Tripping Forward | |
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Directed by | Marcus Nash |
Written by | Chris Fogleman Marcus Nash |
Produced by | J. Bolaji Akran Bobby C. King Lu Ugaz |
Starring | Chris Fogleman William Gregory Lee Amber Benson |
Cinematography | Patrick Michael Dolan |
Edited by | Mark Hosack Joel Viertel |
Music by | Danny Manor H. Scott Salinas |
Production companies | Island Gateway Films Mania Films |
Distributed by | Panorama Entertainment |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $750,000 |
Tripping Forward is a 2009 comedy film directed by Marcus Nash [1] from a screenplay by Fogleman and Nash. It stars Chris Fogleman, William Gregory Lee and Amber Benson and features Ed Begley, Jr., Angela Kinsey and actress/model Sung Hi-Lee. [2]
Ford Coleman (Chris Fogleman) is a young actor trying to start his career in Los Angeles. His friend Tripp (William Gregory Lee) has already given up making it in the music business, and now takes drugs and lives off of Ford. When Ford's money runs out, Tripp comes up with the idea of selling drugs to supermodels to make money, and Ford goes along so they won't be evicted, and he can keep taking acting classes from James Comey (Ed Begley, Jr.) with the girl of his dreams, Gwen (Amber Benson)
Tripping Forward film was shot on a budget of roughly $750,000. It received its initial release at the Palm Beach International Film Festival on April 26, 2009 and was released on DVD on January 26, 2010.
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