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November 7, 2007 As many already know, deciding on the title of a work is probably the single most difficult thing to do. But, after much thought and even consideration of others ideas, we have determined that "Inside the MANSON Gang" best represents what the new MANSON movie is really about. The original 1973 MANSON film painted a vivid picture of America's most notorious living gangster and now the new movie, takes you deep inside of his gang. Now that the new film is completed, many of you are anxious to see it, and we are exploring all avenues of distribution to accomplish just that. BUT now comes the interesting part. The new film, together with the original MANSON presents a unique opportunity for the whole MANSON story to finally hit the big screen via a top notch director and an "A" list cast. Imagine, your favorite star in a multi-million dollar production, for the first time, revealing the true story of Charles Manson AKA an American Gangster. Although this was being discussed way before the new American Gangster movie just opened on Friday, there is no doubt, its huge success ( $43,000,000 the 1st weekend ) will surely cause some studio executives to think about jumping on the gangster bandwagon. That is how Hollywood operates, and smartly so. More importantly, "American Gangster" has pushed the envelope and finally broken down the barrier of long established taboos, which have heretofore prevented the portrayal of real life villains by Hollywood's leading men. Make no mistake, only the best of a handful of actors could possibly entertain you with their portrayal of an actual monster like Frank Lucas (American Gangster) or Charles Manson. With his portrayal of the ruthless black gangster who, at the time of the Manson Gang's reign of terror, infected most of Harlem with truckloads of heroin shipped from Vietnam in the coffins of young American soldiers, Denzel Washington has done just that. Well, the question now is, is there any "A" list actor in Hollywood, who can portray Charles Manson with the same success? Are there any female actors who can effectively portray the MANSON girls? Wait you say, Charles Manson was not a gangster and his Family was not a gang, he was the Devil and they were a Satanic cult. But that was Life magazine who created the "Love and Terror Cult" idea. Then rumors began to fly and Satanic rituals with drugs became the talk of the town. And it all made sense, because Ms. Tate's new husband Roman Polanski, with the release of his new movie Rosemary's Baby, had just made Devil worship popular again. So the rumors grew and books were written. When it came time for the prosecution to take the stage, it only had to shout Heretic!!! He made my watch stop!! Burn the witches!!! But what about Manson's real upbring in the arms of actual gangsters on the playgrounds of real prison gangs, like the Mexican Mafia, the Black Panthers, the Aryan Brotherhood, and not to forget the infamous Italian Mafia. The fact of the matter is, in 1967 a younger Charlie Manson would emerge from prison as a personable junior gangster, only to return in 1969, as America's poster boy for the death penalty. Prior to 1967 in a prison cell, a younger Charlie would sit and listen intently to Alvin Karpis, who at the time held the record for the most successful bank robberies, tell him stories of his life on the run. You only need to imagine Charlie's childlike excitement, as the elder Karpis talked about his also infamous partner, Ma Barker. Ahh, those were the days, when a man was a man and a gangster's ladies were also tough. In addition to "Gangsters 101," Al also taught Charlie how to play the guitar, and thus the groundwork would be laid for the creation of America's first musically dangerous gangster. It was also in the prison yard that the Black Muslims taught an impressionable Charlie that they would someday destroy whitey and then run things their way. Simplistic as it seems, Charles Manson was just a bad-ass gangster. Like the time when a Los Angeles drug dealer threatened to take out some of Charlie's own. In turn, Charlie went to the man's apartment and said "take me instead". When the black drug dealer replied "no, its not you I want", Charlie said "Ok, then I'll take you", drew a hand gun and shot the man at point blank range. That is not a cultist that is a ruthless gangster and Charlie's Family, now a bonafide gang, would soon shock the world with a gangland style massacre. So now that "American Gangster" has proved to be an outstanding success, wouldn't it be money-wise for someone to now make a first class motion picture about America's most notorious living gangster, Charles Manson and his most unusual gang? Especially because all of the original color footage taken with the real Gang is available, which by way of modern technology can be used to recreate authentic scenes with today's actors inserted therein. There are also two completed documentary features, "MANSON" and "Inside the MANSON Gang" and a rough cut of a 5 hour mini-series. Not to mention, the real story. So is anyone out there interested in putting together an incredible motion picture with enough authentic film to also promote the project with a very high level of exposure? | BACK | © 2007 TOBANN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES |
