Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
How one man's failed dream became a generation's worst nightmare
A dark biographical documentary tracing how a failed musician's thwarted ambitions spiraled into one of America's most infamous crimes.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
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)
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)
Closest match
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same mood
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Something gentler
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
