Manson - Freedom, Albeit Breif
Genre: Biography / Crime
Director: Antonio Campos
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Ryan O'Neal, Elise Eberle, Daniel Roebuck and Chris Mulkey
Plot: 1957. Charles Manson (Jim Sturgess) opens up a letter from his wife Rosalie. The letter tells him that she has left the state with a new lover, a long-haul trucker, and taken their son with her. She doesn't want him around her or her child and wishes him all the best. Manson furiously trashes his prison cell. The next day, a prison guard informs Warden Robert Moseley (Daniel Roebuck) that Manson isn't in his cell like he should be. Warden Moseley orders the guards to do a sweep of the facility. Outside, one of the guards notices that the chain link fence separating the yard from the north parking lot has been cut. Moseley heads out to the parking lot with a group of guards where he finds Manson sitting in a car attempting to hot wire it. When Manson sees the Warden, he exits the car with his hands above his head. Later, Manson meets with McVeigh (Ryan O'Neal) and announces that upon his release he plans to utilize what McVeigh has taught him about running women.
1958. Manson, wearing a suit and tie, knocks on a door. A woman answers the door. Manson asks her if she would be interested in buying a freezer. Once again, Manson has been relegated to menial employment to try to make ends meet. The woman quickly shuts the door in Manson's face. While walking down the street with his sales kit when he comes across a young woman named Leona Stevens (Elise Eberle). Manson throws his sale kit into a garbage can and introduces himself to Leona, who he quickly begins calling "Candy".
Manson has Candy out on to street late at night. He watches from a nearby car as she attempts to solicit herself as a prostitute to business men walking by. Eventually one man takes her up on her offer and they go into a nearby motel room together. When Candy returns to the car following the trick, she hands the money over to Manson who quietly counts it. Manson pulls out a knife and tells Candy to do to him exactly what she did to the guy in the motel.
On another night while Candy is turning a trick, Manson walks down the street. He stops at each mailbox and looks through mail inside. He starts opening up the envelopes. Eventually, after several mailboxes and a trail of ripped up mail, he comes across a U.S. Treasury check for $37.50. When he goes to the bank to cash the check, he is arrested. When he is brought before the judge, he finds Candy is already in the court room. She is tearfully pleading with the judge to let Manson go free. She insists that she is deeply in love with Manson and will marry him if he is freed. The judge tells Manson that this is his last chance to turn his life around and grants Manson mercy. The judge tells Manson that any further criminal activity will put him in jail for 10 years.
Given one last chance at an honest life, Manson quickly steals a car. He tells Candy that he has a plan to make more money in the prostitution business. He tells her that he believes they can make good money off of lonely men at business conventions in New Mexico. They hit the road in their stolen car, heading east toward New Mexico.
Candy is busted during their first attempt at a job in New Mexico. Seeing her arrested from his seat in the car, Manson quickly speeds away from the scene toward Mexico. Across the border in Mexico, Manson's stolen car breaks down. He starts walking toward a small village, but he passes out from dehydration just as he reaches the small patch of civilization. When he wakes up, he finds that the villagers have taken him into a small shack. They give him some mushrooms to eat. Manson begins to hallucinate that he is a matador. When he comes to, he finds himself laying on a bench just down the road from the border crossing at Laredo. He is arrested for vagrancy by Federales, who deliver Manson to American authorities in Laredo. Manson is taken into custody and sentenced to 10 years for his attempt to cash the Treasury check. When a judge asks Manson what he was doing in Mexico, he tells the judge that he really doesn't remember much of it.
At his latest prison stop, Manson hears the sounds of a guitar down the cell block. He walks down the hall as if in a trance and finds a fellow inmate playing in their cell. The man introduces himself as Alvin Karpis (Chris Mulkey) and asks Manson if he's ever heard of him before. Manson shakes his head, and Karpis asks if he's heard of Capone and Dillinger. Manson says of course he has, and Karpis tells him that he used to run with them. Manson is less interested in Karpis' criminal resume, and more interested in Karpis' guitar playing. Karpis asks if Manson knows how to play, and Manson says he does not. Karpis asks if Manson would like to learn.
1958. Manson, wearing a suit and tie, knocks on a door. A woman answers the door. Manson asks her if she would be interested in buying a freezer. Once again, Manson has been relegated to menial employment to try to make ends meet. The woman quickly shuts the door in Manson's face. While walking down the street with his sales kit when he comes across a young woman named Leona Stevens (Elise Eberle). Manson throws his sale kit into a garbage can and introduces himself to Leona, who he quickly begins calling "Candy".
Manson has Candy out on to street late at night. He watches from a nearby car as she attempts to solicit herself as a prostitute to business men walking by. Eventually one man takes her up on her offer and they go into a nearby motel room together. When Candy returns to the car following the trick, she hands the money over to Manson who quietly counts it. Manson pulls out a knife and tells Candy to do to him exactly what she did to the guy in the motel.
On another night while Candy is turning a trick, Manson walks down the street. He stops at each mailbox and looks through mail inside. He starts opening up the envelopes. Eventually, after several mailboxes and a trail of ripped up mail, he comes across a U.S. Treasury check for $37.50. When he goes to the bank to cash the check, he is arrested. When he is brought before the judge, he finds Candy is already in the court room. She is tearfully pleading with the judge to let Manson go free. She insists that she is deeply in love with Manson and will marry him if he is freed. The judge tells Manson that this is his last chance to turn his life around and grants Manson mercy. The judge tells Manson that any further criminal activity will put him in jail for 10 years.
Given one last chance at an honest life, Manson quickly steals a car. He tells Candy that he has a plan to make more money in the prostitution business. He tells her that he believes they can make good money off of lonely men at business conventions in New Mexico. They hit the road in their stolen car, heading east toward New Mexico.
Candy is busted during their first attempt at a job in New Mexico. Seeing her arrested from his seat in the car, Manson quickly speeds away from the scene toward Mexico. Across the border in Mexico, Manson's stolen car breaks down. He starts walking toward a small village, but he passes out from dehydration just as he reaches the small patch of civilization. When he wakes up, he finds that the villagers have taken him into a small shack. They give him some mushrooms to eat. Manson begins to hallucinate that he is a matador. When he comes to, he finds himself laying on a bench just down the road from the border crossing at Laredo. He is arrested for vagrancy by Federales, who deliver Manson to American authorities in Laredo. Manson is taken into custody and sentenced to 10 years for his attempt to cash the Treasury check. When a judge asks Manson what he was doing in Mexico, he tells the judge that he really doesn't remember much of it.
At his latest prison stop, Manson hears the sounds of a guitar down the cell block. He walks down the hall as if in a trance and finds a fellow inmate playing in their cell. The man introduces himself as Alvin Karpis (Chris Mulkey) and asks Manson if he's ever heard of him before. Manson shakes his head, and Karpis asks if he's heard of Capone and Dillinger. Manson says of course he has, and Karpis tells him that he used to run with them. Manson is less interested in Karpis' criminal resume, and more interested in Karpis' guitar playing. Karpis asks if Manson knows how to play, and Manson says he does not. Karpis asks if Manson would like to learn.
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