Cielo Drive

Authors: Brett / Dpac
Location: Wisconsin / Wisconsin

“Cielo Drive”

Directed by Curtis Hanson
Written by Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
Produced by Curtis Hanson and Brian Grazer
Music by James Horner

Principal Cast:

Charles Manson - Billy Crudup
Sharon Tate - Charlize Theron
Roman Polanski - Michael J. Fox
Jay Sebring - Christian Bale
Abigail Folger - Catherine Keener
Wojciech Frykowski -Steve Buscemi
Linda Kasabian - Jennifer Carpenter
Steven Parent - Jake Gyllenhaal
William Garretson - Haley Joel Osment
Tex Watson - Jim Caviezel
Patricia Krenwinkel - Anna Paquin
Susan Atkins - Holly Hunter
Terry Melcher - Johnny Depp
Winifred Chapman - Marcia Gay Harden
Joanna Pettet - Anna Faris
Barbara Lewis - Jennifer Hudson

Tagline: "The murder that shocked thousands. The facts that will shock millions"

Synopsis: All was quiet at 10050 Cielo Drive on that muggy August night in 1969. So quiet, in fact, that the neighbors said you could almost hear the ice rattling in the cocktails at the home of the lovely Sharon Tate. It was just an ordinary day for Tate which fate had decided to end a little differently. Her husband, Roman Polanski, was shooting a film in Europe. To get rid of her sense of loneliness, eight months pregnant Tate invited her close friends, coffee heiress Abigail Folger and her rich fiancée, Frykowski, and renowned hair stylist Jay Sebring for dinner at a restaurant and came back to Tate's place to have a chat. Impromptu gatherings like this one on a weekend night were not at all atypical, but she wanted to confide in someone her despair at Polanski's delay in returning from London. Hours came and went as they sat there taking and as the night got later, the silence thickened. But shortly after midnight, all that would change, for the worse…

What the press would say:

Few murders have shocked Hollywood and modern popular culture more than those committed by the notorious Manson Family in the 1960's, and in particular the slaying of LA "it" girl Sharon Tate and her fabulous friends. The wave of panic felt by southern California after these horrendous crimes was felt for months. Curtis Hanson's historical valentine "Cielo Drive" focuses on just that. Yes, it's a biopic. But it's goes so much farther. This film noir is, to say the least, a revealing and heartbreaking look at one of the United States most definitive periods in modern culture.

Its August 9th, 1965. We are first introduced to Roman Polanski, shooting a film in Europe, longing for his wife and expectant baby. We meet Sharon Tate, a Hollywood starlet searching for someone to confide in. We meet Sharon's guests, relaxed and quiet at the house on the hill. And then we meet the Manson Family, ready to do what fate intended. It's the climax of the cult-hippie movement, a period of crime and murder. it's a night that will never be forgotten. The scenes in the Tate home are some not quickly forgotten. Its a dark, saddening, and utterly violent period in the film. Some would say it makes your hair curl with sheer anger towards the Manson Clan. But Hanson's best skills lie in his level for taste and meaning, not just in his meticulous directing. And although the scenes may be hard to stomach, they will surely break your heart and leave you floored.

Overall Cielo Drive is more than just a film. It's a study of mortality and fate. These performances are some of the best scene in contemporary cinema, and the real star of the film is it's acclaimed director. When watching this film, you won't turn away. You cant turn away. Because the end result is something not easily put into words. You will be angered, you will cry, and surely, you will feel.

Possible Nominations:
Best Picture: Curtis Hanson and Brian Grazer
Best Director: Curtis Hanson
Best Original Screenplay: Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
Best Actor: Billy Crudup, Christian Bale
Best Actress: Charlize Theron
Best Supp. Actor: Michael J. Fox, Steve Buscemi
Best Supp. Actress : Catherine Keener, Holly Hunter
And various other technical awards.......