Red even mentions to Budlovsky and Matheson that Denton 'might have been a Jew.'

Ambiguously Jewish: Both Saul's name and the fact he calls his grandmother 'Bubbie' point to this.

Dale's girlfriend is named Angie Anderson. Alliterative Name: The two main characters are Dale Denton and Saul Silver.Now, on the run from Ted's people and the cops alike, Dale and his dealer know all too well that this is more than weed-induced paranoia - everyone apparently is out to get them both. Dale panics and flees the scene, in his haste dropping a roach containing a rare strain of marijuana known as Pineapple Express - a strain that Ted knows he has sold only to Dale's dealer.

Producer Judd Apatow, who previously worked with Rogen and Goldberg on Knocked Up and Superbad, assisted in developing the story, which was partially inspired by the buddy comedy subgenre.ĭale (Rogen) is a 25-year-old process server who, in delivering a subpoena to drug lord Ted Jones ( Gary Cole), witnesses a murder perpetrated by Jones and his girlfriend Carol Brazier ( Rosie Perez), a corrupt cop. Pineapple Express (2008) is an American action comedy film directed by David Gordon Green, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and starring Rogen and James Franco with cameo appearances by Bill Hader, Ed Begley Jr.

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