Still Smokin is a 1983 American comedy film by Cheech and Chong.
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Directed by | Tommy Chong |
Produced by | Peter MacGregor-Scott |
Written by | Tommy Chong Cheech Marin |
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Music by | George S. Clinton |
Cinematography | Harvey Harrison |
Edited by | James Coblentz Ian Crafford David Ramirez |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | May 6, 1983 |
Running time | 91 min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $15,543,710 |
Screenplay
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong play versions of themselves being invited to Amsterdam for a film festival devoted to Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton. After initially assuming that Cheech was Reynolds, the promoter soon finds out that neither Reynolds nor Parton will appear, forcing the festival to be canceled. In need of a replacement act, he goes to Cheech and Chong for help, and the duo, which has not performed live on stage in several years, happily volunteers to give a live performance.
For much of the film, they do versions of many of their recorded characters (with the exception of Pedro and the Man, whom they had already portrayed on film in Up in Smoke) and several new skits. As most of the sketches featured did not directly fit into the narrative, they are instead presented as cutaways. The final act of the movie features their live performance, climaxing with a version of the "Ralph And Herbie" routine.
The movie was not well received by critics. Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin called it "Rock-bottom; not even the most forgiving C&C fans can justify this bomb, least of all the laughless concert sequence...How this one ever made it to theaters is anybody's guess."
- Cheech Marin as Cheech
- Tommy Chong as Chong "Man"
- Hans Man in 't Veld as Promoter
- Carol van Herwijnen as Hotel Manager
- Shireen Strooker as Assistant Manager
- Susan Hahn as Hotel Maid
- Arjan Ederveen as Bellboy #1
- Kees Prins as Bellboy #2
- Mariette Bout as Barge Waitress
- Fabiola as Barge Lady
- Carla van Amstel as Queen Beatrix