Charlie Says
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| Original title | Charlie Says |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2018 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Mary Harron |
| script | Guinevere Turner |
| production | Cindi Rice , Jeremy M. Rosen , John Frank Rosenblum |
| music | Keegan DeWitt |
| camera | Crille Forsberg |
| cut | Andrew Hafitz |
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Charlie Says is a crime film by Mary Harron that celebrated its world premiere in September 2018 as part of the Venice Film Festival and was released in selected US cinemas on May 10, 2019. At the center of the film biography are the three Charles Manson supporters Leslie Van Houten , Patricia Krenwinkel and Susan Atkins .
action
Three young women were sentenced to death in the infamous Manson murder case. Then, however, when the death penalty is lifted and their sentence is commuted to life imprisonment, they are asked to face what they have done.
Biographical
Leslie Van Houten was involved in a series of murders commissioned by the cult leader Charles Manson in 1969 , including the murder of the businessman Leno LaBianca and his wife. After Van Houten and other members of the Manson family were arrested for car theft in October 1969, they boasted about the murders they had committed, whereupon the first major Manson trial began in July 1970. The process turned into a spectacle. At Manson's instructions, Van Houten got up during the trial, as did Manson supporters Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel and screeched hysterically. After Manson shaved his head, the young women did the same. Even when he scratched a cross on his forehead. Van Houten and Krenwinkel were sentenced to death in 1971 for their act. The death penalty was briefly suspended in 1972 in California and the sentences were subsequently commuted to life imprisonment. While the young women still stood by Manson during the trial, whom they venerated as "Jesus Christ", they later distanced him and regretted their actions. In January 2019, a parole board in the state of California recommended the release of 69-year-old Leslie Van Houten. This is the third time since 2016 that the committee has spoken out in favor of her release from prison.
Reginald Harkema processed the deeds and the subsequent trial of Van Houten in the Canadian thriller Leslie, My Name Is Evil from 2009.
production
Literary template and staff
The film is based in part on the book The Long Prison Journey of Leslie Van Houten: Life Beyond the Cult by Karlene Faith . The heirs of the Canadian writer, feminist and human rights activist who died in May 2017, published the book posthumously on Amazon in mid-April 2019.
The screenplay for Charlie Says was written by Guinevere Turner . Directed by Mary Harron . The film was produced by Cindi Rice , Jeremy M. Rosen and John Frank Rosenblum .
Cast and filming
Hannah Murray took on the role of Van Houten in the film. Her accomplices and later co-defendants Patricia Krenwinkel and Susan Atkins are played by Sosie Bacon and Marianne Rendón . Matt Smith plays Charles Manson , Grace Van Dien plays the other murder victim Sharon Tate .
The shooting took place in Santa Clarita and Los Angeles, where the 1969 murder of businessman Leno LaBianca and his wife took place.
publication
The film celebrated its world premiere on September 2, 2018 at the Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section. In early May 2019, the film was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival . IFC Films released Charlie Says in select US cinemas on May 10, 2019. In September 2019 it was shown at the Fantasy Film Festival and the American Film Festival in Deauville . At the beginning of February 2020 it will be presented at the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival.
reception
Age ratings and reviews
In the USA, the film received an R rating from the MPAA , which corresponds to a rating of 17 and over. In Germany, the film was approved by the FSK from the age of 16.
Overall, the film received mixed feedback from the critics.
Awards
Venice International Film Festival 2018
- Nomination for the Venice Horizons Award ( Mary Harron )
Web links
- Charlie Says in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Charlie Says the program of the Film Festival of Venice (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release to Charlie Says . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ a b c Leslie Van Houten: Former Manson supporter could be released from custody. In: Spiegel Online, January 31, 2019.
- ↑ Former Manson disciple Van Houten: On the side of the self-proclaimed devil. In: Spiegel Online, April 15, 2016.
- ↑ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/14/leslie-van-houten-charles-manson-follower-granted-/
- ↑ Follower of the Manson cult: No mercy for terminally ill murderess. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 17, 2010.
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/charlie-says-venice-2018-1139256
- ↑ Tribeca Film Festival Announces 2019 Feature Lineup. In: filmmakermagazine.com, March 5, 2019.
- ↑ Charlie Says. In: f3a.net. Accessed July 31, 2019.
- ↑ Maximilien Pierrette: Deauville 2019: Kristen Stewart, Orelsan, Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones, Pierce Brosnan ... Tout sur la sélection. In: allocine.fr, 22 August 2019. (French)
- ↑ https://www.cautionspoilers.com/film-news/final-girls-berlin-film-festival-programme-announced/
- ↑ https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Charlie-Says-(2019)
- ↑ Charlie Says. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 12, 2019.