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[Charles manson] Mankind is what brought the war.

Mankind is what brought helter skelter.

[Hard rock music playing]

♪ Whoa, look out, baby

♪ I'm letting loose

♪ all I want is damage

♪ give my desires abuse

♪ whoo, the pain it feels so good ♪

♪ I never want it to end

♪ I am just getting started ♪

♪ Sippin', doin' it lonely I'm my only best friend ♪

♪ One is too many and a thousand is never enough ♪

Clear!

[Helicopter blades whirring]

♪ Whoa, baby

♪ no point in turning back ♪

♪ Well it's too fun running red... ♪

Freeze!

[Blades whirring]

♪ Cowering beneath the whip.. ♪

[handcuffs clicking]

Freeze!

♪ Back up bitch, I will scratch my itch ♪

♪ I ain't dying with empty hands, no ♪

♪ One is too many, a thousand is never enough ♪

Turn around and put your hands up.

♪ Don't really matter, finding this never been done ♪

♪ Whoa, baby

♪ one is too many, a million is my cup of tea ♪

Get on your knees!

♪ Don't really matter...

- [Yells] - [Police radio chatter]

Get down! Spread 'em!

[Helicopter blades whirring]

♪ Now it's taking its toll ♪

♪ On your life and mine

♪ once I hear surrender

♪ I'll really cross the line ♪

♪ Fires of hell

♪ it will reach you

♪ weepin' if you're frozen in fear ♪

♪ Well hand me yours

♪ I will hand you nothin' ♪

♪ Let me make something perfectly clear... ♪

- [gun cocks] - Lieutenant!

Over here! We got another one!

♪ Don't really matter

♪ finding it's never been tough ♪

♪ Oh, baby...

[Film spool whirring]

♪ Don't really matter

♪ everyone hands it to me

[manson] This ain't the first time I had a gun pointed at me.

-[Sirens wailing] - This ain't the first time Johnny law

had me in a corner.

Dying doesn't scare me.

- Living, now that's the frightening part. -[Chattering]

[Screaming]

Get off me, man.

Hands.

Stop lookin' at me.

"When I plunged the knife in her,

it made me have an orgasm."

Those are your words.

Were you present at the Tate killings?

I'll be fine. Thank you.

But a chair would be nice.

- Chair, please. - Yeah. Sure.

Got a guitar for me in there in that case?

No, it wouldn't fit, and I didn't want to disappoint you

-with a ukulele. - Well, I could've made do.

- I need somethin' to inspire me in here. - Thank you.

What kind of guitar? Martin?

Whatever I can get a tune out of.

- Can't get much out of these. -[Tinkles bars]

They all sound the same.

How's that jury selection going?

Not good.

The death of public figures usually carries

some sort of bias.

You know, lots of people come in here scared shitless.

I come in here it's like a goddamn high school reunion.

[Laughs] Might as well be.

You haven't told me much about where you grew up, Charlie.

Now, why should I tell you anything about that?

I was in jail. The end.

This is gonna be a long one. It might help.

Well, I got time.

What I don't have is a guitar.

Well, long time back

there was a teenager named Kathleen Maddox.

Kathleen Maddox went to a hospital in Cincinnati

and gave birth.

Gave birth to a little boy named Charlie manson.

Although, at that time, he wasn't called "Charlie manson."

He was named "no-name Maddox."

And the shit just spread out from there.

[Manson] Never really knew who my real daddy was.

Got my name from a guy named "Willie manson,"

but that didn't last.

The fact of the matter is,

I was born illegitimately

and it automatically put me on the wrong side of the law.

[No audible dialogue]

Not a bad gig for a man born with no father

and barely a mother.

A man his mother sold for a pitcher of beer and a black eye.

But don't get me wrong, I don't hate her.

That's not how I operate.

You gotta have a relationship with someone to hate 'em.

No, man. I was just a kid trying to find my way.

[Swing music playing]

Charlie...

Charlie, is that you?

Char...!

Charlie, what the hell are you doing?

You know you're supposed to be in bed.

[Manson] The sound of a switch was my lullaby

and the pain that followed was my glass of milk.

That's what taught me self-reliance.

You mad at your mama?

She can't help who she is.

People are who they are

and they do what they're gonna do.

Niggers do what they do.

Jews do what they do.

You can't change people, Charlie.

You can't change who they are.

You were born a rebel, Charlie.

And don't you ever forget it.

Here.

You promise me you're gonna keep that with you

wherever you go.

I love you, Charlie.

[School bell ringing]

[Chattering]

[Manson] Some folks like to think they can find some reason

behind the actions of people

they look down on or consider low-life,

but the truth is that we're all what we are

and we do what we're gonna do.

[Rock 'n roll music playing]

Time kept keepin' on.

Life did the same.

Soon life brought me the prettiest girl

I'd ever seen up until that point in my life.

[Camera shutter clicking]

See, bein' a family man now

I had to support the family somehow.

So, I did the only thing I knew how to do,

and I kept doin' it and kept doin' it

and kept on doin' it.

- That's when they had to come and get me. -[Buzzing ]

I was in jail when Charlie, Jr. was born.

- Looks like he has your eyes. -[Baby cooing]

That's funny. I was thinking the same about you.

Maybe he's got one of yours and one of mine.

When did you get so good at sharing?

I'm a daddy now. I gotta learn him right...

Set an example.

This may not be the best place to do that.

Well, yeah, but...

By the time I get outta here

he'll be old enough to remember me

but not old enough to remember this place.

-[Baby crying] - I shouldn't bring him here.

You don't want me to see my boy?

I'm gonna go now.

No, no. No-no. Rosie, don't do that.

Don't leave, okay?

Let's just play a little game. Let's have some fun...

Me, you and little Charlie, okay?

No, I have to run some errands

-and I have to go into work. - Rosie, don't be rude!

Don't go!

You're not setting a good example for our little boy.

I can't bring him back here.

How am I supposed to see him?

I don't know.

You can't.

[Buzzing]

I haven't got any visits or letters

from Rosie in months, ma.

I just wanna see my little boy.

There's no harm in that.

Rosie's not livin' with me anymore.

Well, where is she then?

She moved out.

She moved in with someone else.

Someone else? Like another family

or, like, a friend of hers

-or somethin' like that? - No.

- Well, with who then? - Another man.

[Sighs]

So where's my boy?

I said, "where's my boy?"

- Don't scream at me like that. - Ain't nothin' worse

than what you've done to me before!

- Where is he? - She took him with her.

Where do you think he is?

Sorry. There wasn't a easier way to tell you.

No, I guess there wasn't, now was there?

I'm done.

I just got here.

And you just left.

Well, I tried.

[Manson] I tried to get outta there a few times.

Figured I could try and find Rosie

or at least see my baby boy,

but they kept findin' reasons to throw me back in there.

I never saw Rosie again.

- That's it? - What's it?

What about your son?

Well, yeah. I have lots of children.

That's not what I'm talkin' about.

I'm talkin' about your natural son,

Charles manson, Jr.

Have you seen him?

I haven't.

I'd like to think that despite the heinous charges being brought...

Heinous charges? What heinous charges?

The charges you're being held in this facility for.

You are aware that you're being held

on charges of conspiracy

in the murders of Gary hinman,

Sharon Tate, and Rosemary and leno labianca.

Yeah, well, now what the fuck do you think about that?

Conspiracy? What kind of bullshit

science fiction, made-up charge is that?

Look, I didn't shoot no one.

I didn't pull no trigger.

I didn't stab no one. They got nothing.

Well, they claim that Susan atkins

told her cellmate everything.

You didn't get out of jail until

long after Rosalie divorced you.

I tried to get out.

I got out a while after that.

Got myself, another wife, another kid.

You haven't had contact with them either?

No, man. Had to go back in for another ten-stretch.

Tried to cash a check the government didn't want me to cash.

You missed a lot, Charlie.

Kennedy, the civil rights movement,

the beginning of Vietnam.

Must've been a real eye-opener

when you got out after that.

Nah, man. Nah, it wasn't like that at all.

It was actually probably the best

I felt outside of these walls.

- [Hard rock music playing] - The sixties, man.

The sixties changed it all.

Free love and fuckin'.

Now that's what I'm talkin' about.

Something had definitely changed.

That's when I met the mother Mary.

We drove up and down that highway without a care in the world.

I'd spent half of my life behind bars at that point

and for the first time that I can remember

freedom actually felt right to me.

♪ Whoa, look out, baby

♪ I'm letting loose...

What's a pretty little thing like you doin'

-sittin' out here all alone? -[Scoffs]

Parents tossed you out, didn't they?

See I got an insight. I see things people don't see.

You wanna join us?

I'll give you a minute to think about it.

[Manson] Maybe it's because of the things I missed,

or maybe it's because people evolve with the times,

but young people were opening their eyes

and questioning everything they were taught.

Discovering new ways of thinking, new philosophies

and, man, the girls, man.

Do I even need to tell you?

♪ ...those who reprimand

♪ back off bitch

♪ I will scratch my itch

♪ I ain't dying with empty hands, no ♪

♪ One is too many, a thousand is never enough ♪

♪ Don't really matter, finding it's never been tough ♪

There's two ways of lookin' at god and the devil...

The devil's traditionally

thought of as a fallen angel, right?

A castaway... But why?

I mean, why was he cast aside?

[Girl] 'Cause he committed the original sin.

Before Adam and Eve.

You believe that?

That's what my daddy told me.

The devil...

Was cast out because god

was afraid of him.

Yeah.

See? You're bright. Mm-hmm.

But if that's what every Bible says...

No! Now that's where you're wrong. Okay?

Well, I got news for you.

I got news for each and every one of you

in this room and everyone in the world.

God and the devil?

They're sittin' this one out.

They're gonna come together

when all is said and done. They're shakin' hands

on all the ridiculous stuff people been doin' down here

in both their names.

See me? My uncle...

My uncle told me. He said, "Charlie",

you're born a rebel. You never forget that."

That was when I was eight years old.

Right after that, I burned down my school.

They keep on tryin' to fuck with me, but you know what?

I'm not gonna swallow the shit they're tryin' to feed me.

I'm a rebel now.

I suggest if any of you wanna survive the armageddon,

you'll saddle up too.

Well, hi.

Hi.

What's your name?

Patricia.

Patty.

Hello, Patty.

Anyone ever tell you

that you're the sexiest thing they ever did see?

No. I don't think anyone ever has.

If they didn't, it's because they were lyin' to themselves.

Either that or they were afraid.

You afraid of me, Patty?

You afraid of what I was sayin' earlier?

I'm from a Christian family.

Yeah. Well, they all are.

The blind leadin' the blind.

Okay, now. Don't hide your eyes.

You're beautiful.

[Rock music playing]

[Manson] When I went in, society was still

a mass of stuffed-shirt, eisenhower,

"leave it to beaver" conformity

where everyone combed their hair to the side

and wives didn't dare speak of their husbands' infidelity.

You didn't dare speak down to authority

and you sure as hell didn't attempt to challenge it.

But, man, when I got out,

something had changed.

Women changed too.

♪ ...one at a time

♪ he's got her believing ♪

♪ That he's the second coming of Christ... ♪

-[moans] Make it stop! - Come on, mama! Come on!

- [Cries] - Come on, baby.

♪ She don't know...

Here he comes.

♪ ...He's out of control

- oh, my god! - You can do this.

Come on. Come on, Mary.

[Screaming]

[Baby crying]

♪ She's so out of control

[sniffs, exhales]

[Hard rock music playing]

Say, man. Mind if I hit that?

- Sure thing. Go ahead. - Thank you, brother.

Yeah. Oh, yeah, man.

Now, that... that's the good shit right there.

Yeah, I know. I picked it out myself.

- Want some of this? - Oh, no, man. I'm good on that.

- [Sniffing] - Say, man...

You're Terry, aren't you?

[Sighs] That's a fact right there, my friend.

I'm Charlie. I'm friends with Dennis.

Dennis Wilson?

Yeah.

Me and some of the girls have been stayin' up at Dennis' place.

Oh! I got ya now. I got ya.

You're that Charlie he was tellin' me about, right?

You came down from San Francisco with a pussy wagon

- full of hippie chicks? - Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I'm that Charlie.

Yeah, man, I tell you

they're all beautiful too.

All beautiful. I'm not joking when I say

they'll do whatever you want.

Anything. I mean, you need food?

They'll bring it right to you.

You need your dick sucked? They'll do it right here.

You need more than that? It's all yours, brother.

- [Snaps fingers] - [Gasps]

Well, I call that "kings in a castle," Mr. Charlie.

Definitely. Kings.

There you go, brother.

So, say, you know.

I been tryin' to cut a record,

and Denny tells me

I got a sound that you might dig.

[Sighs] Is that right?

Yeah, that's right.

I'm gonna be bigger than the Beatles.

All right, Charlie. Let me tell ya somethin'.

I see it happen all the time.

People come to this town with stars in their eyes,

thinkin' it's gonna welcome them with open arms

because they have arrived, right?

Here's the thing. They don't know the first goddamn thing

about how to be bigger than the Beatles

or how to be a movie star

or how to be whatever the hell they're tryin' to be.

- Right. - Understand? They think

they just are already because of who they are.

Yeah. Right, man. Yeah, I can dig on that.

See, the problem is, none of them got any real life experience.

You know? I been in and out of jail my whole life, Terry.

My whole life, you dig?

Now, I don't know what that means where you're from...

New York. I come from New York.

See, yeah. New York. That's a real place.

That's a real place, Terry. See, I know you understand

what I mean when I say

I got somethin' real to say.

You believe in god, Terry?

I don't know. Maybe. Maybe not.

Well, see, I was born a rebel

and I was told never forget it.

I mean, I can't understand how people don't see the war comin'.

- Vietnam? - No, man. Fuck Vietnam.

That's just a fight that has nothin' to do with us.

It's just been set up to get rid of poor kids that can't pay for college.

No, I'm talkin' about civil rights.

So, what's gonna happen?

King was shot...

Because peace is impossible.

War's inevitable.

Every attempt at equality ends with a bullet, Terry.

Think about it. You stop thinkin' in right and wrong,

you think in truth, all the answers are right in front of you, brother.

- You read a lot, Charlie? - No, man.

It's about the real people, the common people,

people with soul.

So, it sounds like what you're sayin' is

you think that

maybe progress isn't always good for mankind?

There's no such thing as progress, man.

There's just change. You dig a hole in the ground,

build up a big, fancy city.

You go fight a war they wanna call that progress?

You just call it "change."

Yeah, brother. You dig. It's change.

It's what that is.

All right. So when can I hear what you got?

Man, Terry. Whenever you want.

You can hear it whenever you want.

You got a guitar around here,

I'll play right now.

Music just flows through me.

All right. Sounds good to me.

- You sure you don't want some of this? - Oh, that, no.

Like I said, I'm good on that.

I appreciate you, Terry.

You wanna see me get crazy.

[Laughs]

That's when I start doing that, oh!

[Slow strumming]

- [Laughs] - All right, Charlie.

- You ready to get this thing rollin', man? - Yeah. Yeah.

- Hey, Terry. - All right. Just sit back, man.

- Do whatever you want. - Okay.

Well, you know, can't you just turn it on

and just... and just let it roll?

[Strums]

All right. We'll turn it on now.

You should get a job making people nervous.

[Laughing]

- Okay. - [Strumming]

Okay, um, "sick city."

♪ restless people from the sick city ♪

- [fast country strum] - ♪ put their homes down

♪ to make the sky look pretty ♪

♪ What can I do

♪ I'm just a person

♪ this line that we always seem to hear ♪

♪ You just sit

♪ things get worse and

♪ watch TV and drink your beer ♪

♪ Walkin' all alone not goin' anywhere ♪

♪ Walkin' all alone nobody seems to care ♪

♪ Restless as the wind this town is killing me ♪

♪ Gotta put an end to this restless misery ♪

♪ I'm just one of those restless people ♪

♪ Can never seem to be ♪

♪ Satisfied with livin' ♪

♪ In this cold, sick, sick, sick, old, sick city ♪

♪ It may be too late

♪ for me to say goodbye

♪ and it may be too late to watch ♪

♪ This sick old city die ♪

♪ Goin' on the road

♪ yeah, I'm gonna try to say ♪

♪ Sick city, so long, goodbye and die ♪

[strums slowly]

Yeah, man, like, uh, we could just help you out around here.

You know, help take care of the horses

and clean the stalls

and just kinda keep things runnin' for ya.

You know, as long as we can crash here.

How many of ya... how many of ya are there?

[Laughs] Well, just a couple.

- Just a couple of us, you know. - Oh.

I wouldn't worry about that though.

We won't cause a commotion.

We're all about peace and love, man. Peace and love.

- You know what I mean? - Peace and love.

- Yeah. - I hear about that,

but I don't see very many good examples.

Oh, yeah? Why's that?

Well, movie people used to come here,

disrespect the whole ranch

and then they ripped me off.

Man, that's too bad. You know, well,

I won't worry about that.

I won't worry about that anymore at all.

Like I said, we're all about peace and love

plus, you're a handsome fellow, and I think

couple of girls might take a shine to you, if you know what I mean.

I want her.

[Hard rock music playing]

Can you see me, George?

How 'bout now?

That's a lot better. I see you real good.

- Is it gettin' warmer? - I'm gettin' very warm.

- [Giggles] - Yes! That's a lot better.

You're beautiful.

Thank you.

- Peace and love, George. - Oh, yeah. Peace and love.

Peace and love.

♪ Do do do

[manson] Things were great out at spahn ranch.

Livin' off the land, away from all the fakes and frauds in I.A.

Away from all the hate and the lies.

Yeah, we weren't blood, but who's to say blood is what makes you family?

Bobby did a stag film with gypsy.

The kid was pretty good with a guitar.

Squeaky found love in the land and was mother to us all.

Old Tex, he was in and out

but, one day, he met Leslie and stayed for a while.

Some people would come and go.

But some would stay for the long haul.

I said I had a great family, and I was the leader.

Well, let me tell you something.

There was no followers and no leaders.

Just a bunch of kids playing music, having fun,

and spreading the gospel of love.

You still talk to your family?

I don't.

I don't need them.

Where are they?

They're living their own lives

and I'm living mine...

With Charlie.

This is my family now.

And we're saved.

I'm really, really glad that I came.

Thank you for being so amazing.

[Laughs]

- Think we got enough! - Okay.

You like it here, linnie?

Yeah. I do.

There's no hate,

no fighting.

No one judges you.

No one ignores you.

Sadie, look at that.

That's a sunset.

Just look at it.

That's you. You got that there right now.

[Laughs] What is this?

Leslie, it's acid.

Come on, baby. We're all doin' it.

You trust me, don't you?

[Chuckles]

Sure.

So, Charlie...

When did you come out to California?

Oh... a long time before you came out from Texas.

I caught wind of it first.

- Hey, I was a kid, man. - So, what you sayin', I'm a senior citizen?

I dunno, man. You keep tellin' us you're Jesus.

Jesus is old as shit, man.

Yeah. That's funny.

Ah, well. I can't quite remember.

I get things mixed up, you know,

with all my visits to prison.

You goin' on vacation, man?

Yeah, man. Don't you know anything?

They keep a hot seat for me in prison

just in case I need a place to stay for a few months.

Yeah, this one I had, this visit up to mcneil up in Washington state.

It's where I learned how to play guitar

from a genuine gangster.

Just kinda wish I had more conjugal visits, you know what I'm saying?

Yeah, man, in all seriousness, though, you know,

have you all heard of the "ma barker gang"?

Yeah, man. I remember ma barker.

Yeah, well. It was one of ma barker's gang...

"creepy karpis" was his name...

Old creepy was one of the only folks out here, man,

that would ever help me if I asked.

I told him I wanted to be a music star.

Yeah, that made him laugh,

but, you know

he told me that he thought I was lazy.

But not with the music.

You know that floats through me.

Since we were both visiting at the same time

and I told him how I grew up in reform school

he said... you know, I'll never forget this...

He said that maybe it's finally time

that someone did something for me.

I was a quick learner, I sure was

and I think that impressed him.

Yeah, old creepy and I,

you know, we had some really good talks.

Never a hot word between the two of us.

No fightin', no arguin'.

Man, it's the music.

I wish it was all music, you know?

That's what I'm into.

- Y'all like music, right? - [All] Yeah.

What about you, Patty? You like my music?

I love it, Charlie.

I hate... I love it!

[Laughs loudly]

I love every part of it.

What about you, Sadie?

- It's gospel. - Hippie gospel.

The gospel... that's what colored people sing.

[Laughter]

That's not what I meant. I meant...

It's... divine.

Divine?

You think I'm god?

I already know you're Jesus, Charlie.

And Jesus is god. What about the devil?

Y'all remember when I told you that god and the devil

were gonna set aside their differences

when this world came to an end?

Well that time's a-comin' soon.

It's comin' real soon. If you look out in the world that's what you see.

You see it in the air. It's comin'

you know what? We're gonna be saved.

You know why that is?

'Cause I'm your savior.

Sadie...

Would you die for me?

Would I... Will I what?

Will you die for me?

Yeah. Yes, Charlie, I would.

I didn't say, "would you?"

I said, "will you?"

Yes, I will.

I will, Charlie.

Good. Yes.

Will you die for me, Patty?

I will, Charlie.

I certainly will.

I know you will.

Leslie. Pretty, pretty Leslie.

Yes, Charlie?

- Will you die for me, Leslie? - Yes.

I will. I...

I pledge my life, and I pledge my soul to you.

I would die for you.

I believe you. I believe you.

I know you would die for me, Leslie.

I'll die for you, Charlie.

I'll do anything you want me to.

I love you.

You never have to ask. I'll always be there.

I love you, Charlie.

And I love you.

Now, Tex...

We have the same name.

Now that doesn't mean that we are the same.

I gotta ask you a question, Tex.

I'm gonna test your faith.

You know what that question is?

Yeah. Yeah, I know the question.

- What is the question? - "Will you die for me?"

- What was that? - [Clears throat]

"Will you die for me?"

One more time.

"Will you die for me?"

I will. I will die for you, Tex.

And I will die for you, Charlie.

I know you will,

'cause we're brothers

and we're all family.

We're out doin' the right things.

Spreadin' love.

Lovin' on each other.

[Laughter]

Do you love me?

Of course I do...

Since the first night I met you.

Why?

Your words.

They way you looked at me.

The way you spoke to me.

The way you told me I was beautiful.

My stepsister said I had to meet you.

She was right.

You've shown me the way, Charlie.

No one ever told me I was beautiful before.

No one ever loved me like you.

[Laughs]

[Whickers]

You got a call inside.

A call? Like a night call

- or an animal call? - No, it's some fella

named mur... melcher?

Oh, ter... Oh, Terry's calling.

Oh, he must be runnin' late

slammin' me with that huge ol' record contract, right?

Right? [Laughs] Let me tell ya,

this guy loves me.

This guy loves me. This is gonna be good.

Hey! Hey, ter, man!

Yeah. Uh-huh. Wha...

Well, yeah. Well, no.

Terry, I figured we'd add the full band

in the full sessions.

Well, why the fuck did you guys bring me out then?

No, that's not what they told me.

So, you're just gonna sit there and lie?

That's how this works?

No, man! I'm not out of control!

I'm in control, man! No! You're the one that's full of shit!

2,000 years ago, god was born into a man,

and that man created miracles.

The enlightened ones saw this

and they followed him while others persecuted him.

Now, the Bible says

that Jesus died for our sins.

Well, in reality, Jesus died

because of humans' propensity to hate.

Hate against those who inspire,

against those who live against the grain.

If bloodshed shall occur

it's par for the course.

What shall we do then with Jesus who is called Christ?

And at the last supper, Jesus took bread

he broke it and he gave thanks.

He gave it to his disciples, and he said

"this is my body, given for you.

Do this in remembrance of me."

Again, after supper, he took the cup,

he poured it. He gave thanks.

He gave it to his disciples and he said,

"this is my blood of the covenant,"

shed for you and for many.

"Do this in remembrance of me."

"I speak the truth when I tell you"

that I will not drink from the fruit of the vine

again until I am seated

"next to my father in the kingdom of heaven."

And then Jesus and his disciples

they sang beautiful hymns

as they walked to the top of the mount of olives.

And his disciples were with him,

because those who forsake him

were at the foot of the mountain.

I thought it was gonna kick-start

when they shot Dr. King... But it didn't.

It's because blacks can't do anything

without the whites showin' 'em how it's done.

Whitey, he's out fightin'

pickin' fights across the world.

The blacks are here killin' their heroes.

Look at Malcolm X.

Shot down by the very people he was speakin' up for.

That's not how you win wars.

You don't go killin' your heroes.

You don't go turnin' them into martyrs.

That just makes you as a people,

as a culture, come to a boil

until, finally, you reach a point, the top blows off,

and you explode.

This world's comin' to an end.

The war is close.

God and the devil, finally, are gonna set their differences aside

shake hands and watch

while we destroy ourselves.

"Helter skelter," that's what it's called.

"Helter skelter" and it's close.

And we're gonna be prepared for it.

We're gonna be off in the desert

far away from the bloodshed when it comes this way.

We'll be playing guitar and lovin' one another

while the rest of the world

is killin' itself.

I can't wait for them to suffer.

Blacks and the Jews just take, you know?

They expect everyone to care

and everyone pretends like this facade...

This charade like they do care

but they don't. They bring it on themselves.

That's right. They sure do. It's all greed.

That's why we live with nature.

We don't need your power plants.

We don't need your color televisions

your iconography or your self-worship.

No, we live free. Movie stars...

-movie stars aren't better than me. - No, Charlie.

- Oh, no. - Terry melcher?

Terry melcher ain't better than me.

- Fuck no! Fuck that pig! - The Beatles?

The Beatles ain't better than me.

Just because you're on the cover of a magazine

that don't make you Jesus Christ.

Mankind has reveled in self-splendor

for too long.

The oceans are gonna run red with blood,

and the streets are gonna burn with fire.

Helter skelter is coming.

Helter skelter.

I don't see a race war out in the streets.

Y-you don't?

Don't you turn on your television?

That's what you fat cats do, right?

Drink beer all day, watch TV.

Let the TV make up your mind for you.

Some do. Yeah, some people do.

Not you, though.

- Not me. - You're more of a thinkin' man.

I like to "think" that I am.

You got a way with words too.

You're funny... I like that...

And clever.

What am I?

How did you first meet Sharon Tate?

You didn't answer my question.

What am I?

How did you first meet Sharon Tate?

Oh, I see what you're doin' here.

Fine, I'll play in your little game.

[Scoffs] Truth of the matter is,

I just went up and knocked on her door.

- Did she answer? - No, she didn't answer.

Someone else did.

Uh, I don't know. Maybe she was suspicious or something.

Why would you think that?

It's crazy out that way, man.

You know? This world's changin'. That's for sure.

I see.

I didn't know it was gonna be her that answered the door.

I was lookin' for that son-of-a-bitch Terry melcher.

I think he know I was comin' because

he didn't live there no more.

[Birds chirping]

[Knocking]

- Hello. - Uh, yeah. Hi.

Um, I'm lookin' for Terry.

- Is he around right now? - Uh, no. I don't know a Terry.

I met with him here just a few months back.

Terry melcher, he's good buddies

with Dennis Wilson from the beach boys.

I'm sorry. You're mistaken.

This is the polanski residence.

Oh, polanski. You mean, like, the movie people?

- Like "Rosemary's baby"? - Yes.

Okay. Okay, well, I see.

- Who is it, shar? - It's just a man.

Hi, yeah. It's Charlie. My name's Charlie.

- Good afternoon, Charlie. - Good afternoon.

Maybe try going through the back alley.

- Back alley? - Yes, the guest house. Maybe Terry is there.

I know. Check the back alley,

I guess.

You didn't have to be so rude to the guy.

You really should be careful up here.

Alone half the time with your husband halfway across the country.

- It's crazy! - I'm fine.

Don't worry so much.

Besides, I have all these friends looking out for me.

[Muttering]

- Hey, Charlie. Almost got dinner ready. - Tex.

Great. Tex.

You're the right person.

You're the one that can do this, Tex.

Do what, man? What do you need?

I feel it comin'. It's almost here...

-helter skelter. It's on it's way. - Now?

- Yeah, now. - Shit. We gotta get outta here.

We gotta round up the girls and get outta here.

No, we need some cash. We need to get some quick cash first.

We need some quick cash for the road.

All right. Uh...

You know that lady I got in the city?

- Louella. - Yeah, louella.

- The drug dealer. - Yeah.

Well, maybe she can put me in touch with one of her guys.

And I'll make some kind of deal.

Steal their money or somethin'.

- I don't know, man. - Yeah. Yeah. Make a hustle.

- We got time. - We got... yeah, we got time,

- but it's comin' quick. - Okay.

- All right. - All right, Charlie. I won't let you down.

- All right. - I won't let you down.

[Helicopter blades whirring]

[Tex] Good evening, gentlemen, I got a buyer.

I got one primed and waiting over in Santa Monica.

Now, you give me the shit and I'll take it over to him.

I'll be back in a couple hours with the cash...

-minus my cut. - If you don't come back with our money...

I'm gonna fuck you up.

You guys will be happy.

That's why we're here, right?

- [Foil crackling] - [Sniffing]

[Phone ringing]

[Ringing continues]

- Good evenin'. - Yeah, I'm lookin' for Charles.

- Charles who? - The Charles that just ripped me off.

- That Charles. - Look, man. This is Charles.

I don't know what you're talking about.

The tall ass white boy from Texas.

That Charles.

Look, don't think I won't find him, man.

Don't think I won't find you.

You help him out, that's as bad as stealin' from me.

You understand?

You ever heard of the black panthers?

You ever heard of 'em? If you don't bring that son-of-a-bitch up here,

I'm gonna come to your house

and bring every black panther in I.A. county with me

and gut your entire fucking family.

- [Banging] - Oh! I'm all eyes, man.

I'm all-seeing. I'm all-knowing.

Look, man. Just listen, okay?

There's just a big misunderstanding.

We're gonna talk about this.

Tex here tells me he couldn't find his tourist buddy

and couldn't make the drop.

- I couldn't find him anywhere. - See?

Tried to find another buyer but it was too late.

- You know tourists, man. - If he couldn't find him

then he should've brought the shit right back.

Don't listen to what he's sayin'.

He's scammin' me. Man, he's scammin' both of us.

- Don't believe this shit! - Why wouldn't I believe him? This is my friend.

I brought him in my home.

So you're just like him then?

Another scheming, dirty-assed fuckin' hippie.

You're all the same. Don't practice what you preach.

You know what?

- Fuck you! - [Gunshot]

- [Groans] - [Laughs]

Uh-uh! Don't do that! Don't do that, man!

I shot your friend. Don't think I won't shoot you.

He's bleedin', motherfucker! He's gonna die!

You don't know that. You're not Jesus!

You're not Jesus. We're the chosen ones!

That's right! You do think you're Jesus?

Then heal him!

- Fuck you! - Can't touch us, blackie!

- Fuck you! - You tell your black panther friends

the war is coming!

[Neil Armstrong] One small step for man.

One giant leap for mankind.

- Are you getting a TV picture now, Houston? -[Beep]

- Wow. - It's fake.

- I know it's fake. - How do you know?

It is. I wrote the script.

Oh, yeah? How come Roman didn't direct it then?

- I mean, I could've said those lines. -[Laughing]

It's top secret. You'd tell everyone.

Like you're telling us now?

- Oh, now I have to kill you. -[Mock gasping]

Stop it. [Laughs]

[Hard rock music playing]

[Music continues]

What the fuck?

So, that mescaline you got me,

didn't work out so well, man.

What are you talking about, man? Get off me.

Shit had me seeing way too much like reality.

Reality's no good when you're lookin' for an escape.

Man, if you'd stop using that shit

like a goddamn junkie... Use that shit right.

- That was prime shit. - Word is you got 21k floatin' around in here.

What are you talking about? I got nothin'.

I wonder where a guy like you would keep 20 grand?

- In the mattress? - What are you talking about?

In the ice box?

It doesn't seem wise to me that a guy like you

would keep $21,000 sitting on the counter for everyone to see.

You come with us, you'll have plenty places to keep your cash

- get off! - And your stash.

- I got nothin'! - Think about it, Gary!

Think about it!

They told me to call you "Linda." I like that name.

I never really thought about it much myself.

Well, it means "soft."

It means "tender."

- I didn't know that. - You think it's true?

I don't know.

If there's one thing that this world needs more of, it's tenderness.

- [Groans] - [Laughing]

I feel like I'm in Vietnam!

I've got nothing to give you. Nothing.

I'm having a hard time believing you, Gary!

Yeah!

Look at good ol' Gary here!

He's all show and no go! Is that how it is, Gary?

You fuckin' with us? Is that how it really is?

Huh, Gary?

- You can't hear me talkin' to you? -[Laughter]

- Aw! - Is that how it is, Gary?

You fuckin' lyin' to us or is that how it really is?

I've got nothin'!

Do you read a lot?

Sometimes.

What do you read?

I don't know.

History.

Philosophy.

Philosophy as in thought?

Philosophy as in religion?

Both, I guess.

Are you nervous?

- No. - [Laughs softly]

You scared of me?

No.

See, I know how it is out in the world there, you know.

People judge

as soon as you even get a word out of your mouth.

It's not like that here.

It's not like that at all.

It's beautiful here.

You're beautiful here.

♪ All to Jesus, I surrender ♪

♪ All to him I freely give ♪

♪ I will ever love and trust him ♪

♪ In his presence daily live ♪

What are you tryin' to do to me?

W-w-what?

- [Breathing heavily] - [Laughing]

I don't have anything to give you.

You give bad drugs to people,

so why would I believe anything that you have to say?

Let me tell you about truth.

When my mother died,

my father said

he would take care of my brothers and I

that he'd do anything for us.

- But did he? - [Gasps]

No, he didn't.

Instead, he drank himself to death

and then he left us.

I stopped going to church.

And I took care of us...

Provided.

I did anything it took.

So...

When you say...

That you...

Are flat broke...

Simply because you don't want to be held accountable

for what you did to us...

Well, you think we're gonna believe that?

Well, now,

you got more problems than anyone in this room.

[Groans, gasping]

Gary looks like you could use a maid around here.

- This boy's a mess. - He won't give it up!

I know he has it! That lyin' piece of shit!

- Is that true? - Hell no, it's not true.

What about the money?

All your cash.

[Scoffs] What cash?

Your inheritance.

I said where's the goddamn money?

Like I been tellin' them for three days,

I don't have anything!

I don't have any cash! What do you want me to tell you?

What do you want me to say?

What do I want you to say? What do I want you to say?

I'll tell you what I fucking want you to say, Gary.

I want you... To stop lying...

Through your teeth.

[Screams]

[Laughing]

Take whatever you want.

Make it look like blackie did it.

- Oh, poor ba... horrible. - [Moaning]

[Laughing]

- [Groans] - [Laughs]

Hold him down! Hold him down!

- Push it down on his face! - I'm trying!

- He's too strong! - Push him down like this!

- Hold him down like this. - Okay.

You can hold him down, yeah!

Yeah! Hold him down. Yeah.

- [Laughing] - [Groaning]

- [Screaming] - [Grunting]

- [Cutting flesh] - [Muffled screams]

- Still moving. - [Sobbing]

You know they picked up Bobby beausoleil

a couple of weeks later off the 101

driving Gary hinman's fiat, right?

Well, uh, what do you mean, "picked him up"?

Arrested him.

Oh.

Well, that's a shame. Good kid.

At the scene, there were what appeared to be

palm prints meant to replicate the appearance

of a cat's paw.

You could almost say

that they were meant to look like

a panther paw.

A black one.

Ring a bell?

Is this helter skelter?

[Sniffs]

Now's the time for helter skelter.

Ol' blackie hasn't been able to do anything

without whitey showin' him how.

So, we're gonna go ahead and get it started.

What do you want us to do?

That house.

The one that son-of-a-bitch melcher used to live in

up on cielo drive.

I want you to go up there.

That's where it's gonna begin.

[Sniffles]

Okay, now,

I want y'all to leave a sign.

- Sign? - What kind of a sign?

You know what I mean.

Somethin' witchy.

[Laughs]

What did he mean?

About what?

"Do something witchy."

[Laughing]

The sooner it starts,

the sooner we get our salvation.

I-I don't understand.

How is driving into the Hollywood Hills

gonna start a war?

[Laughing]

It will.

- Charlie knows it will. - Yes.

- Helter skelter. - Helter skelter.

Helter fuckin' skelter.

- You know it! - That's pretty good!

- I needed more wine talking than my mind talking. - Yeah, yeah.

It's the wine telling the jokes now.

And on that note, I'm going to bed.

- Too much wine? - Ha! That's preposterous.

Maybe for you, Mr. Sebring, but I have a feeling

I was up a little bit earlier than you this morning.

- Yeah. - Yeah, I know a little more right now

than to expect Marlon to show up on time for his haircut.

Or to answer the door in a timely manner.

-[Laughs] Yes. - When were you at Brando's house?

- Shh. - I'm afraid of being invited to Brando's house.

- All the stories I've heard. - Mm-hmm.

Well, gentlemen, lady.

It's not a secret what I'm going to be dreaming about tonight.

- Oh! - [Chuckles]

- Do tell. - Good night.

- Night! - Ooh!

- Sharon. Sharon! - What?

How are you doing? It's been a few days.

Managing... despite some aches and pains here and there.

Oh. When are you due?

Just a couple of weeks.

Can you believe it?

- How's Roman doing? - He's good.

Yeah. He's doing really well.

He's working a lot. He's really excited.

- But, um... - Is he avoiding it?

Why would you say something like that?

I mean, what's with all these questions?

- I'm curious. - Okay.

All right. He's very busy.

He's working on a lot of important projects.

He, um...

Look, everything is fine.

You know? We're gonna be just fine.

- Stop. - [Gunshots]

- What was that? - You heard that too?

Yeah.

It sounds like it's coming from down the hill.

You go fetch his wallet out of the car

and keep watch around back.

Sure. Sure.

Let's go.

Friend of Jay's?

Who are you?

I'm the devil.

And I'm here to do the devil's work.

- Get up! - What?

- Shit! [Screams] - Shut up!

- Don't look at me. Get up! - Okay. Okay.

- Go, now! You too. Up. - Come on.

- Okay. - [Bashing]

- Down! - Go!

- [Grunting, moaning] - Don't move.

[Bashing]

Tex, what do we do with these guys?

Tie these two together.

- No. She's pregnant. - Shut up.

- Just leave her alone. - Shut up!

- Please don't do this. You don't need to do this. - Just let her go.

- She's pregnant. - [Gunshot]

- [Screaming] - Shut up!

Shut up!

It don't matter how much you fuckin' pigs squeal,

you're all gonna die.

So shut up. Now which one of you is loaded?

- Huh? - [Groans]

Who's got the cash? Where's the cash? Where's the money?

- I do. - Show me where it is.

- You got it? - [Sobbing]

- Please just... -you're not gonna need it anymore.

- Please don't do it. - Show me where it is. Come on.

- [Groaning, screaming] - Get over here.

- Shut up! - [Sobbing]

[Sobbing]

- [Screaming, crying] - [Stabbing]

[Susan] Nice!

[Sobbing, groaning]

- [Crying] - Shut up.

Please don't hurt my baby.

- [Sobs] - It needs to live.

- Let it live! Let my baby go! - Shut up!

- [Sobbing] - Shut up.

I'll give you money, whatever. We have money.

This is all she fucking has.

This is all you got?

Huh? 70 fuckin' dollars?

You ain't got Hollywood money?

Where's your goddamn money?

- [Gasping] - Fucking stab her!

- [Slicing] - [Groaning]

[Groaning]

[Grunts]

[Sobs] No!

[Screaming]

[Sobbing]

[Screaming]

Abby!

Abby! [Screaming]

[Choking, gurgling]

[Choking] Please, please stop.

[Breathing heavily]

[Sobbing]

I'm already dead.

[Breathing heavily]

[Sobbing]

[Sobs] No.

[Sobbing]

Please, no.

[Sobbing] I'm a mom.

[Sobbing]

- [Stabbing] - [Groaning]

I didn't do that, man.

Gary hinman's house had a similar m.O.

I didn't do that either.

I thought you were at the scene.

It's ironic

that they went to the house

that was once occupied by a record producer

that you claimed ripped you off and lied to you.

Look, man. I wasn't present at the scene.

- You're tryin' to implicate me. - I just want the truth.

The truth is, I wasn't there.

Were you at the labianca house?

- I didn't kill them either. - So you were there.

- I didn't say I was there. - I didn't ask if you killed them.

You think I'm supposed

to feel something about that?

Last night was sloppy. We can't have them gettin' away.

We can't have 'em screamin'.

Writin' "pig" on the wall ain't gonna work,

and helter skelter ain't gonna begin if someone gets away.

I'm gonna show you how it's done.

[Man on TV] Shirt secure. You take your string

you run it through hook number one.

[Groans]

What you readin', honey?

That poor girl. She was seven months pregnant, too.

Leno, look at this!

She was beautiful.

Yeah. No. Stop here.

Y'all, that's it.

Who lives here?

Come on.

She was married to that director, Roman polanski.

Polanski? The horror movie guy?

- Yeah. - Wow.

- Did we lock up? - [Knocking]

It's just gotta be suzan.

Come on.

[Grunts]

[Grunting]

You hear that?

No, I didn't hear anything.

[Sighs]

[Screaming]

What's happening?

You two, you go in there and you find out.

Go.

- Drive. - Where are we going?

You and Sandy met that actor

from Lebanon a couple weeks ago?

- Yeah? - Head that direction.

- Get out! - [Screaming continues]

Get... get up! Get...

Keep her quiet!

[Leno] Rosie! Rosie!

[Groaning]

Fuck!

[Grunting continues]

Stop it! Stay still!

- It's too dull. - What do you mean?

The knife we brought, it won't go in.

- [Grunts] - Give it to him.

[Whimpering, screaming]

[Susan] Just stand still!

[Rosemary] Leno! Leno!

Leno!

[Muffled screams]

Do something.

[Gasping]

Charlie said he'd do anything for you.

He said he would die for you.

Stab her!

[Shouts]

You ready for this?

Okay, you two, you two go.

You two go.

I said, "go."

So, what happened?

What's it, a secret?

Nothing, nothing happened.

He wasn't there.

You sure?

Knocked on the door for five minutes,

nobody answered.

Well, you sure you got the right place?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Okay, well, let's go.

Still don't feel anything?

[Manson] What, do you want me to cry?

Most people would be disturbed

by photographs like these.

I guess rebels don't cry.

How many cars had the people

living with you stolen?

Stolen? I never stole any cars.

Is that why they let you off?

Are you challenging me?

I'm not challenging you, I'm just asking.

Well, seems they didn't have a proper search warrant.

♪ Amazing grace

♪ how sweet the sound

♪ that saved

♪ a wretch like me

♪ I once was lost

♪ but now I'm found

♪ was blind

♪ but now I see

♪ 'twas grace that taught ♪

♪ My heart to fear

♪ and grace

♪ my fears relieved

♪ how precious did

♪ that grace appear

♪ the hour I first believed ♪

♪ When we've been there

♪ 10,000 years

♪ bright shining

♪ as the sun

♪ we've no less days

♪ to sing god's praise

♪ than when

♪ we first begun

auto theft.

Anonymous tip?

Yeah, apparently one of the ranch hands

didn't like that we wouldn't share

the girls with him,

so he lied when he saw a couple of cars

on the property.

He was jealous and greedy.

I don't like that.

Nothing wrong with wanting more.

It's the American dream.

That's what's driving Americans

to the apocalypse.

See? Greed, hate, and jealously.

It's a lot like when you told everyone

that you were going to be bigger

than the Beatles, isn't it?

- What was that? - The American dream?

Don't implicate me, man.

I don't like lies, and I don't like

the people that tell them.

I'm trying to determine if I can adequately

represent you.

- By demeaning me? - By analyzing you.

Look, man, I'm not a psychiatric patient.

I'm not a psychiatrist.

- Don't mess with me, man. - I'm not.

"When I plunged the knife in her,

it made me have an orgasm."

Those are your words.

Were you present at the Tate killings?

Yes.

Were you involved?

[Chuckles] Susan, we got all night.

Were you involved?

I got in the car with everyone.

Charlie told us to do something witchy.

He instructed you to go to cielo drive?

Yes.

To kill Sharon Tate?

Whoever was there.

I went into her bedroom,

brought her to the living room,

she was...

Pleading with us not to kill her.

She wanted to live long enough to have her baby.

She kept crying, and crying.

Crying for her mother.

So I stabbed her.

I tasted her blood.

It made Charlie happy.

If you're any kind of lawyer, man,

you'd be trying to get me out of here

instead of asking me question after question.

I have to make a fair assessment of you

before we go to trial.

We're not getting to trial.

- Why's that? - I'm a free man.

Doesn't look that way to me.

Well, your perception of free is different than mine.

I'm not the one sitting there

in the same suit and the same briefcase

as everyone else out there.

You're a slave. I'm the free man.

I'm not behind bars.

The way you live your life is your prison.

What would you know about my life?

You wanna know why I'm better?

Doubt me again when you've sat on a bench

with someone for almost a year

who you know killed someone's wife or child,

when you've had to cross-examine

a young widow who watched your client

murder her husband before her very eyes,

and you tell her she's wrong.

I didn't hurt anyone.

Then why are you here?

I don't know. Wrong place, wrong time.

I don't think I can represent you.

[Scoffs] Why not? I'm innocent.

I didn't do anything to those people

in the Hollywood Hills,

I didn't touch those people in los feliz.

Not that simple, doesn't work that way.

I didn't kill anybody.

I don't even know why I'm in here.

Because people are dead, Charlie!

They're dead because you sent people

to their house to take their lives.

And why?

Because you're not a rock star.

Fuck you man, fuck you!

Those kids would do anything for you,

and you deceived them and manipulated them

for your own self-pity!

And you wonder why you're here?

You really think that these people are your friends?

Your family?

We're not family, man.

We're not a cult, or any other

of those fucking labels

anyone wants to put on us, okay?

We're friends. We're friends.

They would do anything for me,

and I would die for them,

I would die for those people.

I gave them a place, I gave them direction.

You know why?

Because you threw them out like trash.

And we deserve more, we deserve more than you.

Fuck you!

They're your friends,

- you really believe that. - I do.

Well, one of your friends

told her cellmate everything...

About helter skelter, about you,

about everything.

Looks like you're alone again, Charlie.

[Uncle] You mad at your mama?

She can't help what she is.

People are who they are.

And they do what they're gonna do.

Niggers do what they do, Jews do what they do.

You can't change people, Charlie.

You can't change who they are.

You were born a rebel, Charlie,

and don't you ever forget it.

[Rock music playing]

♪ She's so out of control ♪

♪ She's been selling her soul ♪

♪ To the man she met from Mississippi ♪

♪ Long brown beard and wearing hippie clothes ♪

♪ She's buying every line ♪

-♪ Every line. -♪ he feeds her one at a time ♪

♪ He's got her believing

♪ that he's the second coming of Christ ♪

♪ She don't know

♪ he's out of control

[music continues]

♪ He's so out of his mind ♪

♪ He's lost in space and in time ♪

♪ Since he was sent to save us ♪

♪ From all the mortal dangers in life ♪

♪ She's got flowers in her hair ♪

♪ Flowers in her hair

♪ she follows him everywhere ♪

♪ She's his first disciple ♪

♪ Says he was sent to die for us all ♪

♪ He don't know she's out of control ♪

♪ She don't know he's out of control ♪

♪ Now she can't come home from wherever she's gone ♪

♪ 'Cause she's been away from far too long ♪

♪ And she's not even sure what planet she's on ♪

♪ She's so out of control ♪

♪ She's been selling her soul ♪

♪ To the man she met from Mississippi ♪

♪ Long brown beard and wearing hippie clothes ♪

♪ She's buying every line ♪

♪ Every line

♪ he feeds her one at a time ♪

♪ He's got her believing

♪ that he's the second coming of Christ ♪

♪ She don't know

♪ he's out of control

♪ he's so out of control

♪ she's so out of control ♪

♪ He's so out of control

♪ she's so out of control ♪

[car approaches]

[Car door opens]

[Ambiance music playing]