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I received my copy of "Inside the Manson Gang" today. I didn't have a chance to watch it but did a quick scan of bits and pieces. I think it's safe to say if you like the original "Manson" then you will like the new film. Lots of great footage and great quality.

Let's hope it sells well enough to encourage Robert Hendrickson to continue with the five hour version!

i dunno how i'm gonna get a copy, they arent shipping to Australia.

I myself question just how much new footage is in there, stuff I havent seen before...ive seen diff parts from all over the place.....like even two Italian "Docus" on....

what is the soundtrack for the new film? is there any new Paul Watkins & Brooks Posten songs?

has anyone seen this film? it was years in production and now finally out and there is no word about it. mr webmaster you have seen this havn't you? what are your thoughts?

thank you

It's very worthwhile. Lots of great footage from the same period that Robert made "Manson." It's more his viewpoint as to how he got involved and what he saw and felt at the time. The video quality is fantastic.

If you liked "Manson" then you will certainly like "Gang." If you never saw "Manson" then you should do so immediately.

I must say I was very impressed ith these two movies. I live in England and they wouldn't ship the DVDs abroad, but a friend of mine got them and posted them on to me. Great footage and quality, well worth anybody's time and money to see.
I would love to see the five hour version, that would be awsome. Has anybody heard any feedback on to how well these DVDs have been selling???

Hi, this is my first post here, I'm from Belgrade, Serbia, Europe and I'm big fan od Manson and Family...specially the movies, documentaries and all other stuff...

I have in my "collection" every single movie and documentary 'bout Manson and Family but only this one I can not found anywhere. Of course here in Serbia I have nothing of originals because it's imposible to find it (only DC++ works ). So if anyone could help me to find these documentary anyhow I'll be very thankfull.

On Friday, October 10, 'Inside the Manson Gang' will have it's European premiere at the Fernseh u. Filmfest in Cologne, Germany. On Saturday night they will show 'Manson', the 1974 documentary.

Because I haven't seen neither and it's only a two hour drive from where I live (taking the virtually non-existent German speed limits into account), I'll probably be there.

This weekend I went to the European premiere of Inside the Manson Gang at the Cologne Conference. It was shown on a huge screen in a big multiplex theatre at the Cologne Media Park. About a hundred people attended.

Unfortunately at first the operators had selected a lens with a wrong aspect ratio. The characters on screen looked like 'small people'. After about half an hour or so they decided that it wasn't the movie's fault and they decided to change lenses. This was a big improvement to picture quality. But strangely enough the sound now was about five minutes late compared to the things on screen. (If you already have seen the movie, you'll say: that wouldn't have mattered very much, because half of the movie has the sound out of sync anyway.) But five minutes really is overdone. After a couple of minutes even the whole projector broke down. To save the performance, they had to try to switch to the DVD-version, which luckily worked ok. I think the German audience must have had big trouble following the all English soundtrack, because movies in Germany normally ar dubbed in German. If you don't know much about Manson-history, the documentary is very hard to follow. For example: how would someone in 2008 in Europe know what the Zodiac-killer is supposed to have been, the movie doesn't try to explain that at all.

The next night the festival showed the original Manson movie. The venue took place at a more remote location, and apart from the festival crew just a handful of visitors showed up. Well, I think it was worth it, having the chance to see the original Manson-movie on the big screen, 35 years after its original release date.

Webmaster wrote:I received my copy of "Inside the Manson Gang" today. I didn't have a chance to watch it but did a quick scan of bits and pieces. I think it's safe to say if you like the original "Manson" then you will like the new film. Lots of great footage and great quality.

Let's hope it sells well enough to encourage Robert Hendrickson to continue with the five hour version!

It's quite a useful companion piece to his limited re-release of the "Manson" documentary; same flavor and style but without much overlapping / reused film. Particularly interesting were the shots of the Family jamming, with Clem playing acoustic guitar (am wondering if those filmed shots were of the same session that ended up on Side 1 of The Family Jams cd).

anyone know the latest on getting this outside the US? i'm dying to see it

I got my copy yesterday from ebay. I watched it and loved it just as much as the first one. Hes a little dramatic in the narrorating though. Theres a part thats in the preview when he says that the judge turned down Manson and now they are really pissed, and it shows them smirking and not looking that pissed off at all. But its a much watch for all you Manson enthusiests. So I recommend highly!!

Terrapin wrote:anyone know the latest on getting this outside the US? i'm dying to see it

Have you been able to get Inside the Manson Gang yet?If not let me know.

Impaler77 wrote:I have in my "collection" every single movie and documentary 'bout Manson and Family...

Really?

I'd like to see a list.