Lammbock

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Lammbock
Directed by Christian Zübert
Written byChristian Zübert
Produced by Sönke Wortmann
Starring Moritz Bleibtreu
Lucas Gregorowicz
Marie Zielcke
Elmar Wepper
Alexandra Neldel
CinematographySonja Rome
Edited byAndrea Mertens
Release date
  • 23 August 2001 (2001-08-23)
Running time
93 minutes
Country Germany
LanguageGerman

Lammbock is a 2001 German stoner film. The protagonists of the movie are two pizza delivery men who decide to up their income by adding marijuana to the menu and get into trouble after attracting the attention of an undercover cop. There are numerous subplots, and the movie is essentially divided into various chapters, each dealing with different episodes. It is filmed in and around the Franconian city of Würzburg and in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Plot

Kai and Stefan are two friends who own a gourmet pizza delivery business as a front for selling cannabis. Stefan is finishing law school and preparing to take the Bar examination to become a lawyer under the behest of his father, who is a judge. They visit their outdoor cannabis growing operation only to discover that aphids are destroying their plants. They visit a head shop and meet Achim, who informs them that he knows how to get rid of aphids, handing them a tub full of Aphidoletes aphidimyza . However, unbeknownst to the protagonists, Achim is an undercover police officer.

After much debate, the duo decide to bring Achim to the plantation so that he can help with the aphid problem, using an adulterant on the plants called "Brain cell massacre," which, according to Achim, is used in Kazakhstan plantations. On the way to the growing area, they try to pick psychedelic mushrooms, convinced that nobody will be suspicious of mushrooms on a pizza. They test them out on Achim while he is at the plantation, stating that they already tried some. Achim is poisoned by the mushrooms and goes into a convulsive state, when suddenly a hunter is spotted nearby. The "Brain cell massacre" is used to knock Achim out, and he is locked in the protagonists' trunk, along with the hunter who discovered the cannabis plantation as well as the harvested crop itself.

After narrowly avoiding an unrelated police search, the duo confront Stefan's father and confess their situation. Though Stefan's father becomes upset, he calls the chief of police, whom he befriended when he was a public prosecutor. With the help of the chief of police, the duo get off the hook, and Stefan takes his bar exam only to walk out at the last minute to pursue his lifelong dream of owning a cafe on a beach.

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Trivia

Sequel

After asking followers of his Facebook page whether they want to see a sequel of the 2001 film and receiving great approval, Bleibtreu announced the film Lommbock in November 2015, scheduled for release on March 23, 2017. [2] [3] Filming began in August 2016, [4] and Lommbock premiered in Germany 23 March 2017 [5]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Moritz Bleibtreu - Facebook" (in German). November 19, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ ""Lommbock": Kult-Kiffer-Komödie "Lammbock" mit Moritz Bleibtreu bekommt Fortsetzung" (in German). November 19, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Hätten Sie den bartlosen Mann links erkannt?" (in German). bz-berlin.de. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Schoder, Gabriele (March 21, 2017). "16 Jahre nach der Kifferkomödie "Lammbock" folgt "Lommbock"" [16 years after the pothead comedy"Lammbock" comes "Lommbock"]. Badische Zeitung (in German). Freiburg i. Br. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
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