Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 0096009000592 Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 06, 2000 Running Time: 70 minutes Sales Rank: 102430 Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: January 06, 2000
Product Description: This huge cult classic released in 1936 revolves around the dangers of ''marijuana addiction,'' highlighting the magnified symptoms of marijuana use, which leads the film's main characters down a road of mischief and mayhem.
Amazon.com essential video: Although it was made in 1936, Reefer Madness didn't become a cult hit until 1972 when the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) rescued it from the Library of Congress film archive. Thereafter, it was a mainstay on the midnight movie circuit. And it's easy to see why. The ostensible story involves a group of upstanding young high school students who succumb to the allure of the 'killer weed.' What follows, as if by natural progression, is a catalog of crimes that includes hit-and-run driving, loose morals, rape, murder, suicide, and my personal favorite, permanent insanity! The action is at times so hysterical, in both senses, that you may forget to inhale. Honors go to the wild-eyed, cackling hophead David O'Brien; his performance reaches a raw intensity that is hard to imagine. One measure of this film's pervasive influence is the extent to which its title continues to be invoked in news stories about decriminalization and medical marijuana. Such posterity for unintentional humor must be rare. A great film to see stoned, man. --Jim Gay
Amazon.com: A propaganda film from 1936 that has become a cult hit because of its dated outlook on marijuana use, Reefer Madness is the height of camp entertainment. Framed as a 'documentary,' the film is narrated by a high school principal imparting his wisdom and experiences with the demon weed. The bulk of the film focuses on almost slapstick scenes of high school kids smoking pot and quickly going insane, playing 'evil' jazz music, being committed, and going on a murder spree. Meant to be an important and affecting cautionary tale, this dated black-and-white film's true value is in its many entertaining moments of unintended hilarity. --Robert Lane
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Rating: - Hilarious Nostalgia!
Reefer Madness In college, I saw this movie several times and it always mad me laugh - and it still does. It was created in 1936 to warn people about the dangers of marijuana, but they missed the boat. Way over-acted, ridiculous dialogue, but funny!
Rating: - good stuff
movie came fast and in great condition no problems what so ever
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Rating: - Entertaining propaganda
Smoking marijuana will either kill you, drive you insane, turn you into a murderer, drive you to suicide, or at the very least, result in you having a very scary hairstyle. That is the message put forward by "Reefer Madness", an anti-marijuana propaganda movie from the 1930's. The film is heavy-handed to the point of being laughable and you will likely either find it boring, like my mother did (she kept on asking me when it was going to end, even though the running time is only 66 minutes), or so bad that it's funny, as I did.
The plot itself isn't all that bad. It's about a group of nice, clean-cut, high school students who fall in with a bad crowd and includes all sorts of exciting things like hit and run accidents and a court trial. I can see why this film was remade (as "Reefer Madness - the Musical"). However, at the same time I can also see why it was remade as a comedy.
Rating: - Reefer disappointment
The service was great and it was probably my fault for lack of attention to detail among the plethora of DVDs, but I was distressed to discover that this old film has been colorized. It mounts but does not please. I can't even bring myself to look at it. I have a Beta version of the original and may just have to get it converted after all. Buying it seemed cheaper but since it does me no good. . . Color? Blasphemy. Reason for purchase: Years ago, when BetaMovie first came out, one of my sons participated in the making of "Beer Madness" (in BW of course) and I needed to have a matched set that I could keep when I throw out all the old Beta stuff. Back to the drawing board.
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