A documentary of the decline of America, composed of archival material and exclusive footage, carnage, madness, and mayhem with an unapologetic sincerity on the factual depiction of violence in the industrialized nation of the United States. Featuring a juxtaposition of detailed accounts of terrible acts, brutal behavior, and interviews from experts and convicted killers alike.
Cast
Chuck Riley
Narrator (voice)
Ed Dorris
Self
Thomas Noguchi
Self
Sirhan Sirhan
Self
Wayne Henley
Self
Ed Kemper
Self
Susan Atkins
Self (archive footage)
David Berkowitz
Self (archive footage)
Kenneth Bianchi
Self (archive footage)
Lawrence Bittaker
Self (archive footage)
James Brady
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Bremer
Self (archive footage)
Ted Bundy
Self (archive footage)
Angelo Buono
Self (archive footage)
Dean Corll
Self (archive footage)
Juan Corona
Self (archive footage)
Edward Cowart
Self (archive footage)
Richard J. Daley
Self (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage)
Mark Essex
Self (archive footage)
John Wayne Gacy
Self (archive footage)
Tom Hayden
Self (archive footage)
John Hinckley Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Leslie Van Houten
Self (archive footage)
Jim Jones
Self (archive footage)
Linda Kasabian
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Patricia Krenwinkel
Self (archive footage)
John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson
Self (archive footage)
Herbert Mullin
Self (archive footage)
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono
Self (archive footage)
Lee Harvey Oswald
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Jack Ruby
Self (archive footage)
Leo J. Ryan
Self (archive footage)
Robert Benjamin Smith
Self (archive footage)
Brenda Spencer
Self (archive footage)
George Wallace
Self (archive footage)
Charles Whitman
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Anthony Kiritsis
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Richard Hall
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Crew
Sheldon Renan
Director, Line Producer
Leonard Schrader
Writer, Producer
Chieko Schrader
Writer
Lee Percy
Editor
Robert Charlton
Director of Photography
Peter Smokler
Director of Photography
Tom Hurwitz
Director of Photography
Willy Kurant
Director of Photography
Mataichirô Yamamoto
Producer
Betsy Pollock
Associate Producer
Mark Lindsay
Original Music Composer
W. Michael Lewis
Original Music Composer
David Weisman
Art Direction
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