Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind

1h 57m

Documentary

6.7

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)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Timothy Leary

Self (archive footage)

John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney

Self (archive footage)

Jim Morrison

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Ringo Starr

Self (archive footage)

Frank Zappa

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Tom O'Dell

Director, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer

Elio Espana

Executive Producer

David Sampedro

Camera Operator

David Kennedy

Sound Mixer

Chris Ingham

Music