If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to be a pot farmer in Northern California then this is the movie for you.
Homegrown is 2 parts Cheech & Chong, 2 parts Wall Street, with a little Usual Suspects sprinkled on top.
The movie starts out with 3 guys, (Hank Azaria, Billy Bob Thornton and Ryan Phillippe) camped out guerilla style watching over a huge outdoor crop in the mountains on Northern California. Their boss, "Malcolm" played by John Lithgow who is a marijuana millionaire arrives by chopper one day to inspect the crop and upon landing is murdered by the pilot who then flies away. The 3 farmers are convinced that the murder signals the start of a raid by a group of thieves known as rippers who steal crops.
In a panic, Thornton, Azaria and Phillipe bail on the plants and head for cover at the house Lucy (Kelly Lynch) who use to be Azaria’s girlfriend and is now in charge of the harvesting and packaging of Malcolm’s marijuana. After a while the 3 decided to go back and check to see if the rippers left any weed for them to salvage. To their surprise, everything is still in tact and looks just as it did when they left it. Even Malcolm’s dead body.
In a hurry they decide not to tell anyone what’s happened, burry Malcolm and pack as much weed as they can pack into the back of the truck and bail. They get a LOT of weed and head back to Lucy’s house to begin the trimming. Lucy gives them a hand the whole time thinking that Malcolm is still alive and well at his high rise office in downtown San Francisco.
Once the weed is ready ready, Jack (Thornton) decides to keep up with charade that Malcolm is alive and he attempts to set up a $3 million deal with Danny (Jon Bon Jovi), a local wholesaler.
While all this is going on Jack is also trying to impersonate Malcolm on the telephone in an attempt to find out who killed him. There are some good roles in this movie for sure. Sierra (Jamie Lee Curtis) plays the head of an underground group of growers. Judge Reinhold plays a crooked cop. Ted Dansen makes an appearance as an out of control mobster.
Without giving away too much, the big drug deal goes totally sideways and Jack is left trying to salvage it all.
In my opinion, Homegrown is one of the best movies never to make it to the big screen. From what I have read, apparently it was a little to realistic. Even the fake pot plants kept getting stolen off the set.
–Chubbs
great movie funny as fk and too see those lovely plants .i want to be there buddys.its a must SEE
If you want to see a movie that really captures the Northern California cultivation scene, check out Humboldt County:
http://www.celebstoner.com/200810061119/stoner-movies/recent-stoner-movies/rating-humboldt-county.html
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