Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
How one man's failed dream became a generation's worst nightmare
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
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)
George Harrison
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Videos
Storyline
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.
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