
How one man's failed dream became a generation's worst nightmare
Overview
The untold story of Charles Manson's obsession to become a rock star, his rise in the LA music scene, the celebrities who championed his music, his tragic friendship with The Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson and his descent into violence and chaos once his dreams fell apart.
Cast
Dianne Lake
Self - Manson Family Member
Gregg Jakobson
Self - Los Angeles Songwriter
Phil Kaufman
Self - Charles Manson Associate
Stephen Desper
Self - Beach Boys' In-House Engineer
Ernie Knapp
Self - West Coast Guitarist
Charles Manson
Self (archive footage)
Sharon Tate
self
Roman Polanski
Self (archive footage)
Simon Wells
Self - Charles Manson Biographer
Jeff Guinn
Self - Charles Manson Biographer
Domenic Priore
Self - Author, 'Riot on the Sunset Strip'
Thomas Arnold
Narrator (voice)
Bob Dylan
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Timothy Leary
Self (archive footage)
John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney
Self (archive footage)
Jim Morrison
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa
Self (archive footage)
PG: Psycho Goreman
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Extraction
PK
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The Suicide Squad
Titanic
All Quiet on the Western Front
Inside Out
Soul
Parasite
Eden Lake
The Shawshank Redemption