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Jonestown: Paradise Lost is a 2007 documentary television film on the History Channel about the final days of Jonestown, the Peoples Temple, and Jim Jones.From eyewitness and survivor accounts, the program recreates the last week before the mass murder-suicide on November 18, 1978.
Aired music videos from various artists from around the world; purchased and shut down by Hubbard Broadcasting in 2008 to expand distribution for Ovation TV. m Channel: Aired syndicated music videos, TV shows, movies and news. Was folded under decision of the owner/creator of the network. MOR Music TV: August 31, 1997: Launched on September 1 ...
Jeff Bridges as Bill Django, [8] a character based on Jim Channon, [9] who spent two years in the 1970s investigating new age movements, and subsequently wrote an operations manual for a First Earth Battalion. [9] Kevin Spacey as Larry Hooper. Larry represents the New Earth Army's dark side and wishes to use the non-lethal technologies in ...
James B. Channon (September 20, 1939 [1] - September 10, 2017) [2] was a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, New Age futurologist, and business consultant. He was primarily known for authoring the First Earth Battalion Operations Manual (1979, and later editions), [ 3 ] a popular book pointing the way toward a New Age transformation in the U.S. military.
The book is a companion to a three-part TV series broadcast in Britain on Channel 4—Crazy Rulers of the World (2004)—the first episode of which is also entitled "The Men Who Stare at Goats". The same title was used a third time for a loose feature film adaptation in 2009.
Boothe first came to national attention in 1980, playing Jim Jones in the CBS TV film Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones. Boothe's portrayal of the crazed cult leader received critical acclaim. In Time 's story on the production, Boothe was praised: "There is one extraordinary performance. A young actor named Powers Boothe captures all the ...
James Earl Jones was an actor known for his booming voice, towering presence, and utter commitment to his craft. He passed away on September 9, 2024, at the age of 93. His voice and presence were ...
The film draws on Guyana Massacre: The Eyewitness Account and reports from The Washington Post at the time, to describe the life of Jim Jones from a 1960s idealist to the November 1978 mass murder/suicide of members of Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana. [1] In the beginning of the film, Jim Jones is seen helping minorities and working against ...