This Article is From Sep 23, 2013

Quentin Tarantino to play filmmaker in drug drama The Trip

Quentin Tarantino to play filmmaker in drug drama The Trip

Tarantino's character is based on real-life director Roger Corman who made a film on LSD starring Jack Nicholson.

Highlights

  • Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino will reportedly play filmmaker Roger Corman in a new biopic.
  • Corman is known for making mostly B-grade movies. The film, which is titled The Man with the Kaleidoscope Eyes, will be on his controversial drug drama The Trip, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
  • "It's the story of how I made The Trip in the 1960s about LSD. It featured Jack Nicholson in one of his first roles and I took LSD, so I knew what it was all about," said Corman.
  • "It was very controversial but it was the only American picture invited to the Cannes Film Festival that year. I have a cameo role in the movie about it, playing the executive, who didn't want me to make the film," he added.
Los Angeles: Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino will reportedly play filmmaker Roger Corman in a new biopic.

Corman is known for making mostly B-grade movies. The film, which is titled The Man with the Kaleidoscope Eyes, will be on his controversial drug drama The Trip, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"It's the story of how I made The Trip in the 1960s about LSD. It featured Jack Nicholson in one of his first roles and I took LSD, so I knew what it was all about," said Corman.

"It was very controversial but it was the only American picture invited to the Cannes Film Festival that year. I have a cameo role in the movie about it, playing the executive, who didn't want me to make the film," he added.
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