratchi.

This movie is probably the most straight forward of all the Cheech and Chong movies. I get the impression that the team wanted to see if they could go back to their stand up/live audience roots. I still think it is a step up from Things are Tough all Over and even the Corsican Brothers. I did wish that C&C did spend more time in Amsterdam than the virtual sketch comedy. For the most part the movie is amusing and a nice distraction. I find it hard to recommend this movie for non-fans of Cheech and Chong. Based on this fact alone, I would probably rate this movie as their least successful. I would only recommend this movie for the die-hard C&C fans.