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See also: How High Soundtrack
How High Soundtrack

This is a soundtrack album for a film How High starring hip-hop stars Method Man & Redman....


How High is a 2001
2001 in film

The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...
 comedy film
Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on Humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies....
 starring Method Man
Method Man

Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man, is an United Statesn hip hop music, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop culture collective Wu-Tang Clan....
 and Redman. It was a feature film debut from director Jesse Dylan
Jesse Dylan

Jesse Dylan, born January 6, 1966 in New York City, is an American film, television, and music video director....
, and was written by Dustin Lee Abraham
Dustin Lee Abraham

Dustin Lee Abraham is an United States actor, producer and screenwriter. He penned the 2001 cult movie How High for Method Man and Redman ....
. Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly is a magazine published by Time Inc. in the United States which covers movies, television, music, Broadway stage productions, books, and popular culture....
 rated it third in their "Best Stoner Movie" top ten list.Also in 2002 the movie won the Stony Award
Stony Awards

The Stony Awards - sponsored by High Times magazine - celebrate the "highest and stoniest" Stoner film and TV shows of the year. The Stonys began as an annual article in High Times magazine conceived by Senior Editor Steve Bloom....
 for the Best Stoner Movie.

plot is centered around two underachieving pot smokers - Silas P.






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See also: How High Soundtrack
How High Soundtrack

This is a soundtrack album for a film How High starring hip-hop stars Method Man & Redman....


How High is a 2001
2001 in film

The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...
 comedy film
Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on Humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies....
 starring Method Man
Method Man

Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man, is an United Statesn hip hop music, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop culture collective Wu-Tang Clan....
 and Redman. It was a feature film debut from director Jesse Dylan
Jesse Dylan

Jesse Dylan, born January 6, 1966 in New York City, is an American film, television, and music video director....
, and was written by Dustin Lee Abraham
Dustin Lee Abraham

Dustin Lee Abraham is an United States actor, producer and screenwriter. He penned the 2001 cult movie How High for Method Man and Redman ....
. Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly is a magazine published by Time Inc. in the United States which covers movies, television, music, Broadway stage productions, books, and popular culture....
 rated it third in their "Best Stoner Movie" top ten list.Also in 2002 the movie won the Stony Award
Stony Awards

The Stony Awards - sponsored by High Times magazine - celebrate the "highest and stoniest" Stoner film and TV shows of the year. The Stonys began as an annual article in High Times magazine conceived by Senior Editor Steve Bloom....
 for the Best Stoner Movie.

Plot

The plot is centered around two underachieving pot smokers - Silas P. Silas (Method Man
Method Man

Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man, is an United Statesn hip hop music, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop culture collective Wu-Tang Clan....
) and Jamal King (Redman). When Silas' friend Ivory (Chuck Davis) dies, Silas uses his ashes as fertilizer
Fertilizer

Fertilizers are chemical compounds given to plants to promote growth; they are usually applied either through the soil, for uptake by plant roots, or by foliar feeding, for uptake through leaves....
 for a new batch of marijuana
Cannabis (drug)

Cannabis, also known as Marijuana or marihuana, or ganja , is a psychoactive drug extracted from the plant Cannabis sativa, or more often, Cannabis sativa subsp....
. While both are sitting in the parking lot before taking their THC
THC

The acronym THC has several possible meanings:* Tetrahydrocannabinol, the main active chemical compound in Cannabis* Toronto Hemp Company, the world's largest Hemp and Cannabis Culture store, located in Toronto, Canada....
 (Testing for Higher Credentials, as opposed to SAT
SAT

The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized testing for college admissions in the Education in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States, and was once developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service ....
) exams for college, neither is able to smoke their individual marijuana stash without the help of the other. They soon discover that smoking Silas' new batch summons the ghost of the recently deceased Ivory. Ivory gives them the exact test answers and both of them pass with perfect scores.

Several dubious colleges offer the pair scholarships, but none of them are appealing. Eventually, Chancellor Huntley (Fred Willard
Fred Willard

Fred Willard is an American comedian and actor known for his improvisational comedy skills. He is best known for his roles in the Christopher Guest mockumentary films This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show , and A Mighty Wind....
) suggests the two apply to Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
. They accept the offer and continue using the magic weed to succeed at the university. They meet several interesting students, such as Tuan, an Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
n child prodigy, Bart (Chris Elwood), a snobby rowing team captain, and Jeffrey (Justin Urich), their roommate who is forced to perform humiliating acts as part of a fraternity initiation. Jamal brought along his fellow pot-smoker "I Need Money" (Al Shearer
Al Shearer

Al Shearer is an American actor. He portrayed Nevil Shed in the 2006 Disney blockbuster Glory Road , produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Shearer might be best known for his role on the MTV series Punk'd, or as "Hits" - host of the once-popular Black Entertainment Television series Hits from the Street....
). Jamal falls for the daughter of the Vice President. Bart is set against Jamal in sports, and Silas in love when the latter falls for his girlfriend, Lauren (Lark Voorhies
Lark Voorhies

Lark Voorhies is an American actor who rose to fame playing Saved by the Bell#Lisa Turtle in Saved by the Bell, for which she twice won the Young Artist Award, in 1990 and 1993, and was twice nominated for the same award in 1991 and 1992....
). The "Ivory" bush is eventually stolen by the nerdy volunteer student guard Gerald (T.J. Thyne), who smokes all of it except for a few tiny leaves. With the "Ivory" now gone, the pair try studying first with no success then try to dig up and smoke the remains of John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was an Foreign relations of the United States and Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829....
, but it doesn't fare any better either. Silas concocts a "truth serum" using the remnants of "Ivory" in an attempt to get a passing grade in botany
Botany

Botany, plant science, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of biology and is the Scientific method of plant life and development....
. In the end, Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and Printer , Satire, list of political philosophers, politician, scientist, inventor, activism, statesman, and diplomacy....
 (whose bong was discovered by Lauren) appears back with Ivory at an alumni meeting to convince the congregation that Silas and Jamal should stay at Harvard.

Cast

  • Method Man
    Method Man

    Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man, is an United Statesn hip hop music, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop culture collective Wu-Tang Clan....
     as Silas P. Silas
  • Redman as Jamal King
  • Obba Babatunde
    Obba Babatunde

    Obba Babatund? the American actor of stage and screen is known for an Emmy Award-nominated performance in the television movie Miss Evers' Boys, a NAACP Image Award-nominated performance in the TV movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, and a Tony Award-nominated role for his performance as C.C....
     as Dean Cain
  • Mike Epps
    Mike Epps

    Michael "Mike" Epps is an United States comedian and actor....
     as Baby Powder
  • Anna Maria Horsford
    Anna Maria Horsford

    Anna Maria Horsford is an American television and film actor. She is perhaps best known for her role as Thelma Frye on the sitcom Amen , her role as Friday mother, Betty Jones, in the 1995 comedy, Friday and as loveable security guard Dee on The Wayans Bros.....
     as Mamma King
  • Fred Willard
    Fred Willard

    Fred Willard is an American comedian and actor known for his improvisational comedy skills. He is best known for his roles in the Christopher Guest mockumentary films This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show , and A Mighty Wind....
     as Carl Huntley
  • Jeffrey Jones
    Jeffrey Jones

    Jeffrey Duncan Jones is an United States actor. He has appeared in many films and television shows, but may be best known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in Milos Forman?s Academy Award winning Amadeus , and as the infamous dean of students, Edward R....
     as Vice President
  • Hector Elizondo
    Hector Elizondo

    H?ctor Elizondo is a Golden Globes-nominated and Emmy Awards-winning United States actor....
     as Bill the Crew Coach
  • Lark Voorhies
    Lark Voorhies

    Lark Voorhies is an American actor who rose to fame playing Saved by the Bell#Lisa Turtle in Saved by the Bell, for which she twice won the Young Artist Award, in 1990 and 1993, and was twice nominated for the same award in 1991 and 1992....
     as Lauren
  • Al Shearer
    Al Shearer

    Al Shearer is an American actor. He portrayed Nevil Shed in the 2006 Disney blockbuster Glory Road , produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Shearer might be best known for his role on the MTV series Punk'd, or as "Hits" - host of the once-popular Black Entertainment Television series Hits from the Street....
     as I Need Money
  • Chuck Davis as Ivory
  • Essence Atkins
    Essence Atkins

    Essence Uhura Atkins is an American actress. Atkins has appeared in a variety of films and television series, which include How High, Deliver Us From Eva, and The Cosby Show....
     as Jamie
  • Chris Elwood as Bart
  • T.J. Thyne as Gerald
  • Justin Urich as Jeffrey
  • Spalding Gray
    Spalding Gray

    Spalding Rockwell Gray was an United States actor, playwright, screenwriter, performance artist, and monologist. He was primarily known for his "trenchant, personal narratives delivered on sparse, unadorned sets with a dry, WASP, quiet mania." Gray achieved notoriety for writing and acting in the play Swimming to Cambodia, adapted into...
     as Professor Jackson
  • Tracy Morgan
    Tracy Morgan

    Tracy Morgan is an American actor and comedian, best known on the television programs Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock....
     as Field of Dreams Guy (uncredited)
  • Cypress Hill
    Cypress Hill

    Cypress Hill is an American Hip hop music group from South Gate, California. Originally called DVX, the name was changed after Mellow Man Ace left in 1988....
     as themselves
  • Chuck Liddell
    Chuck Liddell

    Charles David 'Chuck' Liddell , also known as "The Iceman" is an American Mixed martial arts who fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship....
     as himself in the Party Fight Scene
  • Mozart Charles as canned pork chop commercial pitchman along with Tracy Morgan


Sequel

In an interview with OutThaBoxTV.net during October 2008, Redman announced that the sequel was in the middle of shooting, while pointing out a feeling that "we wanna represent all the smokers," believing that since How High no one has done justice on a weed smoker's film.

External links

  • * from Slant Magazine
    Slant Magazine

    Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, DVDs and TV shows, as well as interviews with actors, directors and musicians....
  • from Audio Video Revolution
    Audio Video Revolution

    Audio Video Revolution is a website for high end audio and video equipment reviews as well as the latest in Blu-ray and Theatrical movie reviews....