Homegrown (1998)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Stephen Gyllenhaal

Writers (WGA):

Jonah Raskin (story) &
Stephen Gyllenhaal (story) ...

Release Date:

17 April 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

A comedy that goes to your head.

Plot:

Life is good for Jack, Carter and Harlan, three inept ne'r-do-wells who help run master dope-grower...

Plot Keywords:

Marijuana | Drugs | Cannabis

Cast

John Lithgow	...	Malcolm / Robert Stockman
Jon Tenney	...	Helicopter Pilot
Ryan Phillippe	...	Harlan Dykstra
Hank Azaria	...	Carter
Billy Bob Thornton	...	Jack Marsden
Kelly Lynch	...	Lucy
Jon Bon Jovi	...	Danny
Kleoka Renee Sands	...	4-Year-Old Girl
Matt Ross	...	Ben Hickson
Judge Reinhold	...	Policeman
Leigh French	...	Waitress
Christopher Dalton	...	Old Farmer
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Sierra Kahan
Tiffany Paulsen	...	Heather the Stockbreeder
Jeanette H. Wilson	...	White Haired Woman

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive drug content and language, and for some violence and sexuality.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Finland:K-12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Aptos, California, USA

Company:

Lakeshore International

Goofs:

Continuity: After an establishing shot that shows Jack Marsden driving into San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge, the close-up of him in the BWM shows he's traveling on a different bridge - one that's constructed of grey metal trusses and girders, rather than the famous red-orange of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Quotes:

Carter: Do you know that you're acting exactly like Malcolm?
Jack: What's wrong with that?
Carter: Nothin'. It's just... kind of creepy.
Jack: Well, if I'm acting like Malcolm at all, you should be grateful.
Carter: Well, uh, yeh, Malcolm got himself killed.

Movie Connections:

References Ms. Pac-Man (1981) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Devil's Train

Classic Movie, Stoner or Not

This is an awesome movie, and if you haven't seen it, you should go to the video store right now and rent it. First off, the cast is superb. Not only does it have current stars, like Ryan Philippe and Billy Bob Thornton, but it also has your stars of yesteryear like Judge Reinhold. It also has numerous cameos by actors like Jon Bon Jovi, Ted Danson, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Second off, the story was quite good also. It was interesting how they took a plot for a stoner movie, and almost made it dramatic. It takes the drug situation in the United States, and instead of giving it a comedic face like in "Half Baked" it has a true, life lesson image like "Traffic". So watch this movie, if you're a stoner it will give you insight into something you love, if you don't do drugs it will give you a more realistic view of drugs than either side wants you to see.