Half Baked is a 1998 stoner comedy film starring Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams and Guillermo Díaz. The movie was directed by Tamra Davis, and co-written by star Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan . Cameo appearances include Steven Wright, Tommy Chong, Janeane Garofalo, Willie Nelson, Tracy Morgan, Snoop Dogg, Jon Stewart, Stephen Baldwin and Bob Saget. Thurgood Jenkins and his friends Brian and Scarface are forced into selling marijuana stolen from the lab where Thurgood works as a "master of the custodial arts" in order to bail their friend Kenny out of jail, after he... accidentally kills Buttercup, a diabetic police horse, by feeding it junk food. Their business, named Mr. Nice Guy in honor of their good-natured incarcerated friend, becomes immensely popular, even attracting famous clientele. Thurgood's personal life is ruined once his adamantly anti-drug girlfriend, ironically named Mary Jane Potman , discovers that he works for Mr. Nice Guy.
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| Release date: | January 16, 1998 |
| Directed by: | Tamra Davis |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 82 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Simonds, Dave Chappelle |
| Editor: | Don Zimmerman |
| Music by: | Alf Clausen |
| Cinematography: | Steven Bernstein |
| Screenplay by: | Dave Chappelle, Neal Brennan |
| Estimated budget: | $8,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |