Film at Eleven

Bill Wheeler is currently writing the script for a film adaptation of Robert Greenfield’s book Timothy Leary: A Biography for Miramax.

A former psychology professor at Harvard University, Leary went on to become a father figure for the burgeoning west coast hippie movement, championing the therapeutic value of LSD and setting up his own religion, the Brotherhood of Eternal Love. Labelled “the most dangerous man in America” by no less an authority than Richard Nixon, Leary was jailed for marijuana possession in 1970, fled to Algeria but was later captured and re-incarcerated.

Shooting for the film is expected to begin later this year, although casting has not yet been announced.

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