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posted 04-21-2005 07:54 AM         

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DVD Description

This dramatization of the notorious hippies-gone-wrong saga of the Manson Family was 15 years in the works. Directed by underground cult auteur Jim Van Bebber, it is an unflinching, accurate, and original presentation of the familiar, brutal tale. Marcel Games delivers a believably seductive portrayal of the cult leader, blithely easing a group of love generation teens into a life of acid-soaked orgies, gang rape, and ultimately murder. Audiences glimpse the methods by which all outsiders were made to seem less than human, and thus murder victims on the path to spiritual salvation. Van Bebber frames the story through a documentary being put together by a trashy television journalist, so that the story unfolds through interviews with home movie footage; present-day interviews with former cult members; and dramatization to tell the story. The result is an unremitting and unforgettable horror that manages to be strangely beautiful and totally trashy at the same time. Gritty and confrontational, the complete investment and vision of the director is in evidence at all times.

Bobby G. as Charlie M. It's the end o' the world...I tell ya'...the end o' the world!

This message has been edited by Tytanium-K on 04-21-2005 at 08:23 AM

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posted 04-21-2005 08:56 AM         

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Was this a movie about the Manson family? I seen the made for tv movie,,,,many years ago, and for the time it was made,,,it was a good version of the happenings.

HELTER - SKELTER

This message has been edited by ALLEY CAT on 04-21-2005 at 08:57 AM

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posted 04-21-2005 09:33 AM         

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AC,
It's a 2003 movie being released on DVD 4/26/05...that's all I know, pal!
Read more about it here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118840/

This message has been edited by Tytanium-K on 04-21-2005 at 09:35 AM

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