Cheech & Chong's Next Movie is the second feature-length film by Cheech and Chong, released in 1980. It was directed by Tommy Chong.
Plot
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie opens with the two aging stoners stealing gas in a trashcan, spilling it on themselves, and subsequently blowing up their car after trying to light a joint with gasoline fumes filling the vehicle. The rest of the film centers on Cheech wanting to get together with a social worker he likes, and wants the place to himself in order to seduce her. Another problem for Cheech is his cousin Red, who has just turned up from the stix and needs to be shown around town (Los Angeles). Cheech decides to kill two birds with one stone by sending Chong to meet his cousin. Chong heads off to the hotel where Red is staying and arrives to find him in a dispute with the receptionist (played by Paul Reubens) over how much the room is costing. The receptionist won't give back Red's suitcase until he pays up, but Red can't afford the bill. They decide to break into the room round the back and Red throws down his luggage. One of the bags he throws down contains twenty pounds of cannabis, much to Chong's delight. They proceed to go on a bender around town, trashing a music shop and visiting a high-profile brothel. Afterwards they visit Red's Weed fields out in the countryside, whereupon they are abducted by aliens, along with several cannabis plants. Cheech meanwhile gets so pumped and excited about the date that he wears himself out and ends up sleeping through it, while dreaming about what might have happened. He wakes up in the morning to find Chong bursting in, dressed as what appears to be a cross between Genghis Khan and a stoner, holding a jar of "Space Coke", which makes you fly when you snort it. The film ends with the two bursting through their next door neighbor's roof into outer space after trying some.
Reception
Considered by some critics at the time to be a superior film to the previous Up In Smoke, the film however performed somewhat less than expected at the box office. According to some sources, including Tommy Chong, the film actually made more money during its second-run release as a double-bill with The Blues Brothers movie.
Versions
There are two versions of this film in release. One is the theatrical version shown during its initial release, the other is a heavily edited version aired on several cable networks. The edited version adds in some cut scenes - such as the neighbor being revealed to be a transvestite, and extended footage on the alien spacecraft - but also has some of the more drug-related scenes cut or altered. Most notably altered is the contents of Red's duffel bag, which in the TV version contains not hundreds of thai sticks, but diamonds.
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