The Manson Family (Unrated 2-Disc Special Edition)

The Manson Family (Unrated 2-Disc Special Edition)
by Van Bebber, Jim

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Actor: Carl Day, Marita Clarke, Maureen Allisse, Michelle Briggs, Tom Burns (III)
Director: Van Bebber, Jim
Brand: MPI
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-26
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Dark Sky Films

DVD Reviews of The Manson Family (Unrated 2-Disc Special Edition)

DVD Review: Van Bebber leans on talent not glitz
Summary: 5 Stars

I was severly sick with the flu the first time I saw this movie. Having a really high fever and that ever hoovering feeling of being outside your body and the combination of this movie, wow.
From the Manson girls singing at the beginning to the splices of today's youth and their propensity toward violence this movie caught my attention and dug its dirty claws into it.
I can't say that it is easy to take in or is very light hearted but I appreciate a director that can defy ego and go with their vision instead of what is going to be a blockbuster. The scenes in this movie are so meticulous that you start to feel the characters are the real characters. There are some scenes that are so graphic and disturbing but this is truly the way Van Bebber intended it. We cannot gloss over the nasty parts and pretend they didn't happen. He wanted to present the mentality of the family. I think he achieved all that and beyond.
We cannot turn a blind eye to those gruesome details and tuck it all in a neat little package. To truly be a part of history good or bad there will be things people want to sweep under the carpet.
Van Bebber definitely did his research. This is a man with total passion. I didn't have the edition with the interview the first time around. I purchased the 2 disc special edition. The interview with Van Bebber makes the movie so much even more amazing for me. This man worked in fast food and sold blood to make this thing come to life.
I have more respect for Van Bebber than any of the fat cats in hollywood yelling from a chair. He was also in the movie so he never asked his cast to do anything more disturbing or graphic than he did himself.
This is truly one of the more unique films out there. You can tell he sealed this movie with his own essence.
A lot of people will be squirmish with the topic of Charles Manson but I think that it is important to show that people weren't under some brain washed spell of Manson. They came to actions of collaborative effort. Every other movie or book focuses on the evil of Manson. Those other people are just as responsible for their own actions. I love the way this movie puts that into perspective.

DVD Review: This movie is ridiculous
Summary: 1 Stars

It was extremely strange. Half of the movie was about these "modern day" weirdos that had nothing to do with the manson family n the rest was all sex scenes. The writer's had a good idea but what they made out of it was horrible.

DVD Review: Shoves the reality of what happened in your face.
Summary: 4 Stars

Yes, this film seems far over the top with it's graphic portrayal but, that's what makes it all the more upsetting.

Watching it really makes it seem as if you are there witnessing what really happened.

It takes the hollywood movie gloss off and makes it all too real. It made me once again feel for what these poor innocent people must have endured.

May they Rest In Peace.

DVD Review: very good, the truth!
Summary: 5 Stars

i highly reccomend only for those over the age of 25, the sex is abit much, but i learned the truth...!

DVD Review: Don't waste your time
Summary: 1 Stars

If I could rate this movie minus 10 I would. There is nothing new here and as a matter of fact, the dialog is taken mostly from other movies (Hendrickson's "Manson")and repeated here in clips. "Manson", by the way, is a much better film if you want to learn about the Family from the actual participants. Charles Manson Superstar is another good one if you are after a learning experience. Both films above are disturbing and creepy in the sense that it is real.If you are just interested in sex, violence and blood then you will probably like Van Bebber's film because that's what it consists of. Nothing more, nothing less......

Description of The Manson Family (Unrated 2-Disc Special Edition)

If you think you know the story of the Manson Family, you are dead wrong. Director Jim VanBebber (Deadbeat at Dawn) delivers an uncompromising snapshot of this cult of personality, hell- bent on executing the brutal vision of its leader, Charles Manson. On a ranch outside of LA the dream of the "Love Generation" is perverting into something evil. What was once an oasis of free love and acid trips has become ground zero for a madman's paranoid visions. An average group of kids, the "Family", become engulfed in a delusional world where torment and slaughter is considered the path to righteousness. The Manson Family is a dizzying, rapid-fire vision of the sex and violence that unifies the misguided group, and at the direction of their leader, ends in a brutal spree leaving seven people dead in a 48 hours. You've seen the story through the eyes of the law. Now witness it through the eyes of THE MANSON FAMILY.

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