Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
How one man's failed dream became a generation's worst nightmare
2019 · 117 min · ★ 6.7 · Documentary
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.
Directed by Tom O'Dell · Written by Tom O'Dell
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Dianne Lake Self - Manson Family Member - G Gregg Jakobson Self - Los Angeles Songwriter
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Phil Kaufman Self - Charles Manson Associate - S Stephen Desper Self - Beach Boys' In-House Engineer
- E Ernie Knapp Self - West Coast Guitarist
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Charles Manson Self (archive footage) -
Roman Polanski Self (archive footage) - S Simon Wells Self - Charles Manson Biographer
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Jeff Guinn Self - Charles Manson Biographer - D Domenic Priore Self - Author, 'Riot on the Sunset Strip'
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Thomas Arnold Narrator (voice) -
Bob Dylan Self (archive footage)
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