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‘Real Time’: Tommy Chong Recalls “Bugging” Terrence Malick To Direct A ‘Cheech & Chong’ Movie
Although Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong pioneered the stoner comedy genre, the cult film franchise nearly looked much different.
Citing Badlands(1973) as one of his influences, Chong appreciated the “composition … the whole movie experience” of Malick’s work. Directed by David L. Bushell, Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie features conversations with the titular duo, reflecting on their decades-long friendship and success as a comedy duo that met working at Chong’s family strip club in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1969. Following the release of their 1985 album Get Out of My Room, Marin left the duo to focus on his solo acting career, starring in and making his directorial with Born in East L.A.(1987).
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