Scott_E_Campbell

For a TV movie, I thought it was pretty good. This was the first movie depicting the Manson family with all its group dynamics. There was the allure to Charlie Manson - along with the control and manipulation. The drugs, open sex, Beach Boy ties, dumpster diving, creepy crawler nights, and of course, the murders. The movie showed they all arrived to the bad psychological places to produce murder. Seems like it's Linda Kasabian take on it all - and it feels genuine.

I think this was an HBO movie back in 2000. At the time, I thought it was a true story of Lennon and McCartney getting together after the Beatles split. Then I learned it was a fictional account.

Lennon could be such a nasty guy at times. Paul was a lot nicer. Both are portrayed authentically in this movie. It's really an amazing, long, fictional sketch of how a meeting between them might have played out.

One can easily imagine Lennon and McCartney having these conversations and goofing around like this. Incredible writing by "Mark Stanfield". Don't know how he came up with the dialogue. Really amazing.