Cheech and Chong's Greatest Hits [2 Discs]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Prepare to laugh until you're lightheaded with two of cinema's silliest stoners as comic legends Cheech and Chong bring two of their best-loved films to DVD courtesy of Paramount Home Video. Both Up in Smoke and Still Smokin' are presented in anamorphic widescreen. Up in Smoke offers audio in a selection of either closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1 or restored English Mono, and Still Smokin' offers closed captioned English Dolby Digital Mono only. Though extra features on Still Smokin' are limited to a theatrical trailer, fans will be happy to note that Up in Smoke offers feature-length commentary with Cheech Marin and director Lou Adler in addition to deleted scenes with commentary, and a theatrical trailer. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 2
• Subtitle: Eng
• Audio: Dolby Digital Mono
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Cheech Marin - Cheech
       Tommy Chong - Chong
       Stacy Keach - Sgt. Stedenko
       Carol Van Herwijnen - Hotel Manager
       Tom Skerritt - Strawberry
       Strother Martin - Mr. Stoner
       Anne Wharton - Debbie
       Kees Prins - bellboy
       June Fairchild - Ajax Sniffer
       Angelina Estrada - Aunt Bolita

• Director:

  Lou Adler, Tommy Chong

• Producer:

  Lou Adler, Lou Lombardo, Peter Macgregor-Scott

• Screenwriter:

  Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin

• Cinematographer:

  Gene Polito, Jack Willoughby, Harvey Harrison

• Composer (Music Score):

  George S. Clinton

• Editor:

  Scott Conrad, Dennis M. Hill, Lou Lombardo, James Coblentz, David Ramirez

• Art Director:

  Leon Ericksen, Ruud van Dijk

• Costume Designer:

  Ernest Misko

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Pat Mitchell

• Makeup:

  Wes Dawn

• First Assistant Director:

  Mike Moder, Peter Carpenter

REVIEW:

• Pot movies in general are usually tedious, insular affairs which are not particularly funny outside their target audience (namely, high people). This one is a hilarious exception, taking many of the best-known routines involving Pedro De Pacas (Richard "Cheech" Marin) and Man (Thomas Chong) and building them into a loosely knit episodic comedy that's a joy to watch. Much of Cheech and Chong's humor is based on improvisation, so there are dull patches, but far fewer than in their later films. There are also unforgettable supporting characters like the officious Sgt. Stedenko (Stacy Keach), who ends up getting accidentally stoned and proclaiming "I'm the munchies," and June Fairchild as a woman so drug-addled that she greedily snorts Ajax, thinking it to be cocaine. It starts to come unraveled at the end, when the boys enter a punk rock band contest, but it is generally a hilarious, free-spirited antidote to conservative times. And as far as sending a bad message, it could be argued that anyone who looks at the Pedro and Man characters as life role-models probably doesn't need chemical help to be a loser. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi