Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLou Adler
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGene Polito
Edited byScott Conrad
Music by
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 15, 1978 (1978-09-15)
Running time
86 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[2]
Box office$104 million[3]

Up in Smoke (also referred to as Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke) is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Lou Adler and starring Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Tom Skerritt, Edie Adams, Strother Martin and Stacy Keach. It is Cheech & Chong's first feature-length film.

Cheech & Chong had been a counterculture comedy team for about ten years before they started reworking some of their material for their first film. Most of the film was shot in Los Angeles, California, including scenes set in Tijuana, while scenes set on the Mexican border were actually filmed at the border in Yuma, Arizona.

While negatively received upon its release, Up in Smoke grossed over $104 million, is credited with establishing the stoner film genre, and is now considered a cult classic.

  1. ^ "Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (X)". Common Sense Media. March 31, 2022. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  2. ^ Buchalter, Gail. "Cheech & Chong's Joint Career Is a Smoke Screen: at Home They're Not Potheads but Proud Papas". People. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
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