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Reefer Madness (B&W)
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by Motion Picture Ventures
Sales Rank: 24566
Price: $4.98
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Although it was made in 1936, <I>Reefer Madness</I> didn't become a cult hit until 1972 when the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) rescued it from the Library of Congress film archive. Thereafter, it was a mainstay on the midnight movie circuit. And it's easy to see why. The ostensible story involves a group of upstanding young high school students who succumb to the allure of the "killer weed." What follows, as if by natural progression, is a catalog of crimes that includes hit-and-run driving, loose morals, rape, murder, suicide, and my personal favorite, <I>permanent insanity!</I> The action is at times so hysterical, in both senses, that you may forget to inhale. Honors go to the wild-eyed, cackling hophead David O'Brien; his performance reaches a raw intensity that is hard to imagine. One measure of this film's pervasive influence is the extent to which its title continues to be invoked in news stories about decriminalization and medical marijuana. Such posterity for unintentional humor must be rare. A great film to see stoned, man. <I>--Jim Gay</I>
Viewer Reviews
This movie is so full of un-truths, it's funny!!! In a serious tone, this movie comes on scene to some normal young American youths, that are being led astray by a slightly older group of young adults who know better. This movie is racy for the time period that it was made in. It is set to be a serious likely-hood of what will happen to teenagers who fall into the wrong crowd and start experimenting with drugs. In this case, it's reefer or marijuana that is the drug, and in this movie, it's the side effects that are so unbelievable. Teenagers who are in the know now about the side effects of reefer, will laugh through this serious, and boring way two teenagers find trouble, when they start hanging around a new group of hip smokers. Becoming more sexually active, and irresponsible in their judgement, the teens begin their downward spiral in society. Our main hero is asked to drive while intoxicated by the reefer stick, when he has an accident and every lie afterwards gets him deeper into trouble and deeper into the rugged rage of reefer. If you are able to watch your way to the end of this movie, you might be able to understand why another movie 'Reefer Madness' was made as a musical tribute to this one. The musical, mocks the original with great energy, music, and color. All of which are missing from the first movie. Yet, only after I managed to watch the original, was I able to fully fall in cult classic love with the musical.
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