Pineapple Express

SYNOPSIS

Pineapple Express is a 2008 American action stoner comedy film directed by David Gordon Green, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and starring Rogen and James Franco alongside Gary Cole, Rosie Perez and Danny McBride. The plot centers on a process server (Rogen) and his marijuana dealer (Franco) as they are forced to flee from hitmen and a corrupt police officer (Perez) after witnessing them commit a murder. Producer Judd Apatow co-wrote the story with Rogen and Goldberg, after previously collaborating on the 2007 films Knocked Up and Superbad. Pineapple Express was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on August 8, 2008, and grossed $102.4 million worldwide on a $26 million budget. It received generally positive reviews from critics and has since developed a cult f