Reefer Madness

Director: Louis Gasnier

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FOX 2220246D

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DVD Features:

Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hours, 6 minutes
Video: Black & White / Color
Released: April 20, 2004
Originally Released: 1937
Label: 20th Century Fox
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Packaging: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:

Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
DTS - English
Mono - English (B&W Version)

Additional Release Material:

Shorts: "Grandma's Marijuana Handbook"
Contains Both Colorized Version and Original B&W Version
Trailers: REEFER MADNESS Trailer
Audio Commentary:

Mike Nelson - Comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000)
Legend Films Color Design Team

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Featured:		Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien & Thelma White
Directed by		Louis Gasnier
Screenwriting by		Arthur Hoerl & Paul Franklin
Story by		Lawrence Meade
Produced by		George A. Hirliman

Memorable Quotes and Dialog:

"[Business] is getting better every day. These kids sure go for it." (Dope peddler Jack Perry)

"I recall distinctly a few weeks ago. It was during a class on English literature. There was a serious discussion of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," when he suddenly burst into an uncontrollable fit of hysterical laughter." (Dr. Carroll, describing the behavior of Billy Harper)

Entertainment Reviews:

USA Today - 04/23/2004
"In the late 1960s, it was reissued and became a campus favorite for years..."

Product Description:

Considered by many to be the most famous exploitation film ever, REEFER MADNESS is a hilariously campy cult-classic about the dangers of the devil's weed. You know, marijuana. The story stems from a high school principle's lecture to parents during a PTA meeting about the dangers of smoking pot, which apparently leaves the teens in a state of mental lunacy! Originally titled: "Tell Your Children."

Plot Synopsis:

Educator Dr. Carroll warns parents about the dangers of the scourge of marijuana usage by schoolchildren. A group of college students have their lives turned upside down as they get hooked on dope and descend into a world of wild parties, car accidents, rape, murder and suicide.

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Production Notes:

The prologue to the film states: "Marihuana is... an unspeakable scourge--the Real Public Enemy Number One! Its first effect is sudden violent, uncontrollable laughter, then come dangerous hallucinations,... the loss of all power to resist physical emotions, leading finally to acts of shocking violence,... ending often in incurable insanity."
Although production values for this cult-film are okay for a crime melodrama of its type, "Reefer Madness" is about as subtle as a brick. In its treatment of marijuana as a drug that brings complete ruin on all who sample it, and more dangerous a narcotic than heroin, the film manages to lose whatever edge it may have had in its time. And when those college kids light up, they all get evil gleams in their eyes and dance with abandon.
Not to be confused with the 1922 British film (released by Gaumont) "Tell Your Children," adapted from Rachel MacNamara's novel "Lark's Gate."

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