Well this is potentially interesting. Via STYD:"Oliver Stone in Talks for Helter Skelter
Liz Smith, reporting on behalf of Variety, is hearing through the grapevine that Oliver Stone (Natural Born Killers, W) is circling a big screen version of "Helter Skelter."
The director is currently "in talks" with Vincent Bugliosi, the prosecuting attorney during the Charles Manson trial. Nothing is confirmed, however. Stone revisiting the '60s and taking on Manson? Feels like a natural choice."
Oh sure, it might've been more interesting back when Stone was making "good" films. Like... fifteen years ago. But I'm just now realizing that I haven't seen any of the films on Manson & Co.. Is the 1976 television movie worth seeing? Or the one with Jeremy Davies? Anybody seen either? I read HS back in my college days but it's been awhile. Does Manson really need a revisiting? I dunno. Hopefully it'd be a non-traditional take. He's never gonna trump Natural Born Killers though. Hrm. We'll see.
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I was a lad of 17 when the telemovie came on. Besides the fact that they used Beatles tunes sung by a sound-a-like band (what was up with that?), I remember the movie being engrossing and disturbing. Mind you, my friends and I were probably watching the movie through the hazed an illicit substance. Still, it's probably worth a look.
that should read, "the HAZE of an illicit substance"
I too was in my early teens when I saw Helter Skelter on TV and I was terrified that people like Charles Manson were real. I was already a big Roman Polanski fan but didn't realize who Sharon Tate was until I saw the movie -- oddly, CBS used to show "The Fearless Vampire Killers" on their late night movie around this time as well. Even more strange is that the actor who played Vincent Bugliosi (George DiCenzo) is a current customer at my home furnishings store and I still find it hard to separate him from that role. It's all probably very dated by now...
Biut, since you asked...better wait for the Oliver Stone version -- sure to be brutal and a return to his "Natural Born Killers" days. It will all depend on casting. How about that guy from William Friedkin's "Bug?" He would be super creepy as Manson.
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