Pineapple Express (2008)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

David Gordon Green

Writers (WGA):

Seth Rogen (screenplay) &
Evan Goldberg (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

6 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Put this in your pipe and smoke it.

Plot:

A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

Plot Keywords:

Stoner | Murder | Weed | Police | On The Run

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Seth Rogen	...	Dale Denton
James Franco	...	Saul Silver
Danny McBride	...	Red
Kevin Corrigan	...	Budlofsky
Craig Robinson	...	Matheson
Gary Cole	...	Ted Jones
Rosie Perez	...	Carol / Female Cop
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Robert
Nora Dunn	...	Shannon
Amber Heard	...	Angie Anderson
Joe Lo Truglio	...	Mr. Edwards
Arthur Napiontek	...	Clark
Cleo King	...	Police Liaison Officer
Bill Hader	...	Private Miller
James Remar	...	General Bratt

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language, drug use, sexual references and violence.

Runtime:

111 min | USA:117 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Cantonese | Korean

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #43851) | Australia:MA | UK:15 (cut theatrical version) | Finland:K-15 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:16 (cut theatrical version) | Singapore:M18 (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | UK:18 (uncut DVD version) | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB) | Netherlands:16 | South Africa:16LV | Sweden:15 | Ireland:18 (DVD rating) | Peru:18 | Italy:VM14 | Malaysia:(Banned) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Norway:15 | Iceland:14 (video rating) | Iceland:16 (theatrical rating)

Filming Locations:

Glendale, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

At one portion of the movie, while Dale and Saul are driving, Dale asks "Where should we go?", Saul answers "I dunno, hotel, motel, holiday inn?". These words are part of the 1970s hip-hop song Rapper's Delight by Sugarhill Gang.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Several solders within the military bunker are armed and not wearing cover hat indoors. Military rules clearly state that all armed personnel shall wear a cover when under arms.

Quotes:

Saul: I'm cold...
Dale Denton: You're cold? Oh, I'm not cold at all. Here...
[he starts to take off his coat]
Dale Denton: ... I run hot.
Saul: Really?
Dale Denton: Yeah.
Saul: You got more...
Dale Denton: Thick blood.
Saul: ...body.

Movie Connections:

Features Con Air (1997)

Soundtrack:

Bird's Lament

A Couple Of Stoners Turn Rambo

Don't look for anything to terribly sophisticated in Pineapple Express. In fact the nuggets of humor to be mined here are few and far between.

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but the notion of a minor league drug dealer and his number one customer as heroes is just a bit bizarre for my taste. But that's what happens when Seth Rogen after making a purchase of some really primo grass called Pineapple Express, just fresh on the market, he sees a murder committed by a big drug lord, Gary Cole and his girlfriend, policewoman Rosie Perez.

That telltale roach he left behind leads Cole and Perez to dealer James Franco and they spend the rest of the film running for their lives. Until the very end when they turn Rambo and all the drug traffickers in two gangs get dealt with severely.

And I certainly don't see anything remotely humorous in these two lugnuts looking for traveling money, selling some of this really good marijuana to school kids.

But what do I know and I reached maturity in the Sixties.