Watch reefer madness starring kristen bell in this title on directv. Reefer madness, recut from a propaganda film called tell your children, is not so bad its good but just awful plodding, almost plotless, and only in places unwittingly amusing. Released march 15th, 2002, reefer madness stars dave obrien, dorothy short, lillian miles, warren mccollum the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 7 min, and received a score of 70 out of 100. With dorothy short, kenneth craig, lillian miles, dave obrien. Reefer madness originally made as tell your children and sometimes titled as the burning question, dope addict, doped youth, and love madness is a 19361939 american propaganda exploitation. The movie musical based on the propaganda film from 1936 that has become a cult hit, reefer madness is the height of camp entertainment. Arriving at jacks boss headquarters, he gets out and jimmy asks him for a cigarette. Reefer madness 1936 enhanced this unabashed propaganda film is most popularly known as reefer madness, but originally known by the title tell your children, a dead giveaway, has become a cult. Considered the archetypal sensationalized antidrug movie, but its really an exploitation film made to capitalize on the hot taboo subject of marijuana use. Tell your children 1938 view the tcmdb entry for tell your children 1936. Mary and jimmy are studying romeo and juliet, starting with the proolowgwee. Ralph dave obrian finds that neither blanches lillian miles piano playing nor reefer itself can quite satisfy him in reefer madness a. Reefer madness 2005 stream and watch online moviefone. Wikipedia widespread unemployment and poverty during the great depression furthered resentment and fear of immigrants and minorities, and fueled concerns about the perceived ills of the drug that had become associated with them.
Reefer madness is an antimarijuana propaganda film from 1936 commercialized by dwain esper. Watch reefer madness streaming online hulu free trial. That there was indeed an esperanslinger working relationship of one kind or another. Reefer madness also known as tell your kids is the classic cautionary tale as told by a high school principal to a bunch of parents at a pta meeting.
Between the movie and the bureau of narcotics, misinformation spread with no scientific evidence. Reefer madness was conceived and constructed in a time when a ruthless war was beginning to rage against drug use and the cultural minorities who indulged, one so big that its ripples can still be felt in society today. Reefer madness 1936 full length movie tell your children original title 4 weeks ago. Marvels the defenders, reefer madness, and more on netflix and amazon prime. Reefer madness a poster from a later release of the 1936 film. The 1936 government movie that will totally scare the crap out of you.
A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted. With kristen bell, christian campbell, neve campbell, alan cumming. But what works onstage often falls flat on the screen, where the visual language and pacing expectations are different, and performers have to work harder to bring across. Start your free trial to watch reefer madness and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. In his story, a drug supplier entices several restless teens, including sister and brother mary dorothy short and jimmy lane warren mccollum and marys boyfriend, bill kenneth craig, into frequenting a reefer house. Reefer madness 1936 on showtime this cult classic propaganda film makes outrageous claims about marijuana. In later years, in a more marijuanaenlightened society, this film has become a comedic cult classic. It is a film adaptation of the trios musical of the same name, itself based on the 1936 exploitation film also of the same title. Reefer madness should give us all new hope for the return of the movie musical genre and the sweet days of rocky horrorstyle comedy. Reefer madness 1936 enhanced this unabashed propaganda film is most popularly known as reefer madness. Reefer madness is also the loose title for the first ever war on drugs in the united states by the bureau of narcotics and henry anslinger against cannabis sativa c. Based on the stage play, this musical parody of 1936 film reefer madness takes that already overblown criticism of marijuana usage in the source film and ups the ante to humorous effect. Carleton young 1905 1994, dave obrien 1912 1969, and thelma white 1910 2005. Reefer madness is a 1936 american film about drugs revolving around the melodramatic.
Gradually, bill and jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives and leads to a terrible crime. Gasnier directed the film starring dorothy short, kenneth craig, and lillian miles. Reefer madness original trailer 1936 not the full film. The musical provides examples of accent upon the wrong syllable. Jimmy, who has a car, drives him to pick up some more. Mary and jimmy are studying romeo and juliet, starting with the proolowgwee adaptation expansion. Deliriously based on the notorious 1936 antipot socialguidance film, this is an ultracampy enterprise that lands somewhere between rocky horror and a john waters comedy. Hirliman productions released reefer madness in 1936 and 1938. Alfred carroll josef forte relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens. The effects of the long tweaktime are obvious, the movie is crammed full of jokes from small asides to fullon audience rollers and there are virtually no duds. Cautionary tale features a fictionalized take on the use of marijuana. Anslinger was worried about funding for his department.
Like many exploitation films of the time, reefer madness tried to make a quick buck off of a forbidden subject while skirting the motion picture production code of 1930. Mae uses her womanly charms to seduce some local high school students into smoking the reefer in her apartment. The film was intended for parents, to teach them about the evils of cannabis soon after the film was shot, it was purchased by producer dwain. In the stage show, maes summoning of fdr is laughed off under rule of funny as its a funny story, and dropped. Reefer madness 2002 stream and watch online moviefone. Reefer madness 1936 full length movie on movie house memories. Reefer madness tell your children doped youth 1936 rotten. Reefer madness originally made as tell your children and sometimes titled as the burning question, dope addict, doped youth, and love madness is a 1936 american film about drugs revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when highschool students are lured by pushers to try marijuanafrom a hit and run accident, to manslaughter. Reefer madness 1936 full length movie on movie house. If the idea of making a musical out of roger cormans z movie quickie the little shop of horrors sounded weird, stick around for the allsinging, alldancing reefer madness.
The propaganda film and comical cult classic portrays teens who smoke the demon weed plunging into a vortex of sex, madness, murder, and jazz music. The highly entertaining trio riff on this antimarijuana propaganda film, which assumes one toke causes mania and other insane results. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to reefer cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music. Here before moving on we must cover yet another topicconcept of importance to us. The two worked in hand to spread hysteria and misinformation about marijuana that still holds some sway today in popular and. May 30, 2015 a still from reefer madness, an antidrugs exploitation film, dealing with the pitfalls of marijuana smoking, directed by louis j. The movie musical tv movie 2005 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Originally titled as tell your children, the american drama film features a group of so called marijuana pushers, dealers and addicts who lure innocent and naive high school students into partaking in what.
In the movie, fdr is established as being in town earlier and even contains a sequence of her. None have been so wildly desperate, illogical and sciencerepelling as the famous antidrug propaganda piece of the 1930s. That the movie known as reefer madness is the 1938, not the 1936 version of the movie. I love it when a musical is adapted from stage to screen, and the director takes full advantage of things that can be done in a movie that cannot be realized on stage. Framed as a documentary, a straightlaced high school principal alan cumming seeks to impart his wisdom about the demon weed by telling a frightful tale about the fate of two innocent teens. Aug 14, 2009 this cautionary tale features a trio of drug dealers and innocent teens who become addicted to reefer cigarettes. The movie musical the era of the big hollywood musical is long gone, but in live theater, the genre lingers on through recent hits like avenue q and wicked.
Reefer madness 2005 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Reefer madness was originally titled tell your children directed by louis gasnier 1936 high school students are lured by pushers to try some reefer. Reefer madness originally made as tell your children and sometimes titled as the burning question, dope addict, doped youth, and love. Mae and jack are dastardly accomplices in the distribution of marijuana. Reefer madness 2005 stream and watch online marijuana abuse leads a wholesome teenager christian campbell and his virtuous girlfriend kristen bell down the road to ruin. Reefer madness originally made as tell your children and sometimes titled as the burning question, dope addict, doped youth, and love madness is a 1936 american film about drugs revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when highschool students are lured by pushers to try marijuanafrom a hit and run accident, to manslaughter, suicide, attempted rape, hallucinations, and descent. The movie musical, is a 2005 american madefortelevision musical comedy film directed by andy fickman, written by kevin murphy and dan studney, and produced by the three. Teens partake of the demon weed and one puff plunges them into a web of murder, sex and lunacy. Reefer madness was anslingers attempt to create a narcotics scare to skew public perception of cannabis because so little was known about it in the 1930s. Watch reefer madness online stream full movie directv. If the idea of making a musical out of roger cormans zmovie quickie the little shop of horrors sounded weird, stick around for the allsinging, alldancing reefer madness. Apr 10, 2015 reefer madness 1936 enhanced this unabashed propaganda film is most popularly known as reefer madness, but originally known by the title tell your children, a dead giveaway, has become a cult. Reefer madness is based on the stage play of the same title, which was finetuned during its 8 year run. Reefer madness 1936 feature drama video dailymotion.
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