Josh Gilbert (director)

Whether you associate Tommy Chong with Up in Smoke or That 70s Show, you probably didn't know that he and his son ran a company that sells bongs. Not that it would surprise you. But it will shock you to learn of the DEA's overreaching efforts to entrap Chong and bust him for shipping bongs across state lines. And that in the trial they cited his movies as "glamorizing the illegal use and distribution of marijuana and trivializing law-enforcement efforts to combat drug use." Heavy, right? This amusing, troubling and freewheeling look at Chong's lengthy legal trip pulls back the curtain on the current administration's equating of pot smoking with terrorism. And Chong proves as funny in real life as he is on screen — even without the van made out of pot. (DW)… (plus d'informations)

Whether you associate Tommy Chong with Up in Smoke or That 70s Show, you probably didn't know that he and his son ran a company that sells bongs. Not that it would surprise you. But it will shock you to learn of the DEA's overreaching efforts to entrap Chong and bust him for shipping bongs across state lines. And that in the trial they cited his movies as "glamorizing the illegal use and distribution of marijuana and trivializing law-enforcement efforts to combat drug use." Heavy, right? This amusing, troubling and freewheeling look at Chong's lengthy legal trip pulls back the curtain on the current administration's equating of pot smoking with terrorism. And Chong proves as funny in real life as he is on screen — even without the van made out of pot. (DW)… (plus d'informations)