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- SKU: VCI8505
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 089859850523
- Street Date: 08/28/07
- PreBook Date: 01/01/01
- Label: VCI Entertainment »
- Genre: Drama
- Run Time: 189 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Year of Production: 1980
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
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Guyana Tragedy: The Jim Jones Story
- List Price: $14.95
- Your Price: $14.95
- In Stock: 464
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Originally shown as a two-part TV movie, this is a gripping recreation of the horrible tragedy of the November 1978 mass suicide of 913 people at the South American religious "colony" of Jonestown. Powers Boothe's portrayal of the cult-leader Reverend Jim Jones earned him an "Emmy" and the film traces the life of Jones from his early activist period to his rise as a modern day messiah. The climatic suicide scenes are convincingly recreated in a near-documentary style, and the whole production benefits from a huge supporting cast of excellent players.
