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Hey folks, Harry here with a reminder of a great film that is currently playing on only two screens in the country at the moment... but will be expanding to select theaters throughout the summer... AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL that ya check the film out. Way back during SXSW I wrote this review for Ron Mann's GRASS, and I must repeat that you must see this film. Right now, it's only playing the Film Forum in New York and the Castro in San Francisco... but this isn't just some 'Hippie Pro Pot Flick', it uses 100%... just the words of the government and the critics of pot. The mixed message, the changing message and shows in an incredibly entertaining manner... the hypocrisy and the lies about Mary Jane and her Reefer Man. Below is the art from the one-sheet, minus the quote from me at the top of the actual one-sheet that reads "FANTASTIC! SEE THIS MOVIE!" Harry Knowles, Aint It Cool News. I absolutely 100% endorse that you crawl, drive, fly to see this movie as soon as it hits your local area. THE TRUTH MUST BE EXPOSED!
5/31/00
Film Forum
New York
NY
6/2/00
Castro
San Francisco
CA
6/16/00
UC Berkeley
Berkeley
CA
Music Box
Chicago
IL
Nuart
Los Angeles
CA
Varsity
Seattle
WA
Brattle
Cambridge
MA
Rafael Film Center
Mill Valley
CA
UC Irvine
Irvine
CA
6/23/00
Colorado Theatre
Pasadena
CA
Camera
San Jose
CA
6/30/00
Crest
Sacramento
CA
Ken
San Diego
CA
Cinema 21
Portland
OR
Galaxy 8
Pleasanton
CA
7/7/00
(Dream)
(Monterey)
7/14/00
Bijou
Eugene
OR
South Beach 18
Miami
FL
Shadowwood 16
Boca Raton
FL
Cedar Lee 6
Cleveland
OH
Gateway
Ft. Lauderdale
FL
7/21/00
Tivoli
Kansas City
MO
7/28/00
Ritz
Philadelphia
PA
8/11/00
Dobie
Austin
TX
8/25/00
Crossroads
San Antonio
TX
9/15/00
Cinefest
Atlanta
GA
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I don't have anything to say, I'm just trying to be first. ;)
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Good call. Great flick. Saw it at SXSW and was mightily impressed. I am in no way a pothead (never even tried the stuff. Yes, it's true.), but I am a fan of industrial and propaganda footage. Fantastic source material and a terrific score. Killer stuff.
"Do ya wanna dance?"
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"Man, how many people out there are fuckin' right now?"
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You absolutly HAVE to watck it totally baked...
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How many of you think our boy Harry ROCKS THE GANJ...?
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He makes them great muffins...
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the Canadian gov't must be smoking the stuff...the movie has been banned up here because a scene showing monkeys smoking as part of a U.S. gov't experiment has been deemed cruel(?) to animals....
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Nowardays ev'ry body wants to talk-back, like they've got somethin ta say, but nothing comes out when they tap the keys, 'cept "Harry's fat" and "Jar Jar's gay".
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I think it's the teeth...
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Oh,it's a movie?Jeez,I haven't been this let down since I went to Stoner's Pot Palace.Seriously though,it sounds like an ok flick,and I'll be sure to check it out(sigh...it's a long drive to Chicago.)Woody Harrelson always makes me giggle,and his ambiguous name is only half of it.He was the one likeable thing about EdTV(ok,Clint Howard too).This has been a Moment with,y'know,me.
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Jun 07, 2000 6:35:04 PM CDT
Eep!For the love of GOD,make that Harry head go away!!!
by user id indeed!
Holy crap!Harry,how can you endorse that?!?I am in total fright!My body is swallowed by fear!!My brain is absorbing violent convuslions like...um..a violent convulsion sponge!!!Those teeth...those teeth!!Cartuna,you sick little walrus!That's gonna be branded into my psyche for years.You creepy blue-footed booby!This has been a Moment wiiiiiiiiiith Johnny!!!!
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Jun 07, 2000 6:41:31 PM CDT
Let's all sing the Eddie Grant song- "Hey.... get to Electric Av
by uncapie
The Harry animation is choice!
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Looking forward to the movie, too!
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Well, not really. I saw "Grass" here in Toronto, last Film Fest. As a marijuana user and advocate (I have MS, and I will be participating in one of Canada's first medical marijuana studies - woo hoo!) I was so excited about this film. Marijuana should be legalised. I can't believe that drinking and tobacco are socially acceptable and pot isn't. Hopefully, Grass will enlighten the pigheaded. But it won't, 'cause they won't go see this movie anyway. BTW, this is a doc, no narrative, so don't expect Reefer Madness 2000. Light one up, and go see it.
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That's right, it's playing later this month for several shows at the Bloor Cinema. Check out www.bloorcinema.com for dates. A fine establishment, they love movies (I don't work for them, etc. etc.). Heading there right now to check out Roth's "War Zone" in fact. They seem to have a thing for pot-themed movies too, showing Reefer Madness and other similar things pretty regularly, and widely advertising theme nights. I guess potheads are a good demo to target (??). Anyway, Peace. - Jike (who apparently is a 'jerkwad loser,' since one of my recent talk-back posts, consisting *only* of the URLs of two sites critical of AICN, was very quickly removed.)
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I was about to write about it playing in Toronto, but the guy above got there first. Anyway - the Bloor Cinema rocks! They just played the "Mental Hygiene Festival" featuring all the educational films from the 50s such as "Social Courtesy" and "Boys Beware!" (you never know when there might be a homosexual around!). It's great stuff.
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Didn't Ron Mann also do "Comic Book Confidential" and "Poetry in Motion"? And also "Twist"? He's Canadian, right? If I'm straight on this then "Grass" will be required viewing for everyone.
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I wholeheartedly embrace Harrys endorsement of this movie, it is really good, funny and enlightening at the same time!
And it is narrated, by Woody Harrelson, no less! Go see! Go See! It is funnier than Reefer Madness, which I watched after having inhaled, this one I saw being clearminded...well, as clearminded as I get, anyways.
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Actually, the ban in Canada has been lifted, because it's archival footage. And the deemed cruelty wasn't making the monkeys smoke pot, but on the restraints used.
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Heaven forbid, but I believe I see an error on their website, and thusly on AICN about a particular location in which GRASS will be playing. There is no Tivoli theatre in Kansas City, MO. There is one, however, in St. Louis, MO (which is on the other side of the state). http://www.tivolitheatre.com/
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The only people who are going to see this flick are the same cowardly losers that smoke dope, as a means of escaping their miserable lives. These are the same people who lack the intellect, bravery, and maturity to confront their problems, AND who serve no real purpose in the betterment of our society because they take no responsibility for their environment, or other human beings. In other words, these Stoners are the wasteoids of humanity, who might as well drop off the edge of a cliff and get THE FUCKIN' HELL OUT OF EVERYBODY ELSE'S WAY. Our highways are crowded enough. You know how to spot these leeches of existence? Just look for some type of fuck up, and guess what sort of fuck up was behind it. Yup, some Loser Stoner. "Huh, huh, huh-huh. Shit, man. That train wreck was kewl." "Heh, heh, heh-heh. Yeah! Look at all those dead bodies. Their blood has made some really kewl splotches all over the place!"
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Harry and the feds set up the talk back on this particular article as a way of tracking pot users. It was part of Harry's plea aggrement after being arrested for public fatness. So hide your stash before the boys in blue show up at your...Is that the doorbell?
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To the guy at the top who said Woody would probably endorse the movie, I just looked at the website & it says that he narrates it. Maybe he could do a commentary track on a Cheech & Chong dvd.
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