Showtime is producing a new feature documentary film from Errol Morris about Timothy Leary that is set to premiere on SHOWTIME later this year. “A Film by Errol Morris” (working title), attempts to answer why LearyA FILM BY ERROL MORRIS (w/t) asks the question why Leary became a narc in 1974 and took on the LSD drug problem. He seemingly abandoned the millions he urged to turn on, tune in and drop out. Was his “perfect love” Joanna Harcourt-Smith a government pawn, as suggested by Allen Ginsberg? Or was she simply a rich, beautiful, young woman out for the adventure of a lifetime? Morris and Harcourt-Smith will reexamine this chaotic period of her life and explore the mystery of the Leary saga: his period of exile, reimprisonment and subsequent cooperation with the authorities. Devotion or selfishness? Perfect love or outright betrayal? Destiny or manipulation? The film is inspired by Harcourt-Smith’s memoir, “Tripping the Bardo with Timothy Leary: My Psychedelic Love Story.”
