Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert Stone
Tim Findley
Dan Grove
Mike Bortin
Ludlow Kramer
John Lester
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In 1974, a teenage newspaper heiress and Berkeley undergrad was kidnapped at gunpoint from her apartment, setting off one of the most bizarre episodes in recent history. The kidnappers, completely off the map before Patty Hearst disappeared into the San Francisco night, were a small band of young, ferociously militant political radicals, dedicated to the rights of prisoners and the working class. They called themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army. Over the course of about three years they robbed banks, senselessly killed two innocent people, instigated a firefight after attempting to shoplift a pair of socks, and, most famously, converted their hostage and victim. They also achieved an undeniably visionary manipulation of the media, inciting perhaps the first modern media frenzy. Presenting resonating questions about the role of the media in America--mouthpiece? messenger? truth seeker?--the ethical dilemmas posed by new technologies, and the proximity of madness to political extremism.
Director
Robert Stone
Cast
Tim Findley
Dan Grove
Mike Bortin
Ludlow Kramer
John Lester
Russ Little
Crew
Coll Anderson
Mike Bortin
Tim Findley
Nick Fraser
Dan Grove
Kim Haley
Don Kleszy
Don Kleszy
Kyle Kramb
Ludlow Kramer
John Lester
Gary Lionelli
Russ Little
Lawrence Mercer
Richard Neill
Mark Samels
Howard Shack
Robert Stone
Robert Stone
Robert Stone
Leslie Ursa
Leslie Ursa
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 2005 Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Limited Release in United States November 26, 2004
Released in United States 2004
Released in United States August 2004
Released in United States Fall November 26, 2004
Released in United States June 2004
Released in United States November 2004
Released in United States on Video September 27, 2005
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 18-29, 2004.
Shown at SILVERDOCS:AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival (Competition June 15-20, 2004.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) Janauary 15-25, 2004.
Released in United States 2004 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) Janauary 15-25, 2004.)
Released in United States June 2004 (Shown at SILVERDOCS:AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival (Competition June 15-20, 2004.)
Released in United States August 2004 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 18-29, 2004.)
Released in United States November 2004 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (DOC) November 4-14, 2004.)
Released in United States Fall November 26, 2004
Released in United States on Video September 27, 2005
Limited Release in United States November 26, 2004
