Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
Tom O'Dell2019-08-13
How one man's failed dream became a generation's worst nightmare
6.7
117 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Dianne Lake | Self - Manson Family Member | Unowned |
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Gregg Jakobson | Self - Los Angeles Songwriter | Unowned |
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Phil Kaufman | Self - Charles Manson Associate | Unowned |
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Stephen Desper | Self - Beach Boys' In-House Engineer | Unowned |
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Ernie Knapp | Self - West Coast Guitarist | Unowned |
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Charles Manson | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Simon Wells | Self - Charles Manson Biographer | Unowned |
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Jeff Guinn | Self - Charles Manson Biographer | Unowned |
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Domenic Priore | Self - Author, 'Riot on the Sunset Strip' | Unowned |
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Thomas Arnold | Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
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Bob Dylan | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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George Harrison | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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John F. Kennedy | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Robert F. Kennedy | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Martin Luther King Jr. | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Timothy Leary | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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John Lennon | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Paul McCartney | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jim Morrison | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Richard Nixon | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Roman Polanski | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ronald Reagan | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ringo Starr | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Frank Zappa | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |