How High (2001)

Two guys by the name of Silas and Jamal decided to one day smoke something magical, which eventually helps them to ace their college entrance exam.

Director:

Jesse Dylan

Writer:

Dustin Lee Abraham

Stars:

Method Man, Redman, Obba Babatundé

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Method Man	...	Silas P. Silas
Redman	...	Jamal King
Obba Babatundé	...	Dean Carl Cain
Mike Epps	...	Baby Powder
Anna Maria Horsford	...	Mamma King
Fred Willard	...	Philip Huntley
Jeffrey Jones	...	Vice President
Hector Elizondo	...	Bill the Crew Coach
Lark Voorhies	...	Lauren
Al Shearer	...	I Need Money
Chuck Deezy	...	Ivory - Ghost (as Chuck Davis)
Essence Atkins	...	Jamie
Chris Elwood	...	Bart
T.J. Thyne	...	Gerald
Justin Urich	...	Jeffrey

Storyline

Two guys by the name of Silas and Jamal decided to one day smoke something magical, which eventually helps them to ace their college entrance exam. This eventually lands them in Harvard, where they're surrounded by the world of Ivy Leaguers. Although their new lifestyle is much different from back home, they kept on having fun until their supernatural smoke runs out. Now, they are on their own and they have to rely on each other to survive.

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Plot Keywords:

smoke | college | pot | harvard | drugs | 

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Taglines:

On December 21, put a little tingle in your jingle.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive drug use and language, and for sexual dialogue

Details

Official Sites:

Universal

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 December 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

American High - Probieren geht über studieren

Filming Locations:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$9,779,850 (USA) (21 December 2001)

Gross:

$31,155,435 (USA) (22 February 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jersey Films, Native Pictures Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In creating the sound for the mystical pot plant (Ivory), sound designer Andrew Somers (uncredited) used a Theremin and a set of Obsidian Chimes. For the sound of the giant bong, (and the sound of Ivory appearing) they recorded inhaling through an actual bong.

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Goofs

Baby Powder's vanity plate, "BPOWDER" is 7 characters. Massachusetts license plates have a maximum of 6 characters.

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Quotes

Dean Carl Cain: Yo yo yo baby, this is boring as hell! Yo DJ! Hit me!

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Crazy Credits

There were no plants harmed during the making of this film.

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Connections

References Psycho (1998)

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Soundtracks

"We Don't Know How 2 Akt"
Written by Redman (as Reggie Noble)
Performed by Redman
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Allow me to explain why it's Hilarious!!

I understand the fact that everyone has got their own taste when it comes to a movie genre and therefore some might feel that a "comedy" is based on a particular set of principles, essentially going into humour. But there are different ways in which many people perceive humour, some believe it's all about the jokes, some enjoy the swearing involved and others might love the typical Woody Allen script.

This movie isn't set to achieve an Oscar or any kind of prestigious award. I am pretty sure that that was the last thing that came through the writer's and director's minds. The only thing they intended to do was to make a film that could be enjoyed by the audience that loves the stereo-typing comedy films, which to be honest is growing faster and faster. And they nailed it.

The story is hilarious, the acting, well method and redman are hilarious at what they do best, which is fool around. Don't expect any intelligent sophisticated humour or satire. I'm not implying that the movie is full of dumb humour, on the contrary, its loaded with brilliant funny situations and loads of jokes. If you liked soul plane, then you're going to love this one.

So don't vote negatively just because it wasn't your cup of tea and try to understand that there's a different generation out there that really appreciates a good fun entertaining movie to watch as they also appreciate the other styles of "comedy".