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Charles Manson Superstar

  • Video
  • 19891989
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  • 1h 40m
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Charles Manson Superstar (1989)
DocumentaryBiographyCrime
For forty years, Charles Manson has survived most of his life in what he calls 'the hallways of the all ways,' the reform schools, jails and prisons that have been his home and tomb. His tho... Read allFor forty years, Charles Manson has survived most of his life in what he calls 'the hallways of the all ways,' the reform schools, jails and prisons that have been his home and tomb. His thought was born in the hole of solitary confinement, apart from time and beyond the grasp of... Read allFor forty years, Charles Manson has survived most of his life in what he calls 'the hallways of the all ways,' the reform schools, jails and prisons that have been his home and tomb. His thought was born in the hole of solitary confinement, apart from time and beyond the grasp of society. In his cell, he created his own world and speaks his own language: he has conclu... Read all
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  • Director
    • Nikolas Schreck
  • Writer
    • Nikolas Schreck
  • Stars
    • Charles Manson
    • Nikolas Schreck(voice)
    • Zeena Schreck(voice)
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  • Director
    • Nikolas Schreck
  • Writer
    • Nikolas Schreck
  • Stars
    • Charles Manson
    • Nikolas Schreck(voice)
    • Zeena Schreck(voice)
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    Charles Manson Superstar (1989)
    Charles Manson Superstar (1989)
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    Charles Manson
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    Nikolas Schreck
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    Zeena Schreck
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    • (voice)
    • (as Zeena LaVey)
    James N. Mason
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      • Nikolas Schreck
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      • Nikolas Schreck
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    • Trivia
      Since this film was released in 1989, director Nicholas Schreck has made the following corrections in an insert for the DVD release: - The Polanski residence was in the Los Angeles community of Beverly Hills, not Bel-Air. - According to Anton LaVey's wife Diane, it is unlikely that the described ritual performed by the Church of Satan took place on August 8, 1969. - Anton LaVey had no connection with the production of the film Rosemaryn painajainen (1968). - Kenneth Anger has accused Bobby Beausoleil of stealing the print of the film Lucifer Rising (1972). Beausoleil claims that Anger could not afford to pay the film's lab cost.
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      Edited into Cease to Exist (2007)

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    This documentary is a dubiously sympathetic, though fascinating; look at perhaps the most famous killer of his generation. The film makers trace the personal history of Manson; challenging conventional takes along the way(and sometimes doing some very sloppy research, John Lennon DID NOT write the song "Helter Skelter") and letting the viewer judge for themselves.

    They accomplish this, almost in spite of themselves, by including long slabs of interviews with Manson done in the late eighties. He rails against "PC MFS!(!), shows a truly passionate and poetic side; and reveals that his often sampled, seemingly meaningless ramblings are probably the result of mental illness due to long stretches of solitary confinement. How naturally evil and violent was this individual? The film lets you judge for yourself.

    Watch it if you can find it. 9 out of 10.
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    • Release date
      • September 17, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Death Valley National Park, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Holywood Productions
      • Video Werewolf
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      1 hour 40 minutes
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      • Color

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