title: Tripping Forward
text: # Tripping Forward
  
  Tripping Forward is a 2009 comedy film directed by Marcus Nash 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.
  
  ## Plot
  
  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)
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Chris Fogleman as Ford Coleman
  * William Gregory Lee as Tripp
  * Amber Benson as Gwen
  * John Kapelos as Vladdy
  * Ed Begley Jr. as James Comey
  * Billy Morrison as Sweaty Steve
  * Angela Kinsey as Jennifer
  * M. C. Gainey as Jim Rose, interviewer
  * Sung Hi Lee as Crystal
  * Ezra Buzzington as Joe, casting director.
  
  ## Production and release
  
  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.
  
  