Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong talk about their new documentary, "Cheech and Chong's Last Movie."

The "Up in Smoke" comedy legends team up in a new documentary, 'Cheech and Chong's Last Movie," and share in an interview how comedy can still be transgressive and relevant.

It was almost half a century ago that Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong teamed up for the first time on screen and told a lighthearted story about two pot-smoking buddies on a road trip.

Over time, the 1978 movie "Up in Smoke" became a cult classic that transformed the two comedians and actors from hippie outsiders to comedy icons.

Now, longtime Cheech and Chong fans or those who want to know more about them can see Marin and Chong reunite on screen in “Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie,” released nationwide Friday. Directed by David Bushell, the documentary weaves never-before-seen footage from Marin and Chong as the two take another road trip — this time spanning five decades of their ultimately widely successful careers spanning platinum albums and box-office fame.

From left, Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin in "Cheech & Chong's Last Movie." Chong says they're "everybody out there" and that's why "people can relate to us." Courtesy Cheech & Chong's Last Movie“They found the essence of Cheech and Chong. And that itself is worth exploring, because there’s a Cheech and Chong in everybody,” Chong said about the documentary in a joint video interview with Marin. "That’s who we are; we’re everybody out there. And that’s why people can relate to us.”

For many fans today, stoner comedy invites them into playful spaces that use humor to blur or soften social boundaries. "Up in Smoke" helped create and popularize a subgenre of later hits like “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Friday,” “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” and “Pineapple Express,” among many others.

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