Charlie Says is a movie directed by Mary Harron in 2018 and based on the book The Family: The Story of Charles Manson’s Dune Buggy Attack Battalion by Ed Sanders, first published in 1971. The movie features Hannah Murray, Sosie Bacon, Marianne Rendón, Suki Waterhouse, Matt Smith, Carla Gugino, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Storyline
Three young women were sentenced to death in the infamous Manson murder case, but when the death penalty was lifted, their sentence became life imprisonment. One young graduate student was sent in to teach them – and through her we witness their transformations as they face the reality of their horrific crimes.
Movie vs Book
Year
2018
Minutes
110
Movie Rate
5.80
Source: IMDb
Year
1971
Pages
560
Book Rate
7.82
S: Goodreads
Book
The Family
Subtitle: The Story of Charles Manson's Dune Buggy Attack Battalion
Author: Ed Sanders
Country: USA
First published in: 1971
Length: 560 pages
Genre: Biography
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“No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.”
KATHERINE PATERSON (Writer)
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