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An exploration of Ted Kaczynski's life in Lincoln, Montana in the years leading up to his arrest as The Unabomber.An exploration of Ted Kaczynski's life in Lincoln, Montana in the years leading up to his arrest as The Unabomber.An exploration of Ted Kaczynski's life in Lincoln, Montana in the years leading up to his arrest as The Unabomber.
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I've previously watched the excellent series Manhunt: Unabomber so felt compelled to see this through. It's factual but very very slow and light on detail about Ted K's targets and focusses far too much on his backwoodsman lifestyle imo.
Nevertheless a fascinating story about the largest manhunt in FBI history even though we get to see very little of it.
Nevertheless a fascinating story about the largest manhunt in FBI history even though we get to see very little of it.
Tries to protray the man as a pervert and a climate activist, absolute rubbish. Wouldn't waste my time on this propoganda. Just more historical distortion to fit the narrative of today. Try actually reading books before watching this awful representation.
I would recommend people read some of the NY Times, NY Magazine, ABC News pieces looking into Kaczynski's own writings and statements to friends. This would make it clear that the simplistic analysis in this film as well as many other shallow treatments of his views/rationalizations ignore the clear evidence that Kaczynski was an anarchist, climate activism terrorist, and if classifiable at all, would be far left.
This bizarre treatment him as some kind of incel is simply not fact based.
This bizarre treatment him as some kind of incel is simply not fact based.
Great acting piece from Copley who carries the entire film on his own.
If anyone else was in the lead role this movie would be a 5.
The unabomber story is better told elsewhere but not as well acted.
If anyone else was in the lead role this movie would be a 5.
The unabomber story is better told elsewhere but not as well acted.
Being a true crime fan and having seen several documentaries about the unabomber I was looking forward to seeing this movie. After the opening credits, and given the initial approach I thought I would be in the presence of an intimate film. An "Author's Film". And this biography has everything to make that happen. But in my opinion the film falls into too many elements that have little to do with the nature of Ted himself as well as his odyssey. Even chronologically. I think the film would be more effective if it had an unknown actor. Although technically the film is excellent, highlighting the photography, although the soundtrack is also very adequate, the truth is that seeing the film as a whole, one gets the feeling that in reality, this could have been another film that "could have been" . Anyway good but not excellent.
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- TriviaThe movie playing on the television in Ted's motel room at around 51:00 (as a voice over) is Repo Man (1984), specifically it's the scene wherein Emilio Estevez's character has first entered into the auto shop to collect his first fee as an unwitting repo man.
- GoofsThere is a moment in the 3rd act in which a voice-over suggests that the Unabomber might be envious of the media attention given to the Oklahoma City bombing, which happened in 1995. Later, the infamous O.J. Simpson Bronco chase is seen on a TV. The Bronco chase happened in 1994, but is presented as having happened after the OC bombing.
- SoundtracksLet the Bright Seraphim from Samson, HWV 57
Written by George Frideric Handel (as George Friederich Händel)
Performed by Kathleen Battle & Wynton Marsalis
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
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- Gross US & Canada
- $35,464
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,851
- Feb 20, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $51,544
- Runtime2 hours
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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