Up in Smoke (1978) on Netflix
Anthony 'Man' Stoner, an unemployed drummer, must get a job by sundown or his parents will send him to military school. He leaves home and hitches a ride with Pedro de Pacas.
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Plot summary
Anthony 'Man' Stoner is an unemployed drummer who smokes marijuana. His parents tell him to find a job by sundown or be sent to military school, so he leaves home and ends up stranded on the highway. Pedro de Pacas stops and gives him a ride. The two smoke a large joint containing Labrador feces, because a dog had eaten Man's supply. When Pedro panics and struggles to breathe, Man gives him a strong dose of LSD by mistake. Police come across the parked car on a traffic median and arrest them.
Cast
- Harold Fongas Chauffeur
- Richard Novoas Richard
- Jane Moderas Jail Bait
- Pam Billeas Jail Bait
- Marian Beeleras Judge Gladys Dykes
- John Ian Jacobsas Prosecuting Attorney (as Jon Ian Jacobs)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Up in Smoke (1978)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Paramount Pictures provided the $1 million budget but refused the additional $800,000 needed to finish the film after studio president Michael Eisner saw a rough cut, so Lou Adler used his own money to complete it.
- The film was banned in South Africa during apartheid, with censors there saying it "might encourage the impressionable youth of South Africa to take up marijuana smoking". It was also banned in Colombia.
- Cheech and Chong came up with the novel and ultimately successful idea of advertising the film through comic strips, which they left on bus benches.
- In 2024 the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
- Rolling Stone reported in December 1978 that Cheech and Chong had "seven scripts waiting in the drawer", including one for an animated film and one for a sequel to Up in Smoke. No sequel was ever produced, and Cheech and Chong's Next Movie in 1980 did not feature the characters of Pedro and Man.
