Ted K

2021
R
2h

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An exploration of Ted Kaczynski's life in Lincoln, Montana in the years leading up to his arrest as The Unabomber.An exploration of Ted Kaczynski's life in Lincoln, Montana in the years leading up to his arrest as The Unabomber.An exploration of Ted Kaczynski's life in Lincoln, Montana in the years leading up to his arrest as The Unabomber.

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6.0/10

4.5K

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Awards
- 3 nominations total

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Trivia
The movie playing on the television in Ted's motel room at around 51:00 (as a voice over) is Repo Man (1984), specifically it's the scene wherein Emilio Estevez's character has first entered into the auto shop to collect his first fee as an unwitting repo man.

Goofs
There is a moment in the 3rd act in which a voice-over suggests that the Unabomber might be envious of the media attention given to the Oklahoma City bombing, which happened in 1995. Later, the infamous O.J. Simpson Bronco chase is seen on a TV. The Bronco chase happened in 1994, but is presented as having happened after the OC bombing.

Quotes
Ted: Modern technology is the worst thing to happen to the world. And to promote its progress is nothing short of criminal.

Soundtracks
Let the Bright Seraphim from Samson, HWV 57
Written by George Frideric Handel (as George Friederich Händel)
Performed by Kathleen Battle & Wynton Marsalis
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment

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Featured review

2/10

0% Intellect, 100% Sexual Frustration

The Unabomber was coming up with fascinating ideas on society from as early as the 1970's and as time goes by, those ideas become more prescient and more true. So, how does this film go about exploring these great insights into society? How does this film explore the intellect of its subject? The sad answer is, it ignores it.

Ted K, was a fantastic opportunity to do something intellectually stimulating, but for some reason, a choice was made to ignore the intelligence and make the story about a crazy hobo who lives in the forest, struggles with sexual frustration and makes mail bombs because he can't find a girlfriend.

If I were conspiratorial, I could easily imagine the powerful overlords of our society were getting so worried about people reading the Unabomber's manifesto, that they set out to destroy his character by making this film.

The film is competently produced and Sharlto Copley's performance is strong; the problem is the approach. This film didn't attempt to study Ted Kaczynski's character, they set out to assassinate it.