'Dude, Where's My Car?' Writer Calls Vision for the Film 'Marx Brothers' Meets 'Cheech and Chong'

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Dude, Where's My Car? was a comedic hit in 2000 and has become classic in the years since

Screenwriter Phil Stark shares insight into his life in his mid-twenties when he wrote the film

Just ahead of the film's 25th anniversary, Stark looks back at it as a comedy and as a moment in his life

One of the most heavily quoted films that came out of the early 2000s was born of pure fun.

Dude, Where's My Car? screenwriter Phil Stark penned an essay for The Hollywood Reporter discussing the changes in movies and pop culture since the 2000 film's release.

Stark began by talking about being in his mid-twenties while writing the screenplay, which combined different elements of things he and his friends found funny at the time.

"The idea was to channel the Marx Brothers throu