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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) Movie Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle (G. Allen Johnson)
One of the year's most important documentaries, a real must-see....read the complete Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) review at San Francisco Chronicle (G. Allen Johnson)
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The Onion (A.V. Club) (Noel Murray)
While Jonestown lacks the power of revelation, it's a first-rate piece of journalism, as fascinating and thorough as any magazine article....read the complete Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Noel Murray)
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Entertainment Weekly
Reverend, seducer, icon of warped Elvis cool, Jim Jones led the creepiest bad trip of the '70s the mass suicide of 900 of his followers in Guyana. This slipshod doc offers fascinating footage of Jones' silky malevolence (he has the eyes of a perverted...read the complete Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) review at Entertainment Weekly
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by Paul Stefanski "J... on May 03, 2008
This documentary is fascinating with in-depth accounts of the few people who did manage to duck the darkness of a minister gone mad. It presents accounts of temple devotees who didn't go to Guyana in the first place, those who went but escaped the ...
by K. Clark "Ms. Spe... on May 02, 2008
This is by far the best documentation of the Peoples Temple and the JonesTown ...
by SORE EYES on April 13, 2008
"Jonestown-The Life and Death of The People's Temple" is the best of the documentaries about Jonestown available. It is less sensational than the "made for TV movie specials" I have seen on this subject. "Jonestown" contains great footage of Jim Jones ...
by Proteus "colonial... on November 18, 2007
This is a great documentary, but it really left out some MAJOR details. It never mentions the beatings and tortures that people were subject to in Jonestown. It doesn't mention the long over-worked hours people spent in the crop fields. The fact that ...
by Ericka Hill "E. H... on November 04, 2007
I first watched this special on PBS just channel surfing. Never had I seen a documantary that sent chills up and down my arm. I was very young when all this was taking place, but I remember the movie that was made about this sinister act. Well, the movie ...
by Armand Herpe on June 18, 2007
This is the best and most extraordinary documnentary on what happen on Nov.18,1978.showing actual news reel footage of the events and interviews of the real participants not actors recounting their experiences as temple members and life under Jim Jones ...
by Stephen Elderbroc... on May 05, 2007
This is a fascinating and chilling (if too brief) look into the history of Jim Jones and his People's Temple. What it offers beyond mere history, though, is a glimpse into the seductive nature of good turned into evil, through the eyes and words of ...
by Still Learning, S... on April 25, 2007
"Jonestown" was originally a PBS "American Experience" program. It is presented only in the form of archival footage of the People's Temple and survivor interviews. There are no interviews of sociologists and there is no narration. This format is very ...
by Joseph King "Rain... on April 10, 2007
Two films came out this year on Jonestown, the Discovery Channel, "Jonestown Paradise Lost" and "Jonestown: The Life & Death of Peoples Temple." The former presented actors in segments and this was a true documentary. This was a horrific time in the ...
by Sylviastel on April 10, 2007
Jonestown, Guyana tragedy is still one of those tragedies that scare and fascinate me at the same time. The idea of people willingly drinking cynaide kool aid and dying under the burning sun. This DVD edition of Jonestown does not do enough in my opinion ...
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