Pineapple Express

Movie
German title	Pineapple Express
Original title	Pineapple Express
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2008
length	112 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	David Gordon Green
script	Seth Rogen , ; Evan Goldberg
production	Judd Apatow , ; Shauna Robertson
music	Graeme Revell
camera	Tim Orr
cut	Craig Alpert
occupation
	Seth Rogen : Dale Denton; James Franco : Saul Silver; Danny R. McBride : Red; Kevin Corrigan : Budlofsky; Craig Robinson : Matheson; Gary Cole : Ted Jones; Rosie Perez : Carol; Amber Heard : Angie Anderson; Ed Begley junior : Robert Anderson; Nora Dunn : Shannon Anderson; Ken Jeong : Ken; Connie Sawyer : Faye Belogus; Bill Hader : Pvt. Miller; James Remar : General Bratt;

Ananas Express (Original Title: Pineapple Express ) is a comedy from 2008. Directed by David Gordon Green , the script was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg .

action

The film begins with a scene from 1937 and shows experiments conducted by the US government to study the effects of marijuana on humans. Since the test person visibly enjoys the use and enrags a superior under the influence of the drug, the latter declares the drug as illegal.

History shifts from retrospect to the present, to court delivery man and heavy marijuana user Dale Denton. He visits marijuana dealer Saul Silver and receives a rare strain of marijuana called the Pineapple Express from him . Later, when he stopped in front of a house during a delivery job and smoked a joint while on a phone call , he happened to observe the corrupt policewoman Carol who was murdering a person with her accomplice, Ted Jones, a drug dealer. Denton panics and draws their attention to himself when he rams the policeman's car and the car in front of him several times. In his excitement, he throws the last of the joint on the street, giving them a lead. Ted pulls on it and realizes that the joint contains Pineapple Express , a variety that only he originally owned and sold to one customer. In order to eliminate the witness, Ted tries to kill Denton, who, together with Saul, flies in panic.

Since Denton and Silver have no cash with them, they sell marijuana. They split up after an argument. Silver is kidnapped and imprisoned. Meanwhile, Red and Dale arm themselves to save their friend. However, when Red arrives at the drug dealers' secret hideout, he suddenly gets scared and drives home again. However, Dale wants to apologize to Saul and storms the hiding place alone. When he enters the barn full of heavily armed gangsters, he takes the next best hostage and holds a gun to his head. The hostage is quickly shot by a man of his own, however, causing Dale to lose his only leverage. He is imprisoned with Saul. As the two try to break free, a competing Asian drug gang prepares to attack the same hideout. Denton and Saul are able to free themselves from their bonds and try to disappear through the ventilation. But since only Saul manages to pull himself up into the ventilation shaft, he sets off on his own and leaves his friend behind to get help. Meanwhile, the dealers are fighting a fierce battle with the Asians. Jones is eventually killed by a bomb explosion that an Asian gangster throws at him and Denton. Denton survives the explosion and brings Silver to safety, whom his friend Red came to help at the last moment and races through the barn in his small car. Having fled from the remains of the burning warehouse, the two see how the half-burned Red surprisingly crawls out of the barn. They embrace and sit down that same morning in a restaurant, despite some serious wounds and gunshot wounds. They laugh at the crazy events of the past few days and swear eternal friendship.

backgrounds

The film was in the Californian varieties Downey , Glendale , Los Angeles and Santa Clarita rotated.
The film opened in cinemas in the USA and Canada on August 6, 2008. The German theatrical release was on October 23, 2008.
Production costs were estimated at 27 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 85.27 million in cinemas worldwide through September 7, 2008, including approximately $ 84.16 million in US cinemas.
For the soundtrack of the film and the accompanying soundtrack album , Huey Lewis was asked to write a song with the sound of the 80s works by his band Huey Lewis & the News , which also reflected the plot of the film, and in which the title of the film as often as possible. The result was the song Pineapple Express , which ran during the credits.

synchronization

actor	Dubbing voice	role
Seth Rogen	Tobias Kluckert	Dale Denton
James Franco	Daniel Fehlow	Saul Silver
Danny R. McBride	Michael Iwannek	Red
Amber Heard	Anne Helm	Angie Anderson
Kevin Corrigan	Nico Mamone	Budlofsky
Bill Hader	Tommy Morgenstern	Soldier Miller
Craig Robinson	Tilo Schmitz	Matheson
Gary Cole	Manfred Lehmann	Ted Jones
Rosie Perez	Claudia Urbschat-Mingues	Carol
Joe Lo Truglio	Viktor Neumann	Mr. Edwards

Reviews

Justin Chang wrote in Variety magazine on July 21, 2008 that the film was based on the same formula as Superbad . Occasionally it was funny, but not entirely satisfactory.

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on August 5, 2008 that the Pineapple Express contained all the elements one would expect from such a film. Ebert particularly praised the direction by David Gordon Green.

"The anarcho-comedy, which was originally original and carried by good actors, loses its charm all too quickly and finds no balance between the comic elements and its exaggerated depiction of violence."

- Lexicon of international film

“'Ananas Express' is clearly a crazy comedy with a lot of great ideas. If you take a closer look, the stoner theme is only a cover for the friendship of the protagonists and the cohesion of them. This is presented in a wonderfully entertaining way and is a lot of fun, especially due to the excellent actors. Those who like to get involved in a little crazy comedy will definitely not be disappointed here. "

- moviebreak.de

“What sounds like funny underdog clothes quickly turns out to be a absurd joke on the deepest and most stupid level. That, of all things, independent filmmaker David Gordon Green let garbage producer Judd Apatow ("Superbad", "The First Time ") buy him is extremely bitter. After just a few minutes you will want a " Big Lebowski " or a " True Romance ", but this work is miles away from both classics. You can't smoke that much to find it good! "

- prism

“'Ananas Express' brings a welcome new note to the Judd Apatow universe. After the consistent but somewhat dogged " The Stepbrothers " and the " Don't mess with the mess ", which Apatow co-wrote, which was not up to par with the possibilities , the foray into action comedy was almost entirely successful. This is mainly due to the original choice of director David Gordon Green. He brings a special sensitivity and at the same time frees himself from the somewhat entrenched self-centeredness of his intimate, independent films. Green shows particular skill in staging the action sequences, a striking proof that a calculated risk can always be worthwhile. "

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