Pineapple Express (2008)
Action, Comedy, Crime |.
Pineapple Express is a American buddy stoner action comedy film directed by David Gordon Green, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and starring Rogen and James Franco. The plot centers on a process server and his marijuana dealer as they are forced to flee from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after witnessing them commit a murder. Producer Judd Apatow, who previously worked with Rogen and Goldberg on Knocked Up and Superbad, assisted in developing the story.
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Columbia Pictures released the film on August 6, 2008, and it grossed $102 million worldwide on a $26 million budget. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and has since developed a cult following. Franco was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance.
In 1937, a soldier in a military facility is being observed through a two-way mirror smoking marijuana and revealing in his euphoria what he hates about the army. A high-ranking officer closes the project and deems marijuana illegal.
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Seventy years later in 2007, Dale Denton, a process server visits his drug dealer, Saul Silver, to buy marijuana. Saul says he may know Dale’s next customer, Ted Jones. At Ted’s house Dale witnesses Ted and a police officer, Carol Brazier, shoot a man dead. While fleeing, Dale leaves his roach containing Pineapple Express, a rare strain of marijuana. Ted identifies the strain and sends his henchmen Budlofsky and Matheson to Red, a dealer who tells them about Saul.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: Seth Rogen (story & screenplay), Evan Goldberg (story & screenplay), Judd Apatow (story)
Stars: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride, Kevin Corrigan, Craig Robinson, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez
►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 |
Jonathan Spencer | … | Scientist (as Jonathan Walker Spencer) |
Dana Lee | … | Cheung |
Bobby Lee | … | Bobby |
Ken Jeong | … | Ken |
David C. Cook | … | Chris Gebert |
Howard S. Lefstein | … | Mark (as Howard Lefstein) |
Connie Sawyer | … | Faye Belogus |
David McDivitt | … | Cop with Mole |
Mae LaBorde | … | Mrs. Mendelson |
Kendall Carly Browne | … | Old Woman |
George Lew | … | Old Man |
John Robert Tramutola | … | Walt (as John Tramutola) |
Adam Crosby | … | Ack |
Andrew Heald | … | Blake |
Jeannetta Arnette | … | Sandra Danby |
Carlos Aleman | … | Guy in Car |
Omar Leyva | … | Guy in Car #2 |
Sam Carson | … | Xerox Secretary |
Jack Kehler | … | Walter – Accountant |
Robert Longstreet | … | Dr. Terrence |
Peter Gray Lewis | … | Peter – Thug #1 (as Peter Lewis) |
Steve Bannos | … | Jared – Thug #2 |
Eddie Rouse | … | Lance – Thug #5 |
Mark Whigham | … | Thug #3 |
Brian Scannell | … | Thug #4 |
Ricky Dominguez | … | School Guy #1 |
John R. Duncan | … | Pedestrian |
Gabe Fiscale | … | Tennis Pro |
Troy Gentile | … | Troy |
Mandy Henderson | … | Trish |
Brandon G. Holley | … | High School Student |
Jourdan Lee | … | Assassin #1 |
Nathan Mussell | … | Paramedic |
Ian Novotny | … | 1930’s Scientist |
Jordan Pontell | … | Scientist |
Shawn Roe | … | Clark’s Friend |
Jill Sayre | … | (voice) |
Sheila Shaw | … | Waitress |
George F. Watson | … | Gov’t Scientist B.O.N.G. Inventor / Diving Suit Attendant |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia