Product Details

• Directors: Steven Hager
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: KOCH VISION
• DVD Release Date: May 20, 2003
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008YGOI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,564 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The Cannabis Cup was founded in 1988 by HIGH TIMES’ editor-in-chief Steven Hager to establish an international standard for cannabis seeds. He modeled it after the harvest festivals held in California in the 1970s, where growers would bring their finest buds and a winner would be judged. Held every November in Amsterdam, The Cannabis Cup is now a huge festival event, with flocks of pot connoisseurs arriving from around the world to sample "the kind". This 102 minute program combines documentary footage of the festival’s concerts and ceremonies with hilarious TV show parodies such as The Cannabis Castaways reality TV show--six heads stranded on an Amsterdam houseboat, The Grow Show with Kyle Kushman--cultivation tips from master growers, Wake and Bake with Jay--Good Morning Amsterdam, and The HighWitness News featuring Johnny Zero. Also included is close-up photography of the world’s best buds and of course the Cannabis Cup winners

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Liked It -- (the end.), June 17, 2004

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J. McQueen "part man/part machine, all scientist" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Times Presents The Cannabis Cup (DVD)

I thought it was good, especially for someone who has never gone to the Cannabis Cup.

It showed the vastness of the yearly event and the endless numbers of varieties that are actually judged on at the event.

Beautiful pics that will leave you wishing you were there.
Also, pretty long - 102 minutes. (Hooray.)

Good video if you are ever planning to attend -- learn some of what to expect. Would also check out the documentary - WEED, which is also about the event. (But it doesn't have hardly any bud shots.)

4.0 out of 5 stars HT CC, September 19, 2005

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Douhg boy (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Times Presents The Cannabis Cup (DVD)

I just wanted to see what the CC was going to be like before I go.

Production could have been a little better but what the heck I enjoyed it.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A weak "documentary" from a festival that is struggling to stay alive, April 29, 2007

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Jessica Lux (Rosamond, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Times Presents The Cannabis Cup (DVD)

The Cannabis Cup is an annual festival (19 years in the running) held by High Times magazine in Amsterdam. The festival centers around the judging of marijuana strains, with awards handed out in a variety of categories. This High Times-produced documentary was filmed at the 2003 event (incidentally, the first year the festival operated at a net loss, and the event was scaled back in 2004).

The documentary features mock-television shows such as a Cannabis Castaways, a Survivor-rip-off. The premise of that show boggled me--how can anyone reasonably smoke and compare strains of cannabis within a compressed two- or three-hour time period? Wine connoisseurs don't swallow the wine when they are in a tasting environment, so if you get a high off the taste testing, how can you strictly compare one strain to another?

Overall, this is an overly-long view of American potheads descending on a European city for a festival traditionally held during the Thanksgiving holiday. It's a rotten entry in the documentary genre, lacking focus, structure, or social/historical context. There are some gorgeous camera shots of the plant, but there's no need for an entire documentary to feature camera pans of botany (a coffeetable book could show plant life just as well, if not better). This viewer has decided that the one time she won't visit The Netherlands is during the annual Cannabis Cup.