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Rainbow Farm was a pro-marijuana campground in Newberg Township, Cass County, Michigan, United States, that was involved in a fatal police standoff on September 3, 2001. The campground was run by Tom Crosslin and his life partner Rolland "Rollie" Rohm and was home to two annual festivals, "HempAid" and "Roach Roast", which ran from 1996 through 2001. The operation ended with the burning down, by Crosslin and Rohm, of the structures on the property and the deaths of both Crosslin and Rohm.
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A film about the standoff based on the book Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke was announced in 2017. The film was set to star Sebastian Stan as either Rohm or Crosslin and was initially planned to be directed by Lenny Abrahamson, but Abrahamson left the project during development. Stan reportedly reached out to Justin Kurzel, who agreed to take on the role of director, and production continued.