Pineapple Express (2008)

Directed by David Gordon Green · Cinematography by Tim Orr

R111 min41 frames

ActionComedyCrime

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What is Pineapple Express about?

A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

Pineapple Express is a 2008 American stoner action comedy film directed by David Gordon Green from a screenplay written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Starring Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez and Danny McBride, the film centers on a process server and his marijuana dealer, who attempt to escape from hitmen and a corrupt police officer 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.

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Where can you watch Pineapple Express?

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Who made Pineapple Express?

What does the cinematography of Pineapple Express look like?

Across 41 sampled frames, Pineapple Express builds its coverage from medium shots (56% of the sample), with wide compositions (24%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Tim Orr keeps 59% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 56% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 2000s.

What is the color palette of Pineapple Express?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Pineapple Express (2008) are #33302c, #0d0e09, #54514c, #8b7253, #f4f4f4, #73706b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #0d0e09
  • #54514c
  • #8b7253
  • #f4f4f4
  • #73706b

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