Manson
Manson - Pilot
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Zackary Arthur .... Charles Maddox
Madisen Beatty .... Rosalie
Domenick Lombardozzi .... Dom Spezzo
Ryan O'Neal .... McVeigh
Plot: 1956. Young clean-cut Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) is paroled from a Federal Reformatory in West Virginia. He walks through the town of McMechen, West Virginia, trying to find a job, but everyone turns him down due to his criminal record and lack of experience. He goes to a local casino to drown his sorrows and hopefully make a buck or two. While there he flirts with a waitress, Rosalie (Madisen Beaty). Manson is immediately smitten with her, openly telling Rosalie that he believes the love of a woman like her will keep him on the straight and narrow from now on.
Six months later, Manson is working a miserable job as a janitor that Rosalie's parents helped him get. Rosalie has had to quit her job as a waitress at the casino now that her pregnancy is starting to show. As Manson gets dressed to head to work, Rosalie chides him for not making enough money to support the two of them, and now that there is a third mouth on the way that they are doomed. Manson storms out of the house. He drives to work, but he can't bring himself to head inside the building. He strips off his janitor uniform and sets fire to it in the parking lot.
Manson drives over to the casino where he met Rosalie and interrupts a craps game with a local mobster, Dom Spezzo (Domenick Lombardozzi). Manson tells Spezzo that he needs money to support his family, but he's only ever been any good at being a criminal, and offers his services to Spezzo. The mobster laughs at Manson, calling the entire interaction pitiful. Nonetheless, Spezzo tells Manson there is a job he can do. Spezzo tells Manson that he needs someone to drive a stolen car down to Florida. They'll pay $500 for the car, and Manson will get to keep $200 of the pay. Manson leaps at the opportunity, profusely thanking Spezzo for the chance to prove himself. Manson goes home and tells Rosalie that he got a new job. She asks where, but he says he can't give her the details, just that he has to go out of town for a few days. He throws some clothes in a suitcase and kisses her goodbye.
Manson drives down the open road, happy as can be. However when he arrives to deliver the car down in Florida, Spezzo's contact gives him $100. Manson says he was supposed to collect $500. The guy tells him it's $100 or nothing. Manson begrudgingly accepts the money and walks away. He heads to a bar and has a few drinks. Still furious over being screwed over, Manson decides to steal the car back and drives it back to West Virginia. When he returns home he tells her that some bad people are going to be angry with him and that they need to pack up their things and leave town immediately.
When they get to California, they drive all the way to the coast. They sleep in the car that night. In the morning, they are awakened by a police officer knocking on the window, telling them they can't sleep there. Manson quickly shakes himself awake and tries to start the engine, but the battery is dead. He then rolls down the window and greets the officer. Rosalie is still asleep in the back seat. The police officer asks for Manson's license and registration. Manson smiles at the officer, who promptly arrests him for grand theft auto.
1947. 12-year-old Charles Maddox (Zackary Arthur) is sentenced to the Indiana Boys School, a reform school located on a farm in the flat plains of southern Indiana. Maddox is put to work in the dairy of the farm, moving buckets of milk for processing. While he is working, a group of older, larger boys grab Maddox and pin him down behind a large stack of milk crates. Maddox tries to struggle against them. One of the boys pulls down Maddox's pants and begins to rape him when a guard comes along. He tells them there's no wrestling in the dairy building. The older boys run off. Maddox lays on the ground crying. The guard tells him to wash his face and stop crying.
1956. Rosalie goes to visit Manson in prison, bringing their newborn baby, Charles Manson Jr., with her to meet is father for the first time. Manson assures her that the three years he was sentenced to will go by quickly and then he will be able to be with them and help her raise their son. Rosalie begins crying. She tells Manson that she can't do this, she can't bring a newborn baby to a prison to see his daddy, it just doesn't feel right. Manson gets upset and tells Rosalie that he needs her. She assures him that she will write every week, but she doesn't feel comfortable bringing Charles Jr. to the prison. Rosalie then gets up and leaves the visitation room.
Manson walks through the cell block when an older inmate, McVeigh (Ryan O'Neal), introduces himself and offers to show him the ropes of the prison. Manson says all prisons are the same, so he will be fine. McVeigh asks what Manson's in for. Manson tells McVeigh that he stole a car and drove it across the country. McVeigh tells Manson that he runs women. Manson asks if McVeigh means to tell him he's a pimp. McVeigh says yes, that he was a purveyor of the world's oldest profession. Manson asks McVeigh to teach him the ropes of being a pimp. McVeigh says why not and tells Manson that the first key to the business is getting women to love him enough to do anything for him.
1947. After curfew, Maddox steals a heavy window crank and sneaks over to the bunk of the boy who raped him. Maddox beats the boy in the head with the crank over and over again until the boy's face is a bloody mess. Maddox then hides the crank under the bunk of one of the other boys who beat him. In the morning the guards find the beaten boy bloody and unconscious. Maddox smiles as the guards begin searching everyone's bunks. The guards find the blood-stained window crank under one of the bunks and drag that boy away. The boy kicks and screams, proclaiming his innocence. Manson looks on, satisfied in his revenge.
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Zackary Arthur .... Charles Maddox
Madisen Beatty .... Rosalie
Domenick Lombardozzi .... Dom Spezzo
Ryan O'Neal .... McVeigh
Plot: 1956. Young clean-cut Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) is paroled from a Federal Reformatory in West Virginia. He walks through the town of McMechen, West Virginia, trying to find a job, but everyone turns him down due to his criminal record and lack of experience. He goes to a local casino to drown his sorrows and hopefully make a buck or two. While there he flirts with a waitress, Rosalie (Madisen Beaty). Manson is immediately smitten with her, openly telling Rosalie that he believes the love of a woman like her will keep him on the straight and narrow from now on.
Six months later, Manson is working a miserable job as a janitor that Rosalie's parents helped him get. Rosalie has had to quit her job as a waitress at the casino now that her pregnancy is starting to show. As Manson gets dressed to head to work, Rosalie chides him for not making enough money to support the two of them, and now that there is a third mouth on the way that they are doomed. Manson storms out of the house. He drives to work, but he can't bring himself to head inside the building. He strips off his janitor uniform and sets fire to it in the parking lot.
Manson drives over to the casino where he met Rosalie and interrupts a craps game with a local mobster, Dom Spezzo (Domenick Lombardozzi). Manson tells Spezzo that he needs money to support his family, but he's only ever been any good at being a criminal, and offers his services to Spezzo. The mobster laughs at Manson, calling the entire interaction pitiful. Nonetheless, Spezzo tells Manson there is a job he can do. Spezzo tells Manson that he needs someone to drive a stolen car down to Florida. They'll pay $500 for the car, and Manson will get to keep $200 of the pay. Manson leaps at the opportunity, profusely thanking Spezzo for the chance to prove himself. Manson goes home and tells Rosalie that he got a new job. She asks where, but he says he can't give her the details, just that he has to go out of town for a few days. He throws some clothes in a suitcase and kisses her goodbye.
Manson drives down the open road, happy as can be. However when he arrives to deliver the car down in Florida, Spezzo's contact gives him $100. Manson says he was supposed to collect $500. The guy tells him it's $100 or nothing. Manson begrudgingly accepts the money and walks away. He heads to a bar and has a few drinks. Still furious over being screwed over, Manson decides to steal the car back and drives it back to West Virginia. When he returns home he tells her that some bad people are going to be angry with him and that they need to pack up their things and leave town immediately.
When they get to California, they drive all the way to the coast. They sleep in the car that night. In the morning, they are awakened by a police officer knocking on the window, telling them they can't sleep there. Manson quickly shakes himself awake and tries to start the engine, but the battery is dead. He then rolls down the window and greets the officer. Rosalie is still asleep in the back seat. The police officer asks for Manson's license and registration. Manson smiles at the officer, who promptly arrests him for grand theft auto.
1947. 12-year-old Charles Maddox (Zackary Arthur) is sentenced to the Indiana Boys School, a reform school located on a farm in the flat plains of southern Indiana. Maddox is put to work in the dairy of the farm, moving buckets of milk for processing. While he is working, a group of older, larger boys grab Maddox and pin him down behind a large stack of milk crates. Maddox tries to struggle against them. One of the boys pulls down Maddox's pants and begins to rape him when a guard comes along. He tells them there's no wrestling in the dairy building. The older boys run off. Maddox lays on the ground crying. The guard tells him to wash his face and stop crying.
1956. Rosalie goes to visit Manson in prison, bringing their newborn baby, Charles Manson Jr., with her to meet is father for the first time. Manson assures her that the three years he was sentenced to will go by quickly and then he will be able to be with them and help her raise their son. Rosalie begins crying. She tells Manson that she can't do this, she can't bring a newborn baby to a prison to see his daddy, it just doesn't feel right. Manson gets upset and tells Rosalie that he needs her. She assures him that she will write every week, but she doesn't feel comfortable bringing Charles Jr. to the prison. Rosalie then gets up and leaves the visitation room.
Manson walks through the cell block when an older inmate, McVeigh (Ryan O'Neal), introduces himself and offers to show him the ropes of the prison. Manson says all prisons are the same, so he will be fine. McVeigh asks what Manson's in for. Manson tells McVeigh that he stole a car and drove it across the country. McVeigh tells Manson that he runs women. Manson asks if McVeigh means to tell him he's a pimp. McVeigh says yes, that he was a purveyor of the world's oldest profession. Manson asks McVeigh to teach him the ropes of being a pimp. McVeigh says why not and tells Manson that the first key to the business is getting women to love him enough to do anything for him.
1947. After curfew, Maddox steals a heavy window crank and sneaks over to the bunk of the boy who raped him. Maddox beats the boy in the head with the crank over and over again until the boy's face is a bloody mess. Maddox then hides the crank under the bunk of one of the other boys who beat him. In the morning the guards find the beaten boy bloody and unconscious. Maddox smiles as the guards begin searching everyone's bunks. The guards find the blood-stained window crank under one of the bunks and drag that boy away. The boy kicks and screams, proclaiming his innocence. Manson looks on, satisfied in his revenge.
Manson - Freedom, Albeit Brief
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Ryan O'Neal .... McVeigh
Elise Eberle .... Leona Stevens
Daniel Roebuck .... Warden Robert Moseley
Chris Mulkey .... Alvin Karpis
Plot: 1957. Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) opens up a letter from his wife Rosalie. The letter tells him that she has left the state with a new lover, a long-haul trucker, and taken their son with her. She doesn't want him around her or her child and wishes him all the best. Manson furiously trashes his prison cell. The next day, a prison guard informs Warden Robert Moseley (Daniel Roebuck) that Manson isn't in his cell like he should be. Warden Moseley orders the guards to do a sweep of the facility. Outside, one of the guards notices that the chain link fence separating the yard from the north parking lot has been cut. Moseley heads out to the parking lot with a group of guards where he finds Manson sitting in a car attempting to hot wire it. When Manson sees the Warden, he exits the car with his hands above his head. Later, Manson meets with McVeigh (Ryan O'Neal) and announces that upon his release he plans to utilize what McVeigh has taught him about running women.
1958. Manson, wearing a suit and tie, knocks on a door. A woman answers the door. Manson asks her if she would be interested in buying a freezer. Once again, Manson has been relegated to menial employment to try to make ends meet. The woman quickly shuts the door in Manson's face. While walking down the street with his sales kit when he comes across a young woman named Leona Stevens (Elise Eberle). Manson throws his sale kit into a garbage can and introduces himself to Leona, who he quickly begins calling "Candy".
Manson has Candy out on to street late at night. He watches from a nearby car as she attempts to solicit herself as a prostitute to business men walking by. Eventually one man takes her up on her offer and they go into a nearby motel room together. When Candy returns to the car following the trick, she hands the money over to Manson who quietly counts it. Manson pulls out a knife and tells Candy to do to him exactly what she did to the guy in the motel.
On another night while Candy is turning a trick, Manson walks down the street. He stops at each mailbox and looks through mail inside. He starts opening up the envelopes. Eventually, after several mailboxes and a trail of ripped up mail, he comes across a U.S. Treasury check for $37.50. When he goes to the bank to cash the check, he is arrested. When he is brought before the judge, he finds Candy is already in the court room. She is tearfully pleading with the judge to let Manson go free. She insists that she is deeply in love with Manson and will marry him if he is freed. The judge tells Manson that this is his last chance to turn his life around and grants Manson mercy. The judge tells Manson that any further criminal activity will put him in jail for 10 years.
Given one last chance at an honest life, Manson quickly steals a car. He tells Candy that he has a plan to make more money in the prostitution business. He tells her that he believes they can make good money off of lonely men at business conventions in New Mexico. They hit the road in their stolen car, heading east toward New Mexico.
Candy is busted during their first attempt at a job in New Mexico. Seeing her arrested from his seat in the car, Manson quickly speeds away from the scene toward Mexico. Across the border in Mexico, Manson's stolen car breaks down. He starts walking toward a small village, but he passes out from dehydration just as he reaches the small patch of civilization. When he wakes up, he finds that the villagers have taken him into a small shack. They give him some mushrooms to eat. Manson begins to hallucinate that he is a matador. When he comes to, he finds himself laying on a bench just down the road from the border crossing at Laredo. He is arrested for vagrancy by Federales, who deliver Manson to American authorities in Laredo. Manson is taken into custody and sentenced to 10 years for his attempt to cash the Treasury check. When a judge asks Manson what he was doing in Mexico, he tells the judge that he really doesn't remember much of it.
At his latest prison stop, Manson hears the sounds of a guitar down the cell block. He walks down the hall as if in a trance and finds a fellow inmate playing in their cell. The man introduces himself as Alvin Karpis (Chris Mulkey) and asks Manson if he's ever heard of him before. Manson shakes his head, and Karpis asks if he's heard of Capone and Dillinger. Manson says of course he has, and Karpis tells him that he used to run with them. Manson is less interested in Karpis' criminal resume, and more interested in Karpis' guitar playing. Karpis asks if Manson knows how to play, and Manson says he does not. Karpis asks if Manson would like to learn.
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Ryan O'Neal .... McVeigh
Elise Eberle .... Leona Stevens
Daniel Roebuck .... Warden Robert Moseley
Chris Mulkey .... Alvin Karpis
Plot: 1957. Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) opens up a letter from his wife Rosalie. The letter tells him that she has left the state with a new lover, a long-haul trucker, and taken their son with her. She doesn't want him around her or her child and wishes him all the best. Manson furiously trashes his prison cell. The next day, a prison guard informs Warden Robert Moseley (Daniel Roebuck) that Manson isn't in his cell like he should be. Warden Moseley orders the guards to do a sweep of the facility. Outside, one of the guards notices that the chain link fence separating the yard from the north parking lot has been cut. Moseley heads out to the parking lot with a group of guards where he finds Manson sitting in a car attempting to hot wire it. When Manson sees the Warden, he exits the car with his hands above his head. Later, Manson meets with McVeigh (Ryan O'Neal) and announces that upon his release he plans to utilize what McVeigh has taught him about running women.
1958. Manson, wearing a suit and tie, knocks on a door. A woman answers the door. Manson asks her if she would be interested in buying a freezer. Once again, Manson has been relegated to menial employment to try to make ends meet. The woman quickly shuts the door in Manson's face. While walking down the street with his sales kit when he comes across a young woman named Leona Stevens (Elise Eberle). Manson throws his sale kit into a garbage can and introduces himself to Leona, who he quickly begins calling "Candy".
Manson has Candy out on to street late at night. He watches from a nearby car as she attempts to solicit herself as a prostitute to business men walking by. Eventually one man takes her up on her offer and they go into a nearby motel room together. When Candy returns to the car following the trick, she hands the money over to Manson who quietly counts it. Manson pulls out a knife and tells Candy to do to him exactly what she did to the guy in the motel.
On another night while Candy is turning a trick, Manson walks down the street. He stops at each mailbox and looks through mail inside. He starts opening up the envelopes. Eventually, after several mailboxes and a trail of ripped up mail, he comes across a U.S. Treasury check for $37.50. When he goes to the bank to cash the check, he is arrested. When he is brought before the judge, he finds Candy is already in the court room. She is tearfully pleading with the judge to let Manson go free. She insists that she is deeply in love with Manson and will marry him if he is freed. The judge tells Manson that this is his last chance to turn his life around and grants Manson mercy. The judge tells Manson that any further criminal activity will put him in jail for 10 years.
Given one last chance at an honest life, Manson quickly steals a car. He tells Candy that he has a plan to make more money in the prostitution business. He tells her that he believes they can make good money off of lonely men at business conventions in New Mexico. They hit the road in their stolen car, heading east toward New Mexico.
Candy is busted during their first attempt at a job in New Mexico. Seeing her arrested from his seat in the car, Manson quickly speeds away from the scene toward Mexico. Across the border in Mexico, Manson's stolen car breaks down. He starts walking toward a small village, but he passes out from dehydration just as he reaches the small patch of civilization. When he wakes up, he finds that the villagers have taken him into a small shack. They give him some mushrooms to eat. Manson begins to hallucinate that he is a matador. When he comes to, he finds himself laying on a bench just down the road from the border crossing at Laredo. He is arrested for vagrancy by Federales, who deliver Manson to American authorities in Laredo. Manson is taken into custody and sentenced to 10 years for his attempt to cash the Treasury check. When a judge asks Manson what he was doing in Mexico, he tells the judge that he really doesn't remember much of it.
At his latest prison stop, Manson hears the sounds of a guitar down the cell block. He walks down the hall as if in a trance and finds a fellow inmate playing in their cell. The man introduces himself as Alvin Karpis (Chris Mulkey) and asks Manson if he's ever heard of him before. Manson shakes his head, and Karpis asks if he's heard of Capone and Dillinger. Manson says of course he has, and Karpis tells him that he used to run with them. Manson is less interested in Karpis' criminal resume, and more interested in Karpis' guitar playing. Karpis asks if Manson knows how to play, and Manson says he does not. Karpis asks if Manson would like to learn.
Manson - Long Way Down
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Julia Garner .... Mary Brunner
Juliette Angelo .... Lynette Fromme
Emilio Estevez .... Vincent Bugliosi
Chris Mulkey .... Alvin Karpis
Lew Temple .... William Fromme
Jenna Fischer .... Gail Bugliosi
Justin Chatwin .... Phil Kaufman
Jay R. Ferguson .... Lafayette Raimer
Plot: 1965. High school student Lynette Fromme (Juliette Angelo) and her family move to Redondo Beach. Her father William (Lew Temple) explains to her that this is a fresh start for the entire family and implores Lynette to make the best of this new opportunity.
Meanwhile in downtown Los Angeles, new Deputy District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi (Emilio Estevez) sets up his desk at the Los Angeles County Justice Center. Just as he gets ready to settle in and look over a stack of possible cases to prosecute, his wife Gail (Jenna Fischer) enters the office and brings him a sandwich for lunch at his first day in his new office.
1960. Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) is still taking guitar lessons from former gangster Alvin Karpis (Chris Mulkey), but isn't really making much progress. While Manson plays the guitar, a guard taunts him, saying that Manson has all the time in the world to get better since he's never getting out. Manson calmly looks up and says get out of where. Phil Kaufman (Justin Chatwin) overhears this and begins laughing. Manson yells at Kaufman to stop laughing at him. Kaufman walks over and introduces himself. Kaufman asks Manson what he did to get locked up, and Manson says that he isn't locked up, he's right at home. Kaufman is confused by the response and tells Manson that he got busted for smuggling marijuana.
1965. Lynette is smoking weed and drinking beer at the beach with some classmates when they are busted by the police. William picks her up from the police station later that night. He yells at her in the car and tells her that if she doesn't turn things around that he'll kick her out of the house.
Bugliosi starts looking through the folders of cases and comes across the paperwork for misdemeanor charges against the teenage Lynette Fromme. He decides he doesn't want to waste his time on such a penny ante case and has the charges against Lynette dropped. His co-workers are confused why he would drop the charges on such an easy open and shut case. Bugliosi tells them that he cares about ridding the world of evil and he doesn't believe that ruining the life of a teenage girl by locking her up for smoking a little marijuana really helps his cause.
1961. Charles Manson lays in his prison cell bunk day dreaming of life as a rock star. He starts singing a song, but is distracted by his cellmate, Lafayette Raimer (Jay R. Ferguson) reading a book. Manson asks what the book is, and Raimer begins telling Manson about the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. Manson has never heard of such a thing and asks Raimer to teach him about it. Raimer tells Manson that we are all immortal spiritual beings, and that experiences extend well beyond a single life time, but that we need not be crippled by our pasts. Manson begins repeating the tenets Raimer is expounding, making them his own.
1965. Mary Brunner (Julia Garner) walks across the stage at her college graduation at the University of Wisconsin. After the graduation ceremony, Mary gleefully talks to her family about how excited she is to start her new job as a library assistant in California at the University of California at Berkeley. Mary packs up her things into her car and begins driving toward her destiny in the Golden State.
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Julia Garner .... Mary Brunner
Juliette Angelo .... Lynette Fromme
Emilio Estevez .... Vincent Bugliosi
Chris Mulkey .... Alvin Karpis
Lew Temple .... William Fromme
Jenna Fischer .... Gail Bugliosi
Justin Chatwin .... Phil Kaufman
Jay R. Ferguson .... Lafayette Raimer
Plot: 1965. High school student Lynette Fromme (Juliette Angelo) and her family move to Redondo Beach. Her father William (Lew Temple) explains to her that this is a fresh start for the entire family and implores Lynette to make the best of this new opportunity.
Meanwhile in downtown Los Angeles, new Deputy District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi (Emilio Estevez) sets up his desk at the Los Angeles County Justice Center. Just as he gets ready to settle in and look over a stack of possible cases to prosecute, his wife Gail (Jenna Fischer) enters the office and brings him a sandwich for lunch at his first day in his new office.
1960. Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) is still taking guitar lessons from former gangster Alvin Karpis (Chris Mulkey), but isn't really making much progress. While Manson plays the guitar, a guard taunts him, saying that Manson has all the time in the world to get better since he's never getting out. Manson calmly looks up and says get out of where. Phil Kaufman (Justin Chatwin) overhears this and begins laughing. Manson yells at Kaufman to stop laughing at him. Kaufman walks over and introduces himself. Kaufman asks Manson what he did to get locked up, and Manson says that he isn't locked up, he's right at home. Kaufman is confused by the response and tells Manson that he got busted for smuggling marijuana.
1965. Lynette is smoking weed and drinking beer at the beach with some classmates when they are busted by the police. William picks her up from the police station later that night. He yells at her in the car and tells her that if she doesn't turn things around that he'll kick her out of the house.
Bugliosi starts looking through the folders of cases and comes across the paperwork for misdemeanor charges against the teenage Lynette Fromme. He decides he doesn't want to waste his time on such a penny ante case and has the charges against Lynette dropped. His co-workers are confused why he would drop the charges on such an easy open and shut case. Bugliosi tells them that he cares about ridding the world of evil and he doesn't believe that ruining the life of a teenage girl by locking her up for smoking a little marijuana really helps his cause.
1961. Charles Manson lays in his prison cell bunk day dreaming of life as a rock star. He starts singing a song, but is distracted by his cellmate, Lafayette Raimer (Jay R. Ferguson) reading a book. Manson asks what the book is, and Raimer begins telling Manson about the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. Manson has never heard of such a thing and asks Raimer to teach him about it. Raimer tells Manson that we are all immortal spiritual beings, and that experiences extend well beyond a single life time, but that we need not be crippled by our pasts. Manson begins repeating the tenets Raimer is expounding, making them his own.
1965. Mary Brunner (Julia Garner) walks across the stage at her college graduation at the University of Wisconsin. After the graduation ceremony, Mary gleefully talks to her family about how excited she is to start her new job as a library assistant in California at the University of California at Berkeley. Mary packs up her things into her car and begins driving toward her destiny in the Golden State.
Manson - The Shadow of Your Smile
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Julia Garner .... Mary Brunner
Beau Mirchoff .... Charles Watson
Natalia Dyer .... Susan Atkins
Justin Chatwin .... Phil Kaufman
Brad Leland .... Roland Boyd
Plot: 1967. Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) is paroled from prison at 32 years old. He starts walking away from Terminal Island. He sticks his thumb out to hitchhike as he continues walking down the road. Eventually a truck pulls over and offers Manson a lift. Manson hops into the cab as the driver pulls away. The truck driver pulls out a joint and begins smoking it. Manson looks at it, and the truck driver offers him a hit. Manson accepts and comments that times certainly have changed a lot since the last time he was free.
Charles Manson is walking down a busy San Francisco street when he pickpockets the wallet of a young woman, Mary Brunner (Julia Garner). He takes a few dollars from the wallet and then calls after the young woman. Mary turns around, and Manson tells her that she dropped her wallet and didn't want anyone else to take off with it. Mary is very appreciative of Manson returning her wallet to her before some unsavory type could make off with it. Manson asks her if she would like to get a drink or some food with him - his treat. She accepts, and together they walk down the street.
1964. Charles Watson (Beau Mirchoff) is pledging at the Pi Kappa Alpha house at North Texas State University. The frat brothers tell the pledges that in order to be accepted they must complete a scavenger hunt. The pledges are all several beers deep when Watson and his partner get to the next item on the list: four typewriters. Watson drunkenly describes his high school as having row after row of battered type writers. The next day, Watson wakes up on the floor of his bedroom at his parents' house with a throbbing hangover next to four stolen typewriters. Watson shamefully enters the kitchen as his parents are sitting down for breakfast and told them what he did.
Watson sits in the backseat of his parents' car as they take him to see a lawyer, Roland Boyd (Brad Leland). Boyd takes Watson to the police station without his parents. When they get to the station, Boyd tells Watson to wait out in the waiting area while he goes to talk to the police officers. Boyd comes back several minutes later and says they can leave now. On the drive back, Boyd gives Watson a stern talk about staying out of trouble in the future.
1961. Charles Manson is still in prison at Terminal Island. He is discussing the music industry with Phil Kaufman (Justin Chatwin). Manson expresses great interest in trying to make it in the music business and is hitting Kaufman up for any contacts he could possibly use. Kaufman agrees to give him the name of a contact at Universal, Gary Stromberg, but that he better use the rest of his time in prison to keep practicing guitar and working on his songs.
1967. Manson is drinking at a topless bar when he sees a young woman, Susan Atkins (Natalia Dyer) on the stage. Later that night, Manson shows up at a house party where Susan happens to be staying with some drug dealers. Manson quickly ingratiates himself with the dealers and they all act like old friends. Manson notices an acoustic guitar off to the side in a room. Manson picks up the guitar and begins strumming away. Susan enters the room and sits down on a couch. Manson begins singing and playing "The Shadow of Your Smile", looking at Susan in the eyes the entire time. She watches, smiling, mesmerized. After he is done playing, Manson grabs Susan by the hand and leads her into a bedroom where they have sex.
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Julia Garner .... Mary Brunner
Beau Mirchoff .... Charles Watson
Natalia Dyer .... Susan Atkins
Justin Chatwin .... Phil Kaufman
Brad Leland .... Roland Boyd
Plot: 1967. Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) is paroled from prison at 32 years old. He starts walking away from Terminal Island. He sticks his thumb out to hitchhike as he continues walking down the road. Eventually a truck pulls over and offers Manson a lift. Manson hops into the cab as the driver pulls away. The truck driver pulls out a joint and begins smoking it. Manson looks at it, and the truck driver offers him a hit. Manson accepts and comments that times certainly have changed a lot since the last time he was free.
Charles Manson is walking down a busy San Francisco street when he pickpockets the wallet of a young woman, Mary Brunner (Julia Garner). He takes a few dollars from the wallet and then calls after the young woman. Mary turns around, and Manson tells her that she dropped her wallet and didn't want anyone else to take off with it. Mary is very appreciative of Manson returning her wallet to her before some unsavory type could make off with it. Manson asks her if she would like to get a drink or some food with him - his treat. She accepts, and together they walk down the street.
1964. Charles Watson (Beau Mirchoff) is pledging at the Pi Kappa Alpha house at North Texas State University. The frat brothers tell the pledges that in order to be accepted they must complete a scavenger hunt. The pledges are all several beers deep when Watson and his partner get to the next item on the list: four typewriters. Watson drunkenly describes his high school as having row after row of battered type writers. The next day, Watson wakes up on the floor of his bedroom at his parents' house with a throbbing hangover next to four stolen typewriters. Watson shamefully enters the kitchen as his parents are sitting down for breakfast and told them what he did.
Watson sits in the backseat of his parents' car as they take him to see a lawyer, Roland Boyd (Brad Leland). Boyd takes Watson to the police station without his parents. When they get to the station, Boyd tells Watson to wait out in the waiting area while he goes to talk to the police officers. Boyd comes back several minutes later and says they can leave now. On the drive back, Boyd gives Watson a stern talk about staying out of trouble in the future.
1961. Charles Manson is still in prison at Terminal Island. He is discussing the music industry with Phil Kaufman (Justin Chatwin). Manson expresses great interest in trying to make it in the music business and is hitting Kaufman up for any contacts he could possibly use. Kaufman agrees to give him the name of a contact at Universal, Gary Stromberg, but that he better use the rest of his time in prison to keep practicing guitar and working on his songs.
1967. Manson is drinking at a topless bar when he sees a young woman, Susan Atkins (Natalia Dyer) on the stage. Later that night, Manson shows up at a house party where Susan happens to be staying with some drug dealers. Manson quickly ingratiates himself with the dealers and they all act like old friends. Manson notices an acoustic guitar off to the side in a room. Manson picks up the guitar and begins strumming away. Susan enters the room and sits down on a couch. Manson begins singing and playing "The Shadow of Your Smile", looking at Susan in the eyes the entire time. She watches, smiling, mesmerized. After he is done playing, Manson grabs Susan by the hand and leads her into a bedroom where they have sex.
Manson - Cease to Resist
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Julia Garner .... Mary Brunner
Isabelle Fuhrman .... Patricia Krenwinkel
Natalia Dyer .... Susan Atkins
Juliette Angelo .... Lynette Fromme
Danika Yarosh .... Ella Jo Bailey
Pete Ploszek .... Dennis Wilson
Kevin Rahm .... Gary Stromberg
Lew Temple .... William Fromme
Plot: 1967. Patricia Krenwinkel (Isabelle Fuhrman) is studying to become a nun in Alabama. At the end of her first semester of Jesuit school, she takes a look at her report card and sees her subpar grades. Patricia tells her mom that the church life just isn't for her and announces that she's going to move in with her sister in Los Angeles.
Lynette Fromme (Juliette Angelo) is in her parents house having sex when her father William (Lew Temple) walks in on the proceedings. He chases the guy out of the house. He then tells Lynette to pack a bag and get out of his house. He's sick of her insubordination and promiscuity. Lynette, tears in her eyes, begs him not to kick her out, but he insists and gives her five minutes to gather her things.
Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) shows up the headquarters of Universal Music with his guitar in hand and Mary Brunner (Julia Garner) and Susan Atkins (Natalia Dyer) at his side. He demands to see Gary Stromberg immediately. The receptionist calls Gary's office, but she tells Manson that he is not seeing visitors at this time. Manson tells her to say he's a friend of Phil Kaufman's. The receptionist then shows Manson his his female entourage to Gary's office. Gary Stromberg (Kevin Rahm) greets Manson and asks how he knows Kaufman. Manson tells him they met in prison. Manson explains that Kaufman was impressed with his music in the joint and told him he should contact Stromberg about putting out an album. Manson starts strumming away on his guitar and singing a mostly incoherent song, oblivious that his guitar isn't even in tune. Mary and Susan sway in harmony at Manson's side.
Lynette is camping on the shores of Redondo Beach when hears the sounds of a guitar being played. She wakes up and sees Manson walking down the beach, playing away at his guitar. She asks him if he has any spare change. He sits down next to her and that money will not make her free. He espouses his philosophy onto her, and eats up every last bit of it. He walks Lynette down the beach to his van where Mary and Susan are camped out. He tells them that Lynette will be living with them from now on.
1968. Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson (Pete Ploszek) is driving his burgundy Rolls Royce down the Pacific Coast Highway when he sees two young women hitchhiking. He pulls over and lets Patricia Krenwinkel and Ella Jo Bailey (Danika Yarosh) into his car. He invites them back to his house in Pacific Palisades. On the drive they tell Dennis about the man they follow, Charlie. They describe him as part musician, part guru. Back at Wilson's house, Dennis has sex with Patricia and Ella. Afterwards he tells them to go ahead and hang around. He has to hit the recording studio for a bit, but he'd love to have an encore when he gets back.
Late that night, Dennis returns to his house and is greeted at the door by Charles Manson. Dennis begins to panic, but Manson gets down on his knees and kisses Dennis' feet. Manson then comments that he doubts he looks like someone who would hurt him. Manson then invites Dennis into his own home. Mary, Lynette and Susan have all arrived since he was gone. Manson has Dennis come into the living room and offers him a joint while Susan and Ella begin giving Dennis a blowjob. Dennis sits back and relaxes. Manson then brings out a guitar and asks Dennis to give it a listen. While Manson plays a song he wrote called "Cease to Exist", Mary, Lynette and Patricia sit at his feet.
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Julia Garner .... Mary Brunner
Isabelle Fuhrman .... Patricia Krenwinkel
Natalia Dyer .... Susan Atkins
Juliette Angelo .... Lynette Fromme
Danika Yarosh .... Ella Jo Bailey
Pete Ploszek .... Dennis Wilson
Kevin Rahm .... Gary Stromberg
Lew Temple .... William Fromme
Plot: 1967. Patricia Krenwinkel (Isabelle Fuhrman) is studying to become a nun in Alabama. At the end of her first semester of Jesuit school, she takes a look at her report card and sees her subpar grades. Patricia tells her mom that the church life just isn't for her and announces that she's going to move in with her sister in Los Angeles.
Lynette Fromme (Juliette Angelo) is in her parents house having sex when her father William (Lew Temple) walks in on the proceedings. He chases the guy out of the house. He then tells Lynette to pack a bag and get out of his house. He's sick of her insubordination and promiscuity. Lynette, tears in her eyes, begs him not to kick her out, but he insists and gives her five minutes to gather her things.
Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) shows up the headquarters of Universal Music with his guitar in hand and Mary Brunner (Julia Garner) and Susan Atkins (Natalia Dyer) at his side. He demands to see Gary Stromberg immediately. The receptionist calls Gary's office, but she tells Manson that he is not seeing visitors at this time. Manson tells her to say he's a friend of Phil Kaufman's. The receptionist then shows Manson his his female entourage to Gary's office. Gary Stromberg (Kevin Rahm) greets Manson and asks how he knows Kaufman. Manson tells him they met in prison. Manson explains that Kaufman was impressed with his music in the joint and told him he should contact Stromberg about putting out an album. Manson starts strumming away on his guitar and singing a mostly incoherent song, oblivious that his guitar isn't even in tune. Mary and Susan sway in harmony at Manson's side.
Lynette is camping on the shores of Redondo Beach when hears the sounds of a guitar being played. She wakes up and sees Manson walking down the beach, playing away at his guitar. She asks him if he has any spare change. He sits down next to her and that money will not make her free. He espouses his philosophy onto her, and eats up every last bit of it. He walks Lynette down the beach to his van where Mary and Susan are camped out. He tells them that Lynette will be living with them from now on.
1968. Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson (Pete Ploszek) is driving his burgundy Rolls Royce down the Pacific Coast Highway when he sees two young women hitchhiking. He pulls over and lets Patricia Krenwinkel and Ella Jo Bailey (Danika Yarosh) into his car. He invites them back to his house in Pacific Palisades. On the drive they tell Dennis about the man they follow, Charlie. They describe him as part musician, part guru. Back at Wilson's house, Dennis has sex with Patricia and Ella. Afterwards he tells them to go ahead and hang around. He has to hit the recording studio for a bit, but he'd love to have an encore when he gets back.
Late that night, Dennis returns to his house and is greeted at the door by Charles Manson. Dennis begins to panic, but Manson gets down on his knees and kisses Dennis' feet. Manson then comments that he doubts he looks like someone who would hurt him. Manson then invites Dennis into his own home. Mary, Lynette and Susan have all arrived since he was gone. Manson has Dennis come into the living room and offers him a joint while Susan and Ella begin giving Dennis a blowjob. Dennis sits back and relaxes. Manson then brings out a guitar and asks Dennis to give it a listen. While Manson plays a song he wrote called "Cease to Exist", Mary, Lynette and Patricia sit at his feet.
Manson - Ease
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Julia Garner .... Mary Brunner
Natalia Dyer .... Susan Atkins
Juliette Angelo .... Lynette Fromme
Beau Mirchoff .... Charles Watson
Emilio Estevez .... Vincent Bugliosi
Danika Yarosh .... Ella Jo Bailey
Isabelle Fuhrman .... Patricia Krenwinkel
Pete Ploszek .... Dennis Wilson
Jenna Fischer .... Gail Bugliosi
Kevin Rahm .... Gary Stromberg
Plot: 1968. Charles Watson (Beau Mirchoff) travels to California on a trip to visit a former fraternity brother. He heads down to the beach outside Los Angeles and sees all the women in bikinis playing in the surf and sun bathing. Watson vows to himself then and there that he won't be returning to Texas. California is the only place for him.
Vincent Bugliosi (Emilio Estevez) is at home watching television with his wife Gail (Jenna Fischer) when breaking news interrupts the program announcing that presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy has been shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles and that the perpetrator, Sirhan Sirhan, has already been apprehended. Gail asks Vincent if she thinks he'll be assigned to the case. He says he hopes so since he wishes he could put someone like that on death row, but he suspects that the higher ups will go with a more high profile prosecutor to tackle such a monumental case. Gail, almost in tears, comments that the Kennedy family has been through enough.
1967. Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) returns to the Universal Music offices and asks to see Gary Stromberg again. The receptionist tells him that Mr. Stromberg is in a meeting and is unavailable. Manson tells her to go ahead and tell Stromberg that he isn't going any where until he's been satisfied. Gary Stromberg (Kevin Rahm) exits a conference room with some other executives and Manson spots him and rushes over to him. The receptionist asks Stromberg if he wants her to call over security, but Stromberg tells her that Manson, despite the long hair and beard, is completely harmless. Manson asks him if he's had time to think about setting him up with a record deal. Stromberg tells Manson that, unfortunately, the label isn't currently signing singer songwriters. They're only interested in groups like The Beach Boys, The Beatles or The Monkees. Manson asks what they have that he doesn't. Stromberg says they fit the image the label is looking for, and Manson just doesn't. Manson starts thrashing the lobby, knocking over chairs and lamps. Stromberg tells the receptionist she is free to call security now.
1968. Charles Watson is driving down Sunset Boulevard when he pulls over to pick up a hitchhiker. Dennis Wilson (Pete Ploszek) enters the car and thanks Watson for giving him a lift. Watson says no problem and asks where he's headed. Wilson tells him 14400 Sunset Boulevard. As they drive, Dennis tells him his name is Dennis Wilson, expecting it to sound familiar to Watson, but Watson tells him it doesn't ring a bell. Wilson then reveals that he is the drummer for The Beach Boys. Watson finds that unbelievable until they pull up to Wilson's palacial log cabin style mansion. Wilson invites Watson inside to hang out.
When Charles Watson and Dennis Wilson enter the house, they find Charles Manson sitting on the living room floor with his guitar surrounded by Mary Brunner (Julia Garner), Susan Atkins (Natalia Dyer), Lynette Fromme (Juliette Angelo), Ella Jo Bailey (Danika Yarosh) and Patricia Krewinkel (Isabelle Fuhrman). Wilson tells Watson that the man is Charlie Manson. Atkins takes a hit off a joint and walks over to Watson, presses her lips up against his, and shotguns the smoke into his mouth. Manson tells Watson to come sit down next to him and asks him to tell him about himself. Watson explains that he recently moved from Texas. Manson says he was in Texas once, and gives Watson the nickname "Tex". Manson tells Watson to let himself find love. Manson then gets up and leads Mary to one of the bed rooms. Watson looks over to Dennis Wilson, who is making out with Ella Jo and Patricia. Watson notices an unattended joint and lays down on the floor, completely at ease.
1967. Charles Manson is getting ready for his release from prison at Terminal Island. As the guards are gathering Manson's personal effects, Manson begins fidgeting uncontrollably. The guards ask Manson what's the matter. Manson asks them to let him stay in prison. The guards tell him that isn't how that works. Manson tells them that prison is his home. He understands prison. He doesn't understand the outside. Manson gets on his knees and begs the guards to let him stay in prison. The guards give Manson a bag full of his belongings and lead him out of the prison, holding his arm the entire time. The guards push Manson through the gate, quickly shutting it behind him. The wish him luck on the outside. Manson then gives the guards the finger and starts walking down the road.
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Julia Garner .... Mary Brunner
Natalia Dyer .... Susan Atkins
Juliette Angelo .... Lynette Fromme
Beau Mirchoff .... Charles Watson
Emilio Estevez .... Vincent Bugliosi
Danika Yarosh .... Ella Jo Bailey
Isabelle Fuhrman .... Patricia Krenwinkel
Pete Ploszek .... Dennis Wilson
Jenna Fischer .... Gail Bugliosi
Kevin Rahm .... Gary Stromberg
Plot: 1968. Charles Watson (Beau Mirchoff) travels to California on a trip to visit a former fraternity brother. He heads down to the beach outside Los Angeles and sees all the women in bikinis playing in the surf and sun bathing. Watson vows to himself then and there that he won't be returning to Texas. California is the only place for him.
Vincent Bugliosi (Emilio Estevez) is at home watching television with his wife Gail (Jenna Fischer) when breaking news interrupts the program announcing that presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy has been shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles and that the perpetrator, Sirhan Sirhan, has already been apprehended. Gail asks Vincent if she thinks he'll be assigned to the case. He says he hopes so since he wishes he could put someone like that on death row, but he suspects that the higher ups will go with a more high profile prosecutor to tackle such a monumental case. Gail, almost in tears, comments that the Kennedy family has been through enough.
1967. Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) returns to the Universal Music offices and asks to see Gary Stromberg again. The receptionist tells him that Mr. Stromberg is in a meeting and is unavailable. Manson tells her to go ahead and tell Stromberg that he isn't going any where until he's been satisfied. Gary Stromberg (Kevin Rahm) exits a conference room with some other executives and Manson spots him and rushes over to him. The receptionist asks Stromberg if he wants her to call over security, but Stromberg tells her that Manson, despite the long hair and beard, is completely harmless. Manson asks him if he's had time to think about setting him up with a record deal. Stromberg tells Manson that, unfortunately, the label isn't currently signing singer songwriters. They're only interested in groups like The Beach Boys, The Beatles or The Monkees. Manson asks what they have that he doesn't. Stromberg says they fit the image the label is looking for, and Manson just doesn't. Manson starts thrashing the lobby, knocking over chairs and lamps. Stromberg tells the receptionist she is free to call security now.
1968. Charles Watson is driving down Sunset Boulevard when he pulls over to pick up a hitchhiker. Dennis Wilson (Pete Ploszek) enters the car and thanks Watson for giving him a lift. Watson says no problem and asks where he's headed. Wilson tells him 14400 Sunset Boulevard. As they drive, Dennis tells him his name is Dennis Wilson, expecting it to sound familiar to Watson, but Watson tells him it doesn't ring a bell. Wilson then reveals that he is the drummer for The Beach Boys. Watson finds that unbelievable until they pull up to Wilson's palacial log cabin style mansion. Wilson invites Watson inside to hang out.
When Charles Watson and Dennis Wilson enter the house, they find Charles Manson sitting on the living room floor with his guitar surrounded by Mary Brunner (Julia Garner), Susan Atkins (Natalia Dyer), Lynette Fromme (Juliette Angelo), Ella Jo Bailey (Danika Yarosh) and Patricia Krewinkel (Isabelle Fuhrman). Wilson tells Watson that the man is Charlie Manson. Atkins takes a hit off a joint and walks over to Watson, presses her lips up against his, and shotguns the smoke into his mouth. Manson tells Watson to come sit down next to him and asks him to tell him about himself. Watson explains that he recently moved from Texas. Manson says he was in Texas once, and gives Watson the nickname "Tex". Manson tells Watson to let himself find love. Manson then gets up and leads Mary to one of the bed rooms. Watson looks over to Dennis Wilson, who is making out with Ella Jo and Patricia. Watson notices an unattended joint and lays down on the floor, completely at ease.
1967. Charles Manson is getting ready for his release from prison at Terminal Island. As the guards are gathering Manson's personal effects, Manson begins fidgeting uncontrollably. The guards ask Manson what's the matter. Manson asks them to let him stay in prison. The guards tell him that isn't how that works. Manson tells them that prison is his home. He understands prison. He doesn't understand the outside. Manson gets on his knees and begs the guards to let him stay in prison. The guards give Manson a bag full of his belongings and lead him out of the prison, holding his arm the entire time. The guards push Manson through the gate, quickly shutting it behind him. The wish him luck on the outside. Manson then gives the guards the finger and starts walking down the road.
Manson - Never Learn Not to Love
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Danika Yarosh .... Ella Jo Bailey
Isabelle Fuhrman .... Patricia Krenwinkel
Thomas Dekker .... Bobby Beausoleil
Sammi Hanratty .... Leslie Van Houten
Tania Raymonde .... Catherine Share
Pete Ploszek .... Dennis Wilson
Christopher Cousins .... Paul Van Houten
Kim Raver .... Jane Van Houten
Ethan Embry .... Terry Melcher
Plot: 1968. Dennis Wilson (Pete Ploszek) returns to his house after a long recording session and finds that Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) and his friends have completely trashed the place. Wilson is annoyed, but Ella Jo Bailey (Danika Yarosh) and Patricia Krenwinkel (Isabelle Fuhrman) start to kiss his neck, which calms him down. Manson tells Wilson that he has written a song especially for the Beach Boys. In a studio, Dennis and producer Terry Melcher (Ethan Embry) record Manson singing "Cease to Exist". Wilson said he digs the lyrics and promises to play the recording for the rest of the Beach Boys to see if they want to record it. Manson is excited and offers Wilson some LSD.
1967. Bobby Beausoleil (Thomas Dekker) and Catherine Share (Tania Raymonde) are on the set of the western-themed soft-core porn film The Ramrodder at the Spahn Movie Ranch. They are both in costume as Native Americans when they director starts to run down the scene for them. Several other actors in costume arrive on the set and the director instructs the actors on the orgy scene they will be filming. Bobby and Share are paired up and instructed to simulate sex as close as possible without any penetration. After the day of filming, Bobby and Share have sex together in his car.
1968. Dennis Wilson tells Charles Manson he has good news for him. He and the rest of the Beach Boys decided to go ahead and record a version of Manson's song. Manson starts hooting and hollering with excitement. Wilson plays the tape for Manson, who becomes increasingly angry as the song plays. He demands to know what happened to his song, the song he wrote. Wilson tells Manson that his brother Brian is the chief song writer for the band and insisted on rearranging it, but it's mostly still there. Manson storms off insisting this isn't over.
Leslie Van Houten (Sammi Hanratty) sits in front of her parents Paul (Christopher Cousins) and Jane (Kim Raver). They look at her with disappointment. Paul expresses confusion at how Leslie went from being named the homecoming queen at Monrovia High School to being caught with drugs and getting pregnant. Leslie is crying as there is a knock at the door. Jane goes to answer it and greets a doctor. Jane tells Leslie that the doctor is there to take care of the baby. Leslie is confused and asks if the doctor is there to perform an abortion, but the doctor interrupts her and tells her that technically speaking, the procedure can't be called an abortion because the fetus is too mature. Later that night, after the procedure, Jane hands Leslie a garbage bag. She tells Leslie to bury the fetus in the back yard. As she cries Leslie digs a hole in the ground and places the bag in it and covers up the hole.
In San Francisco, Leslie is trying to score drugs in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, but nobody is willing to share with her until she meets Bobby Beausoleil and Catherine Share. Together the three of them all go to a park and take LSD. The three of them start to kiss each other when a couple of cops arrive and announce that any hippies found loitering in the park in 15 minutes will be arrested for vagrancy. Bobby tells them he knows of a place they can crash down near Los Angeles and they all get into his car and start heading south.
Charles Manson walks into Dennis Wilson's house late one night and starts loading up one of Wilson's car with valuables. Wilson asks Manson what he's doing. Manson says he's collecting payment for the Beach Boys using and ruining his song. Wilson says whatever, but after this they're done. He doesn't want anything to do with Manson or his groupies. Manson pulls a bullet out of his pocket and tosses it to Wilson. Wilson is confused and asks what it is. Manson says it's a bullet. Every time Wilson looks at it, Manson wants him to think about how nice it is that Wilson and his family are all still safe. Wilson grabs Manson by the head and throws him to the ground. Wilson then starts kicking and punching Manson, who starts crawling away and into Wilson's car. Manson starts pulling away in the car. Wilson throws several rocks at the car as Manson drives off with his car and valuables.
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Danika Yarosh .... Ella Jo Bailey
Isabelle Fuhrman .... Patricia Krenwinkel
Thomas Dekker .... Bobby Beausoleil
Sammi Hanratty .... Leslie Van Houten
Tania Raymonde .... Catherine Share
Pete Ploszek .... Dennis Wilson
Christopher Cousins .... Paul Van Houten
Kim Raver .... Jane Van Houten
Ethan Embry .... Terry Melcher
Plot: 1968. Dennis Wilson (Pete Ploszek) returns to his house after a long recording session and finds that Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) and his friends have completely trashed the place. Wilson is annoyed, but Ella Jo Bailey (Danika Yarosh) and Patricia Krenwinkel (Isabelle Fuhrman) start to kiss his neck, which calms him down. Manson tells Wilson that he has written a song especially for the Beach Boys. In a studio, Dennis and producer Terry Melcher (Ethan Embry) record Manson singing "Cease to Exist". Wilson said he digs the lyrics and promises to play the recording for the rest of the Beach Boys to see if they want to record it. Manson is excited and offers Wilson some LSD.
1967. Bobby Beausoleil (Thomas Dekker) and Catherine Share (Tania Raymonde) are on the set of the western-themed soft-core porn film The Ramrodder at the Spahn Movie Ranch. They are both in costume as Native Americans when they director starts to run down the scene for them. Several other actors in costume arrive on the set and the director instructs the actors on the orgy scene they will be filming. Bobby and Share are paired up and instructed to simulate sex as close as possible without any penetration. After the day of filming, Bobby and Share have sex together in his car.
1968. Dennis Wilson tells Charles Manson he has good news for him. He and the rest of the Beach Boys decided to go ahead and record a version of Manson's song. Manson starts hooting and hollering with excitement. Wilson plays the tape for Manson, who becomes increasingly angry as the song plays. He demands to know what happened to his song, the song he wrote. Wilson tells Manson that his brother Brian is the chief song writer for the band and insisted on rearranging it, but it's mostly still there. Manson storms off insisting this isn't over.
Leslie Van Houten (Sammi Hanratty) sits in front of her parents Paul (Christopher Cousins) and Jane (Kim Raver). They look at her with disappointment. Paul expresses confusion at how Leslie went from being named the homecoming queen at Monrovia High School to being caught with drugs and getting pregnant. Leslie is crying as there is a knock at the door. Jane goes to answer it and greets a doctor. Jane tells Leslie that the doctor is there to take care of the baby. Leslie is confused and asks if the doctor is there to perform an abortion, but the doctor interrupts her and tells her that technically speaking, the procedure can't be called an abortion because the fetus is too mature. Later that night, after the procedure, Jane hands Leslie a garbage bag. She tells Leslie to bury the fetus in the back yard. As she cries Leslie digs a hole in the ground and places the bag in it and covers up the hole.
In San Francisco, Leslie is trying to score drugs in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, but nobody is willing to share with her until she meets Bobby Beausoleil and Catherine Share. Together the three of them all go to a park and take LSD. The three of them start to kiss each other when a couple of cops arrive and announce that any hippies found loitering in the park in 15 minutes will be arrested for vagrancy. Bobby tells them he knows of a place they can crash down near Los Angeles and they all get into his car and start heading south.
Charles Manson walks into Dennis Wilson's house late one night and starts loading up one of Wilson's car with valuables. Wilson asks Manson what he's doing. Manson says he's collecting payment for the Beach Boys using and ruining his song. Wilson says whatever, but after this they're done. He doesn't want anything to do with Manson or his groupies. Manson pulls a bullet out of his pocket and tosses it to Wilson. Wilson is confused and asks what it is. Manson says it's a bullet. Every time Wilson looks at it, Manson wants him to think about how nice it is that Wilson and his family are all still safe. Wilson grabs Manson by the head and throws him to the ground. Wilson then starts kicking and punching Manson, who starts crawling away and into Wilson's car. Manson starts pulling away in the car. Wilson throws several rocks at the car as Manson drives off with his car and valuables.
Manson - Forming
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Julia Garner .... Mary Brunner
Natalia Dyer .... Susan Atkins
Juliette Angelo ... Lynette Fromme
Beau Mirchoff .... Charles Watson
Danika Yarosh .... Ella Jo Bailey
Thomas Dekker .... Bobby Beausoleil
Sammi Hanratty .... Leslie Van Houten
Tania Raymonde .... Catherine Share
Philip Baker Hall .... George Spahn
Malina Weissman .... Dianne Lake
Ethan Embry .... Terry Melcher
Joshua Close .... Gary Hinman
Plot: 1968. Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) brings his guitar to 10050 Cielo Drive the current residence of Terry Melcher (Ethan Embry) to audition for him for a potential record deal. Melcher didn't invite Manson and doesn't want to deal with him, especially after what he heard from Dennis Wilson about Manson's behavior toward him. Melcher asks Manson to leave several times, but Manson only does so after Melcher threatens to call the police.
Bobby Beausoleil (Thomas Dekker) and Catherine Share (Tania Raymonde) are crashing on the couch of his musician friend Gary Hinman (Joshua Close) in Topanga. They spend the day smoking marijuana and taking mescaline and playing music together. Leslie Van Houten (Sammi Hanratty) arrives at the house. While Bobby and Catherine have sex on the couch, Leslie gives Hinman a handjob. Afterward, Hinman gives Leslie several tabs of mescaline. Leslie then leaves the house.
Mary Brunner (Julia Garner) gives birth to a baby in the kitchen of a small rundown house. Manson cuts the umbilical cord with his teeth. Manson is elated to see the child, who Mary and Manson name Valentine. Susan Atkins (Natalia Dyer) enters the house with Dianne Lake (Malina Weissman) and Lynette Fromme (Juliette Angelo). They are excited to see the baby. Susan jokingly asks Manson when he's going to give her a baby. Manson informs them that they can't stay at the house they've been squatting in anymore, and they must hit the road. This upsets Mary, and Manson promises they can stay one more night before heading out in their van.
Manson shows up the next morning outside of the house with an old bus he tells Mary that he borrowed for them all to travel in. Manson drives the bus down the road. Mary Brunner and baby Valentine, Susan Atkins, Ella Jo Bailey (Danika Yarosh) and Dianne Lake are on-board when Manson absent-mindedly drives the bus into a ditch. He gets out and looks at the damage. The bus looks fine, but it is stuck in a deep ditch along the isolated roadway. He tells the women that they will camp there for now. He tells them he is going to hitch hike into town for some supplies and tasks them with making a camp fire and looking for any food in the area.
In the morning a police car driving by notices the back of the bus sticking out of the ditch and stops. The cop finds Manson, Mary, Dianne and Susan sprawled out nude around the camp fire. He rouses the group and asks them for identification. The cop immediately realizes something fishy with the identification and radios for another squad car to meet him at the location. Manson tries to go back into the bus, but the officer stops him.
Manson and the women are taken to the police station where they are charged with possessing fraudulent driver's licenses. Manson is asked about the bus, telling him that it was reported stolen a week ago, but Manson insists that they found the bus there and just took advantage of it to camp out. Once the group is finally released, Manson announces that driving around and camping is going to draw too much attention to themselves. They need to find someplace isolated where they can thrive and be their own community. Susan says she knows of a place.
Manson asks Charles Watson (Beau Mirchoff) if he can get Dennis Wilson's car running again so that they can drive out to where they are going to live. Watson takes a look under the hood of the car and then tries to start the car. Watson tells Manson that the car is out of gas. Manson asks Watson if he has any gas. Watson gives Manson a confused look, but Manson doesn't register it and waits for a response. Watson says there's a gas station down the road. Manson just looks at Watson in the eyes. Watson starts walking down the street toward the gas station.
Manson, Mary, Dianne, Lynette, Susan and Ella Jo are all crammed into the car as it pulls up to the run-down Spahn Movie Ranch. Manson looks around the place and announces that he believes they were destined to come there. They are home. The nearly-blind owner of the ranch, George Spahn (Philip Baker Hall) yells out at them from his shack and asks what they think they're doing. Manson introduces himself to the old man and offers him a deal. They will help Spahn out around the ranch in exchange for being able to live on the land. Spahn isn't sure about the deal. Manson gives Lynette a look, and she goes over to Spahn, takes him by the hand, and seductively leads him inside the shack.
Genre: Biography / Crime
Executive Producer: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast:
Jim Sturgess .... Charles Manson
Julia Garner .... Mary Brunner
Natalia Dyer .... Susan Atkins
Juliette Angelo ... Lynette Fromme
Beau Mirchoff .... Charles Watson
Danika Yarosh .... Ella Jo Bailey
Thomas Dekker .... Bobby Beausoleil
Sammi Hanratty .... Leslie Van Houten
Tania Raymonde .... Catherine Share
Philip Baker Hall .... George Spahn
Malina Weissman .... Dianne Lake
Ethan Embry .... Terry Melcher
Joshua Close .... Gary Hinman
Plot: 1968. Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) brings his guitar to 10050 Cielo Drive the current residence of Terry Melcher (Ethan Embry) to audition for him for a potential record deal. Melcher didn't invite Manson and doesn't want to deal with him, especially after what he heard from Dennis Wilson about Manson's behavior toward him. Melcher asks Manson to leave several times, but Manson only does so after Melcher threatens to call the police.
Bobby Beausoleil (Thomas Dekker) and Catherine Share (Tania Raymonde) are crashing on the couch of his musician friend Gary Hinman (Joshua Close) in Topanga. They spend the day smoking marijuana and taking mescaline and playing music together. Leslie Van Houten (Sammi Hanratty) arrives at the house. While Bobby and Catherine have sex on the couch, Leslie gives Hinman a handjob. Afterward, Hinman gives Leslie several tabs of mescaline. Leslie then leaves the house.
Mary Brunner (Julia Garner) gives birth to a baby in the kitchen of a small rundown house. Manson cuts the umbilical cord with his teeth. Manson is elated to see the child, who Mary and Manson name Valentine. Susan Atkins (Natalia Dyer) enters the house with Dianne Lake (Malina Weissman) and Lynette Fromme (Juliette Angelo). They are excited to see the baby. Susan jokingly asks Manson when he's going to give her a baby. Manson informs them that they can't stay at the house they've been squatting in anymore, and they must hit the road. This upsets Mary, and Manson promises they can stay one more night before heading out in their van.
Manson shows up the next morning outside of the house with an old bus he tells Mary that he borrowed for them all to travel in. Manson drives the bus down the road. Mary Brunner and baby Valentine, Susan Atkins, Ella Jo Bailey (Danika Yarosh) and Dianne Lake are on-board when Manson absent-mindedly drives the bus into a ditch. He gets out and looks at the damage. The bus looks fine, but it is stuck in a deep ditch along the isolated roadway. He tells the women that they will camp there for now. He tells them he is going to hitch hike into town for some supplies and tasks them with making a camp fire and looking for any food in the area.
In the morning a police car driving by notices the back of the bus sticking out of the ditch and stops. The cop finds Manson, Mary, Dianne and Susan sprawled out nude around the camp fire. He rouses the group and asks them for identification. The cop immediately realizes something fishy with the identification and radios for another squad car to meet him at the location. Manson tries to go back into the bus, but the officer stops him.
Manson and the women are taken to the police station where they are charged with possessing fraudulent driver's licenses. Manson is asked about the bus, telling him that it was reported stolen a week ago, but Manson insists that they found the bus there and just took advantage of it to camp out. Once the group is finally released, Manson announces that driving around and camping is going to draw too much attention to themselves. They need to find someplace isolated where they can thrive and be their own community. Susan says she knows of a place.
Manson asks Charles Watson (Beau Mirchoff) if he can get Dennis Wilson's car running again so that they can drive out to where they are going to live. Watson takes a look under the hood of the car and then tries to start the car. Watson tells Manson that the car is out of gas. Manson asks Watson if he has any gas. Watson gives Manson a confused look, but Manson doesn't register it and waits for a response. Watson says there's a gas station down the road. Manson just looks at Watson in the eyes. Watson starts walking down the street toward the gas station.
Manson, Mary, Dianne, Lynette, Susan and Ella Jo are all crammed into the car as it pulls up to the run-down Spahn Movie Ranch. Manson looks around the place and announces that he believes they were destined to come there. They are home. The nearly-blind owner of the ranch, George Spahn (Philip Baker Hall) yells out at them from his shack and asks what they think they're doing. Manson introduces himself to the old man and offers him a deal. They will help Spahn out around the ranch in exchange for being able to live on the land. Spahn isn't sure about the deal. Manson gives Lynette a look, and she goes over to Spahn, takes him by the hand, and seductively leads him inside the shack.