The Killing of America (1982)

A documentary of the decline of America. It features a lot a great footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much-much more.

Director:

Sheldon Renan

Writers:

Chieko Schrader, Leonard Schrader

Stars:

Chuck Riley, Ed Dorris, Thomas Noguchi

Cast

Credited cast:
Chuck Riley	...	Narrator
Ed Dorris	...	Himself, Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept., Homicide (as Sgt. Ed Dorris Ret.)
Thomas Noguchi	...	Himself, Los Angeles County Coroner
Sirhan Sirhan	...	Himself
Wayne Henley	...	Himself
Ed Kemper	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Berkowitz	...	Himself - Son of Sam (archive footage)
Kenneth Bianchi	...	Himself - Hillside Strangler (archive footage)
Lawrence Bittaker	...	Himself (archive footage)
Arthur Bremer	...	Himself - Shoting Wallace (archive footage)
Sam Brown	...	Himself - Sidewalk Sniper (archive footage)
Ted Bundy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dean Corll	...	Himself (archive footage)
Juan Corona	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mark Essex	...	Himself - Howard Johnson Sniper (archive footage) (as Robert Essex)

Storyline

A documentary of the decline of America. It features a lot a great footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much-much more.

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Plot Keywords:

accident | assassination | kennedy assassination | texas | usa | 

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Taglines:

A stunning eye-witness experience of the growth of violence in the United States

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Genres:

Documentary | Crime

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Details

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 February 1983 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Adeus América

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmlink International, Towa Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film has never been released, distributed, televised nor made available for sale in the USA.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Narrator: While you watched this movie, five of us were murdered. One was the random killing of a stranger.

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Connections

References Last Cannibal World (1977)

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Soundtracks

"If I Fell"
Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Performed by 1980 John Lennon Memorial Attendees
©1964 Northern Songs Limited
All rights for the U.S.A., Mexico and the Philippines
by arrangement with Unart Music Corporation
Used by permission. All rights reserved

User Reviews

Hard to find, but worth the effort

This movie was hard to find. reading about it, I read it wasn't ever released in America. I have currently found it as a Region 2 (United Kningdom/Europe) DVD release.

that being said, this is one great documentary. I'm sure it was very shocking to anyone who saw it in 1982, it was shocking to me today. In today's world, the media- television, movies, music etc. There is a lot of violence. There is a lot of glamorization of violence. Some people like violence, some don't. That is not the point.

This documentary deals with murder rate in America. Its not just another documentary covering a few statistics here and there, this has excellent footage. You will hear surprising statistics, you will see serial killers, you will see actual people being shot.

It IS shocking. I have seen so much shocking stuff, that I am numb to a lot now, but this was shocking. I for one, never saw the entire JFK footage. Its on here. The Robert F Kennedy assassination is on here. A few other actual footages, or assassinations and assassination attempts are on here.

Serial killers are covered in depth in this documentary. You see actual footage of notorious killers such as Ted Bundy, and Charles Manson. You hear about others you may have heard of- Charles Whitman, John Wayne Gacy etc.

There were also some serial killers and incidents I never even heard of in this movie. There was one incident where a guy who gives out bank loans was taken hostage and paraded around the city for 3 days in front of the media and everyone. There is another incident where a guy takes over a TV station.

Today we have documentaries such as Bowling for Columbine, or Fahrenheit 911. These are trash. they do not show good legit footage, and the truth and statistics in these documentaries are twisted. I have no reason to believe anything in this Killing of America documentary is false. First of all, the footage is right there. The only thing that would be made up is the statistics, which I doubt.

This documentary is graphic. This documentary is shocking. It is also a great history lesson. You will learn more about killers and incidents you know. If you have not seen this film, and know a lot of the subject, you are still guaranteed to learn something.

I would say this is a must see for anyone interested in shocking real events, or interested in well made documentaries. It will shock you.