Helter Skelter (Director's Cut)
by John Gray
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Actor: Allison Smith, Clea DuVall, Eric Dane, Frank Zieger, Jeremy DaviesDirector: John Gray
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Don E. FauntLeRoy
Writer: John Gray
Producer: Mark Wolper
Producer: Peter Miller
Producer: Vincent Bugliosi
Writer: Vincent Bugliosi
Writer: Curt Gentry
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 137 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-19
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of Helter Skelter (Director's Cut)
DVD Review: Outstanding Performance by Jeremy Davies Saves Film
Summary: 5 Stars
Jeremy Davies did an outstanding job as Charles Manson. The screenplay was weak & full of historical inaccuracies. The script is a general overview of Vincent Bugliosi's Helter Skelter book. A more in-depth film is needed. There is so much more to the whole Manson saga best described in Greg King's book " Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders " Both Voyteck Frykowski & Abigail Folger were heavily into the Hollywood drug scene Frykowski was a well known dealer and may have had dealings with Manson. Leno LaBianca, according to first wife Alice could be hot tempered. A former military man he disliked hippies. At one time Manson and 2 of his girls tried to move in 3 houses away from the LaBiancas and caused a ruckus in the Los Feliz areas. LaBianca was a WWII military policeman and according to Alice may have had a run in with Manson several weeks before the murders. Jay Sebring never got over losing Sharon to Roman Polanski and bravely put himself between Sharon and Tex Watson when he took aim at her. One of his nephews was on television not long ago with Debra Tate. His family should be proud of Jay. Poor Sharon was the ultimate innocent victim. She never could have seen Manson's coming. Among the many inaccuracies in this film was the meeting between Voyteck Frykowski & Sharon at the house before the murders. This never happened. Manson claims to have met Sharon in 1967 at Beach Boy Dennis Wilson's house but this has never been proven. Another inaccuracy was Sharon's relationship with Voyteck Frykowski. She did not like Frykowski & did not want him at the house, although Sharon did become friends with Abigail Folger who according to Greg King was about to leave him due to his drug dealing. One day the whole Manson saga will be told by a film producer who is willing to do the in-depth story this horrible tragedy deserves. 2009 is the 40th anniversary if the Tate-Labianca murders, no doubt we will see much media attention to it. Amazing after 40 yrs.DVD Review: Good movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Great movie, yes its bad quality indie film type but its still an interesting film to watch. DVD Review: Manson
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are interested in the Manson Phenomena, and have seen the TV Movie, then I think this is a great movie to finish the drama with. This movie includes more detail of actual events such as the relationship Charlie had with movie stars and famous musicians. Had it not been for his relationship with these star types, the whole Manson Family ordeal probably would never have occurred. DVD Review: Dis-information and Mis-directed
Summary: 2 Stars
Very inaccurate film that makes Linda Kasabian more innocent than she was and ventures into areas that are almost insulting (allusions to Sharon Tate plans to cheat on Polanski while she is pregnant).
This version makes no effort to capture the era with set design, dialogue, and even worse the abysmal soundtrack making it seem like a cheap attempt to sell DVD's with the fascination of true crime films based on serial killers (Fincher's ZODIAC being the only top rate film among them)
The Van Bebber film is still the best FILM RE-ENACTMENT of these events. The only thing his version lacked was hiring better actors (which seems to add more character to his version and that is something that is required for this subject)and that is the only thing this film has going for it. Casting Jerry (her last name eludes me at the moment) from MR.SHOW as Squeeky Fromme is genius and the only thing that prevented a 1 star review.
DVD Review: DIVIDED OPINION
Summary: 3 Stars
Well this clearly divides opinion. 1st of all Davis does a pretty good job potraying Manson.Unfortunately the 1st scene at Hinmans is historically wrong, do you keep to the book even when you know some of the facts in that book are incorrect.As for the motives the Directors/writers duck out of this, you can tell they dont fully believe in the helter skelter motive.There is absolutely no conviction in the script. The way the film ends is a disappointment-there isnt much depth to the characters at all.Overall its clear the people involved either didnt really understand what happened in 1969 or what led up to it or decided to take the easy way out and not even go there.
Description of Helter Skelter (Director's Cut)
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.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
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