Press Release: Gonzo film HIGH THERE is released on Google Play

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Popular digital distribution platform is latest to showcase the controversial, award-winning, internationally-acclaimed nonfiction comedy

HOLLYWOOD (JANUARY 13) -- High There, the internationally-acclaimed, award-winning nonfiction gonzo film comedy, is now available for sale, rent and viewing on Google Play.

The popular digital distribution platform and media store will make the BRINKvision film available to millions of viewers in more than 70 countries.

High There, directed by  Wayne Darwen and Henry Goren, was released on VOD and limited edition DVD by BRINKvision in June.  Since then, the film has been available for sale on DVD on every sales sites from Amazon.com to Walmart.com, and On Demand, on platforms including Amazon.com, Vimeo.com and the subscription movie viewing service, Fandor.

High There was recipient of the People's Choice Award at the first annual Cannabis Film Festival in Humboldt County, California, and has been noted as the best-reviewed documentary film of 2015. Among its many positive reviews were raves from indie movie websites, including Documentary Dude ("wildly entertaining"), Movie & TV Series Geek ("A perfect example of a memorable and really good piece of filmed cinema"), and A Bucket of Corn, which called High There "a perfect film."

High There premiered at the Action on Film  International Film Festival outside Los Angeles. High There stars and production team have done extensive publicity for the film, including personal  appearances at events such as VidCon in Anaheim, the Echo Park Rising Festival in Los Angeles, HempCon in San Bernardino, the 420 Games' Weed for Warriors March in Santa Monica and the Las Vegas Hempfest, where they received the endorsement of marjuana comedy legend Tommy Chong.

They have also been leading voices in the fight to free marijuana activist Jon Peditto, facing 10 to years in prison for cultivating seven marijuana plants.

High There is a Sam Peters International Productions Unlimited and Good Story Productions presentation of a Rat Lung picture, distributed by BRINKvision on limited edition DVD and VOD.

Principal photography on a sequel, Area 420, is now underway.

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Mele Kalikipakalolo! Bing Crosby stars in new High There holiday trailer!

HIGH THERE is the ultimate Christmas stocking stuffer!

With prices slashed at Amazon.com and BRINKvision.com, the limited edition collectors DVD of the award-winning nonfiction gonzo comedy film HIGH THERE has been touted in social media as the ultimate stocking stuffer this holiday season.

And, as High There remains a hit on Video On demand sites including  BRINKvision, Fandor, Vimeo and Amazon Prime,  the social media crowd is right!

FANDOR on HIGH THERE: “Part Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, part Cheech & Chong. Watch with snacks!"

The folks behind Fandor, the streaming film site now offering High There for viewing on various platforms and websites, have written about the nonfiction gonzo comedy and bonafide cult film on The Fandorian blogsite.

Check out High There on Fandor... and dig what the film aficionados at Fandor have to say about our work:

"If you’re looking for a journey through a different sort of subculture, we just added one juicy nugget of gonzo-bizarro alt-American history: High There, a documentary-ish movie about a marijuana travel series gone terribly wrong. This dark, reality-blurring comedy is the brainchild of Wayne Darwen, the famous innovator of tabloid television (you’re welcome, world) here playing his barely-altered-ego Dave High. Part Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and part Cheech and Chong, this spiral of drugs and paranoia may be a way to fill the void left by Hunter S. Thompson. Watch with snacks. Fun fact: Wayne Darwen was the inspiration for Robert Downey, Jr.’s character in Natural Born Killers.”

Press Release: HIGH THERE appeal at Hempcon gains celebrity support for jailed New Jersey marijuana activist

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Bruce Perlowin, AKA The King of Pot, supports JonPedittoDefenseFund.com

Roland Jointz and team raise awareness of the Jon Peditto case and defense fund

HOLLYWOOD  (November 10) The case of Jon Peditto, the New Jersey photographer facing 20 years in prison for cultivating 17 marijuana plants, is receiving wide attention after producers of the film High There publicized it at the Hempcon festival in San Bernardino, California.

A High There street team led by director and co-star Henry Goren and executive producer Sam Peters spread out at the outdoor event at the NOS Events Center, and gained support from "420" celebrities including Hemp, Inc. founder Bruce Perlowin, "Medicinal Mike" Boris of the Nuglife Radio Show, and local radio celebrities Robert Porter and Deborah Coleman of the NBC affiliate KCAA-AM  radio.  

Perlowin,  notorious and legendary as a major marijuana smuggler in the Sixties and Seventies, served nine years in federal prison and has become a successful hemp entrepreneur.  Working the festival with his CBD Jeans company, he took time to commend Peditto for his bravery and announced his support of the defense fund on Fundrzr.com.

Foster featured the case on his "I Love San Bernardino" program on Sunday, and High There star Wayne Darwen, AKA "Dave High," will soon be appearing on Medicinal Mike's show.

Influential figures and fans alike spread word of and outrage over Peditto's case on social media platforms.

Goren attracted attention to the High There team as soon as he donned the gas mask and baseball hat worn by his character "Roland Jointz" in the nonfiction gonzo comedy.  Many fans gathered to have their picture taken with the cult movie star, receive free copies of the BRINKvision limited edition High There DVD, and take away Jon Peditto informational fliers.

"Everybody loves Roland Jointz,  the cameraman who wears a gas mask to protect himself from Dave High's marijuana smoke," said Sam Peters. "That's funny, but the Peditto case is not.  New Jersey's Draconian laws are out of step with neighboring states, the nation -- and I'd say New Jersey's population.  All of us on the High There team believe that Jon Peditto should not be sitting in jail.  And everyone we meet -- to a person --  agrees."

Peters added: "How bizarre is it that we are in America, at a county fair site where marijuana plants, seeds and leaves are on display and winning prizes, where the scent of cannabis fills the air -- and on the other side of the country, a man sits in a cell for gardening that's legal in other states. Ridiculous is the word."

Peditto was arrested in 2012 for growing 17 marijuana plants.  He refused plea bargain offers from prosecutors because he felt the sentences were too harsh and that the drug laws need to be changed.  On October 29, 2015, he was convicted of maintaining a "drug manufacturing facility."   He is being held in the Ocean County Jail, awaiting sentencing on December 23rd.  Under current New Jersey law, he faces a mandatory sentence of 10 to 20 years in prison.

A campaign to raise money for his appeal is underway.

Contributions to the John Peditto Defense Fund can be made at

http://JonPedittoDefenseFund.com  or

https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/013kNd/ab/c5GMF2

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HIGH THERE hits Hempcon with a gas mask and a cause

Roland Jointz, trademark gas mask in place, led the High There street team at the Hempcon 2015 Finals in San Bernardino, California Saturday, posing with fans of the gonzo nonfiction comedy, giving away limited edtion BRINKvision High There DVDs, and most important, bringing attention and gaining support for jailed cannabis activist Jon Peditto.

King of Pot Bruce Perlowin called Jon Peditto “brave"

Jointz, alter ego of High There director Henry Goren, personally handed out fliers for the Peditto cause, and rounded up supprt from cannabis-related business owners, including “King of Pot” Bruce Perlowin, the legendary marijuana smuggler and hemp entrepreneur, who was at the event with his new CBD Jeans company (“dedicated to supporting the legalization of medicinal and recreational marijuana”).  Perlowin praised Peditto as “brave” for rejecting plea bargain offers and fighting the the law that has him facing 10 to 20 years in prison for growing 17 marijuana plants. (Perlowin spent nine years in prison for his illegal actvities.)

Missing in action was Goren’s fellow High There director and co-star Wayne Darwen, AKA High Dave High. “Wayne was called on assignment, and we missed him -- and so did fans who wanted to meet Dave High,” said Goren, “but the street team, including Sam Peters and Burt Kearns, did a great job of gas mask wrangling, and helping spread the word about High There and the Peditto case."

The crew for Johnson Apparel, makers of weed-funny t-shirts and more

Reuben repped the Woah Stork cannabis delivery app

There was a lot of action at the Royal Blunts booth.

Roland with Robert Porter, creator and host of the I Love San Bernardino radio show

San Bernardino radio host Robert Porter, medical marijuana activist Deborah Coleman and William Elmo Cioci of Green Med Entertainment

Calibred and MotaVation clothing shared a booth

Sam Peters, Burt Kearns and Roland Jointz led the High There street team at Hempcon

King of Pot Bruce Perlowin shows that the High There DVD also has a cool back cover

Pot smuggling legend Bruce Perlowin autographs his signature CBD jeans

Press Release: HIGH THERE stars to appear Saturday at San Bernardino Hempcon festival

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‘Dave High’ and ‘Roland Jointz’ will bring attention to case of jailed cannabis activist Jon Peditto

HOLLYWOOD  (November 6) The directors and stars of the independent gonzo comedy film High There will make a special appearance Saturday at the Hempcon 2015 Finals Festival in San Bernardino, California.

Wayne Darwen and Henry Goren, AKA Dave High and Roland Jointz, will lead the High There Street team Saturday afternoon, giving away free limited edition BRINKvision High There DVDs, posing with fans, and bringing attention to the case of Jon Peditto, a New Jersey photographer facing a mandatory 10- to 20-year prison term for cultivating 17 marijuana plants.

"High There is a wild, experimental, raw comedy," executive producer Sam Peters said this morning. "But one of its main plots concerns the incarceration of Hawaii cannabis activist Roger Christie.  The publicity generated from the film helped lead to Christie's freedom.  We hope we can do the same in the case of Jon Peditto.

“Peditto is the victim of antiquated drug laws in the politically-corrupt state of New Jersey,” Peters said. “He rejected plea deals because he wants to challenge them. How can we allow this travesty of justice? If the man lived in Oregon or Colorado, he’d be getting an award from the Better Business Bureau."

The three-day cannabis-themed Hempcon opened today at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino. It features live music, art, vendors, and carnival games.  Darwen and Goren are scheduled to arrive mid-afternoon Saturday, Nov. 7, and will make appearances at various locations at the festival.

The pair made international headlines in October when they appeared at the Las Vegas Hempfest with comedy legend Tommy Chong.  The ailing Chong was reported to have "passed the cannabis comedy torch" to Darwen, encouraging him to carry on the “smoking" comedy tradition pioneered decades ago by Chong and his partner, Cheech Marin.

The High There street team also loaned support last month to a rally of Falun Gong demonstrators in Santa Monica.

Filming of the High There sequel, Area 420, is scheduled to begin this month in Las Vegas.

Contributions to the John Peditto Defense Fund can be made at Fundrzr.com at

http://jonpedittodefensefund.com  or

https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/013kNd/ab/c5GMF2

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HIGH THERE hosts Halloween hijinks

The High There promotion campaign took a spooky twist over the weekend, as Halloween-themed ads like these took over social media and Dave High and Roland Jointz took on roles even scarier than their ones in the film!

Press Release: HIGH THERE promotion turns to high-profile human rights activism for Dave High & Roland Jointz

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Honorary Grand Marshal: High There star Dave High leads Falun Gong parade through streets of Santa Monica

High There star leads Falun Gong protest parade in Santa Monica

HOLLYWOOD  (October 18) The stars of the hit independent gonzo comedy film High There mixed promotion with human rights activism Saturday when their appearance at a 420 Games event in Santa Monica led to their high-profile involvement in a rally by hundreds of practitioners and supporters of the Falun Gong movement.

Directors Wayne Darwen and Henry Goren, in character as High There protagonists Dave High and Roland Jointz, were in Palisades Park at the 420 Games' 2.20 Mile March for the Weed for Warriors project (promoting cannabis-stoked athleticism and supporting wounded veterans) when they were enlisted by the Falun Gong activists to help bring attention to their cause.

The pair had joined 420 event organizers and sponsors including Magical Butter, Sensi medical marijuana edibles and Eaze medical marijuana delivery, posing with fans, signing autographs, stopping for interviews and giving out BRINKvision limited edition High There DVDs -- before being noticed by organizers of the Falun Gong rally and parade that ended in the same park.

Protesters in their distinctive yellow shirts literally pounced upon High and Jointz as they entered Palisades Park toward the 420 Games area.   The documentary comedy stars, who'd helped free Hawaiian marijuana advocate Roger Christie from four years of federal imprisonment without charges (as documented in the film), were asked to bring attention to the inhumane persecution still taking place in China.

At one point, Dave High was convinced to lead a parade of hundreds of Falun Gong suporters in their distinctive yellow shirts and carrying flags, down Santa Monica Boulevard, across Ocean Acenue and into the park.

A reporter from the independent Chinese NTD television pulled him aside for an in-depth interview on his views on human rights, as well as the human rights issues brought up in the BRINKvision nonfiction gonzo comedy film.

"I, of course support human rights in all its forms,” Dave High told the reporter and the audience of NTD television audience across the globe. “High There is a film that reflects that.  And I’m proud to be its champion."

Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) is a spiritial practice that combines meditation and quigong exercises. The size and beliefs of the Falun Gong movement was seen as a threat by the Chinese government, which has persecuted, imprisoned and tortured many practitioners.

High There has been very well-received by critics ("A perfect film"-- ABucket OfCorn.com) and is becoming a cult favorite on DVD and Video on Demand.

The Santa Monica event follows the High There team's much-publicized appearance at the Las Vegas Hempfest, where comedy legend Tommy Chong was seen to "pass the cannabis comedy torch" to Darwen.

Executive producer Sam Peters announced at the Hempfest that a sequel, Area 420, will begin principal photography in Las Vegas in late November.

High There is a Sam Peters International Productions Unlimited presentation of a Good Story Productions and Rat Lung Pictures production.

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