Stoner Comedies

mimo2005 · 06-07-2008, 08:48 PM

''Pot movies don't do terribly well in theaters, and yet on video they're wildly out of proportion to the theatrical gross,'' says Jay Chandrasekhar, director of the weed-centered Super Troopers. His 2002 film made $18.5 million in theaters — and almost $80 million on DVD and pay TV. ''Our theory,'' he says, ''is that our audience is too stoned to leave the house.''
Pot-centric comedies have become a major cash crop for Hollywood.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,2019...rijuana+movies

**sobeit** · 06-07-2008, 08:53 PM

you gotta smoke the stuff in order to sit and watch those movies. cannot do that in most threaters.

06-07-2008, 08:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	Stoner Comedies ''Pot movies don't do terribly well in theaters, and yet on video they're wildly out of proportion to the theatrical gross,'' says Jay Chandrasekhar, director of the weed-centered Super Troopers. His 2002 film made $18.5 million in theaters — and almost $80 million on DVD and pay TV. ''Our theory,'' he says, ''is that our audience is too stoned to leave the house.'' Pot-centric comedies have become a major cash crop for Hollywood. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,2019...rijuana+movies __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

06-07-2008, 08:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Stoner Comedies you gotta smoke the stuff in order to sit and watch those movies. cannot do that in most threaters. __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age