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Writer:
Solomon Vesta (writer)
Release Date:
14 July 2000 (Spain) more
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Plot:
The history of the American government's war on marijuana in the 20th century. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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(6 articles)
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(From Cinematical. 19 August 2009, 12:02 PM, PDT)
Obama's Joint Chiefs of Grass
(From Vanity Fair. 8 April 2009, 2:53 PM, PDT)
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A Stylish Documentary more (28 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Woody Harrelson | ... | Narrator (voice) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Harry J. Anslinger | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| George Bush | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Cab Calloway | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jimmy Carter | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Chevy Chase | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Tommy Chong | ... | Anthony 'Man' Stoner (archive footage) |
 | Nancy Davis | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Gerald Ford | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jerry Garcia | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Allen Ginsberg | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | John F. Kennedy | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Gene Krupa | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Fiorello LaGuardia | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Timothy Leary | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | John Lennon | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Cheech Marin | ... | Pedro De Pacas (archive footage) |
| Gertrude Michael | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Robert Mitchum | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Richard Nixon | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Yoko Ono | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Eli Perell | ... | Additional Voices |
| Josh Perell | ... | Additional Voices |
 | Ronald Reagan | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Harry S. Robins | ... | (voice) |
| John Sinclair | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Douglass Smith | ... | (voice) |
 | Stephanie Zari | ... | (voice) |
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Rated R for drug content.
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80 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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With the exception of the animated chapter headings, this film is comprised entirely of archival footage, films, and videos. more
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Features "Channel 2 News" (1960) more
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Cocaine more
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A lot of the discussion about -Grass- both here and in the press has focused on what the film is not. It isn't a documentary about marijuana use, nor is it intended to be. Instead, it's a film about the history of the "war" on marijuana in the U.S.
Mann's films are done in a "high" visual style (no joke intended) that is very graphic-intensive. While this isn't to everyone's taste, it does cut through the otherwise heavy use of archival footage. The narration is incisive, but it is kept thankfully to a minimum. The result is a documentary that entertains and instructs.
I was somewhat disappointed that the film did not go on in any detail about the post-1980 period, where some of the most interesting battles have been fought. Other than that, -Grass- is an excellent summary of how the "drug war" in the U.S. came to be fought in the way that it is today.
I suppose my other disappointment is that the film focuses exclusively on the U.S.; I had hoped that a Canadian such as Ron Mann would have examined the equally interesting history of marijuana prohibition in Canada.
-Grass- is well worth a viewing, both for its visual appeal and its committed take on an interesting subject.