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Helter Skelter (Director's Cut)

starring: Jeremy Davies, Clea DuVall, Allison Smith, Eric Dane, Mary Lynn Rajskub
directed by: John Gray

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790795461
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790795469
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 19, 2004
Running Time: 137 minutes
Sales Rank: 15175
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 16, 2004



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Description:
Jeremy Davies stars as convicted killer Charles Manson in this new television movie based on the true story of the August 1969 Tate/LaBianca murders, as chronicled in the bestselling book Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi. Almost 35 years ago Manson's followers, at his instruction, brutally massacred seven people over two consecutive nights in Los Angeles and scrawled bloody messages on the walls of the crime scenes. The first night, director Roman Polanski's wife, eight-month-pregnant actress Sharon Tate, was murdered along with coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski and Steven Parent. The second night, supermarket chain president Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, were found stabbed to death in their home.

Amazon.com:
Solid performances are the high point of this 2004 adaptation of L.A. prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi's book about Charles Manson's Family, the Tate-La Bianca murders, and the subsequent trial that caught the world's attention in 1969. While the 1976 TV movie focused mainly on Bugliosi (here played by Bruno Kirby), writer-director John Gray turns his film's attention to cult member Linda Kasabian (a typically fine Clea DuVall), who eventually testified against Manson (a mannered Jeremy Davies) and his followers after they were arrested for several brutal murders, including actress Sharon Tate. Gray gets chilling turns from Allison Smith, Marguerite Moreau, and Mary Lynn Rajskub as 'Manson Girls' Patricia Krenwinkle, Susan Atkins, and Squeaky Fromme, respectively, and the production is atmospherically photographed, but the dialogue is often ham-fisted, and rushes to an all-too-early conclusion (midway through the trial). The DVD offers the 180-minute film in a 1:78:1 anamorphic transfer, and includes a brace of deleted scenes (including some violent moments cut for TV broadcast), commentary by Gray and executive producer Mark L. Wolper, and footage of Davies in rehearsal. --Paul Gaita



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Manson
If you are interested in the Manson Phenomena, and have seen the TV Movie, then I think this is a ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Dis-information and Mis-directed
Very inaccurate film that makes Linda Kasabian more innocent than she was and ventures into areas ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - DIVIDED OPINION
Well this clearly divides opinion. 1st of all Davis does a pretty good job potraying Manson.Unfortunately ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - In their eyes there's something lacking...
While there are good moments in this remake, and I like the way it used the perspectives of Linda Kasabian ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - intelligently written and directed
Way better than the 1976 tv version, in fact, superior in every way--with the exception of Railsback's take ... Read More

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