{"id":140855,"date":"2025-05-03T06:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/tommy-chong-wanted-terrence-malick-to-direct-a-cheech-chong-movie\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T06:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:34:00","slug":"tommy-chong-wanted-terrence-malick-to-direct-a-cheech-chong-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/tommy-chong-wanted-terrence-malick-to-direct-a-cheech-chong-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Chong Wanted Terrence Malick To Direct A ‘Cheech & Chong’ Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAlthough Cheech Marin<\/a> and Tommy Chong<\/a> pioneered the stoner comedy style, the cult movie franchise practically appeared a lot totally different.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile showing on Real Time with Bill Maher<\/a><\/em> on Friday, the duo mentioned their new documentary Cheech & Chong\u2019s Last Movie<\/a><\/em> and reminisced concerning the Oscar-nominated director they tried to recruit to helm certainly one of their movies.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOne time, I called Terrence Malick<\/a>\u2014I\u2019m a big fan of Terrence Malick, his movies are incredible\u2014because we were looking for a director,\u201d Chong recalled to Maher. \u201cAnd we had a little conversation. I knew I was bugging him. I had that feeling. He was like, \u2018Who is this?’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCiting Badlands<\/em> (1973) as certainly one of his influences, Chong appreciated the \u201ccomposition \u2026 the whole movie experience\u201d of Malick\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe continued, \u201cSo, I talked to him. And it was a short conversation. He said, \u2018Did you write it?\u2019 And I said, \u2018Yes.\u2019 And he said, \u2018Well then, you direct it.\u2019 And I said, \u2018OK.\u2019 It made sense to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDirected by David L. Bushell, Cheech & Chong\u2019s Last Movie<\/em> options conversations with the titular duo, reflecting on their decades-long friendship and success as a comedy duo that met working at Chong\u2019s household strip membership in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1969.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter shifting to Los Angeles and releasing quite a few comedy albums, the pair launched their first function Up in Smoke<\/em> in 1978. The movie was adopted by Cheech and Chong<\/a>\u2018s Next Movie<\/em> (1980), Nice Dreams<\/em> (1981), Things Are Tough All Over<\/em> (1982), Still Smokin<\/em> (1983) and Cheech & Chong\u2019s The Corsican Brothers<\/em> (1984).<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing the discharge of their 1985 album Get Out of My Room<\/em>, Marin left the duo to concentrate on his solo appearing profession, starring in and making his directorial with Born in East L.A.<\/em> (1987).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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