CBS Network - "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones" (Complete Broadcast - 2 Parts, 4/1980) 📺
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- Here's the complete broadcast of both parts of the TV-movie "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones" (starring Powers Boothe as the Peoples Temple cult leader) as aired on the CBS Network over KTVH Channel 12 in Wichita-Hutchinson, KS (in Chicago, this was broadcast on WBBM Channel 2).
[Modification Disclosure: The first 7 minutes or so of the broadcast of Part 1 was missing from our recording of the 1980 premiere airing, so we substituted in the missing time from a recording in our archives of the (re)broadcast of the movie on KNXT-TV (now KCBS-TV) that aired 5/27/81. There were no commercial breaks during this time, though I can't guarantee that there weren't any changes made to the movie itself in the rebroadcast during the time in question. The rebroadcast from 1981 was cut down to a one-night, 3 hour presentation, as opposed to the original which was a 2-night, 4 hour presentation - so a lot of changes/deletions did occur.]
Includes:
Animated "CBS Special Presentation" open, Part 1 preview and then film segment 1
Commercials for:
Wrangler jeans
Close-up toothpaste
Plant Helpers by Corning
Dristan decongestant tablets
Promos for Palmerstown USA, Hagen and The Contender
Film segment 2
Commercials for:
AMC Concord
Prolamine diet pills
Raid Professional Strength Ant & Roach Killer
Coors beer
Promo for The Body Human
CBS 'Eye-D' (first night's voiceovers by Lee Jordan)
KBS (Kansas Broadcasting System) slide
Commercials for:
Monsanto Roundup Herbicide
Seiferts Towne East
Urban League of Wichita's 26th Anniversary Dinner
Station ID / Merv promo
Film segment 3
Commercials for:
Love My Carpet Rug & Room Deodorizer
Bayer aspirin
1980 Mazda GLC
Theatrical trailer for "Foxes"
Promos for The Tim Conway Show and Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes
CBS 'Eye-D'
KBS slide
Commercials for:
One Calorie Pepsi Light
Newsbreak 12 with Dennis Shreefer
Sub & Stuff Sandwich Shop
Station ID / The News promo
Film segment 4
Commercials for:
Aqua-Fresh toothpaste
Liquid-Plumr drain cleaner
1980 Honda Prelude
Pentax ME Super Camera
Film segment 5
Commercials for:
7-Eleven Burritos
Aim toothpaste
Norelco rotary razor
Hefty trash bags
Promo for 2-hour Dukes of Hazzard
CBS 'Eye-D'
KBS slide
Commercials for:
Ramrod & Aztrazine herbicide
Promo for AM Kansas
Station ID / promo for The News
Film segment 6
Commercials for:
Grecian Formula 16
1980 Volkswagen Pickup
Anacin Fast Pain Relief
Theatrical trailer for "Apocalypse Now"
Film segment 7
Commercials for:
Tums (with George Kennedy)
Mennen Millionaire
Tegrin medicated shampoo
Visine eye drops
Part 2 preview plus end credits
Recording cuts to tail end of Part 2 preview, followed by film segment 8
Commercials for:
Theatrical trailer for "Apocalypse Now"
Raid Professional Strength Ant & Roach Killer
AMC Spirit (voiceover by Don Pardo)
Royal Oak charcoal
Promos for The Incredible Hulk, The Dukes of Hazzard and Dallas
Film segment 9
Commercials for:
Tegrin medicated shampoo
1980 Mazda 626
Aqua-Fresh toothpaste
Cling Free sheets [had to be REMOVED due to bogus Copyright claims from "Music Video Distributors" and their "Reach To Limits S7 E5"]
Promos for Palmerstown USA, Hagen and The Contender
CBS 'Eye-D' (second night voiceovers by Wally King)
KBS slide
Commercials for:
IGA supermarkets
Promo for Wild Kingdom
Station ID / AM Kansas promo
Film segment 10
Commercials for:
Plush dry carpet cleaner
Airwick Heavy-Duty Stick-Ups
Mennen Millionaire
Dristan decongestant tablets
Promo for 2-hour Dukes of Hazzard
CBS 'Eye-D'
KBS slide
Commercials for:
AM Kansas promo
Newsbreak 12 with Dennis Shreefer
Bank of Kansas
Station ID / The News promo
Film segment 11
Commercials for:
Step Saver floor cleaner
7-Eleven burritos
Raid Crack & Crevice spray
Prolamine diet pills
Film segment 12
Commercials for:
AMC Eagle
Kingsford Charcoal Briquets
Tums (with George Kennedy)
Unisom sleep aid
Promos for The Tim Conway Show and Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes
CBS 'Eye-D'
KBS slide
Promos for:
Sunday movie "The Virgin Soldiers"
AM Kansas
Station ID / The News promo
Film segment 13
Commercials for:
1980 Volkswagen Diesel Pickup
Mamiya ZE camera (voiceover by well-known photographer Leonard Nimoy)
Anacin Fast Pain Relief
Bulova watches
Promo for 2-hour Dukes of Hazzard
Film segment 14 with end credits
Start of commercial (just as recording ends)
This aired on local Wichita-Hutchinson TV on Tuesday, April 15th 1980 and Wednesday, April 16th 1980, both during the 8:00pm to 10:00pm timeframe.
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Powers Boothe was exceptional as Jim Jones. He was flawless. No other actor could have portrayed Jones better.
I watched Jonestown:Paradise Lost & the actor that played him is Canadian & you could TOTALLY hear his Canadian accent. He didn't sound diabolical at all. Powers Boothe NAILED this part to a freakin;' T!!!
I agree.
Well, looks like Leonardo DiCaprio will give it a shot. We'll see...
Just the right amount of crazy. You're right he was spot on
@@janethockey3880 .........................................
I remember seeing this on tv when I was little and it had a lasting effect on me. When I got older I found the vhs tape and bought it. Powers Booth definitely deserved an Emmy for his work on this. RIP PB🥀
And these old ass commercials are golden!!! Loved watching those too🙌🏾💛🙌🏾
I remember watching this when I was little. Power Booth really nailed 👌 it. I haven't seen this in like 40years.
not sure which hit me harder - this or I Claudius. Both masterpieces to be sure. But so dark! My parents watched both so... you know how it went, right? One TV? Who decides what to watch at prime time? Certainly not the kids. :D My mother cringed every time there was a bad word or questionable content. Then she would give my dad a look like, "Are you really going to let the kids watch this with us?" And my dad, bless him, would say, "as long as they keep quiet".
we had our fair share of TV crap back in the day, too. But every once in awhile we had pure gold. Like this. Just as riveting today as it was the first time I saw it.
Oh! Almost forgot Roots. Also gripping.
Only an American would enjoy watching adverts.
Based on another film I saw he didn't die in Guyana. It showed a black woman killed in in North Carolina.
The fact that this is a true story is truly terrifying. Powers Boothe was incredible in this.
Yes he was absolutely terrifying what a performance
I love lavar burton too in this
Very impressive cast all around. Powers steals the show as Jim. Which says a lot considering the caliber of the actors hired and the other shows and movies they had done.
@@kathleengleason9805 so why he's not the host of jeopardy then
Yes he did
Considering this came out within only two years of that tragic day itself, this is a surprisingly even-handed biopic that neither raises Jones' status nor particularly demonise him, but simply lays down the events and the people in a fairly equal way. It fully acknowledges Jones' religious beginnings, and his seemingly genuine want to create a better world for the many disadvantaged in America during the 1960s and 1970s, while also showing his descent into sleaze, drugs, and the power trip that would ultimately lead to the second largest loss of American lives in a single event. The cast are stellar, and the production is evocative of the time in all the right places (parts of it feel like they're being shot fly-on-the-wall documentary style, really emphasizing the reality in some of these otherwise bizarre events). I can't imagine CBS treating their documentation of a similar modern event with such even-handedness.
Thank you for sharing it.
You really nailed every last detail about what made this film so astonishingly perfect. I was just hitting my early teens when this came out and it was chilling. Bone chilling. When I saw Fuzzy Memories had posted this I was ecstatic. Honestly, I thought, if nothing else, this will be interesting to see as an adult. Gotta say, this was unexpectedly even more jarring now than it was back then. Powers Boothe was unbelievably believable as Jones. I hate to say it, but I found myself being able to fathom how people could fall for a charismatic figure; there were times I felt like Boothe was hypnotizing me to like his character. For the first time since childhood, I really had trouble sleeping with all the lights out. In total darkness, all I could do was think about the closing scene and it just scared me to the core. And saddened me too for all those people who died.
You should be a.film or TV critic...very well spoken.
@@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles Boothe’s portrayal won him an Emmy for Best Actor In A Limited Series
Compare this to the trashy Guyana: Crime of The Century/Cult of The Damned theatrical film
@Urvy1A Yes absolutely, the "Crime of the Century/Cult of the Damned" film, put into production in Mexico less than a year after the real event, doesn't choose to explore the underlying story or maintain the even-handedness of portrayal that Guyana Tragedy does, but instead accentuates the gory details for pure exploitation schlock. The one thing I will commend the earlier movie on is that they sought to be accurate in their visual attention to detail -- the sets look suitably like the real thing as far as the footage and photographic evidence we have available and it's clear they did put a lot of effort into those details -- but in it's story and it's depiction of these poor unfortunate people who were led astray and lost their lives in Guyana, it only determined to make money from it a use it as a backdrop for cheap scares. "Crime of the Century/Cult of the Damned" has no social conscience driving it; whereas in Guyana Tragedy, CBS are trying their very hardest to tackle the many elements of the event with thoughtfulness and careful consideration. It's clearly the better production.
Back when they knew how to make made for tv movies! Great upload.
Agreed, this is a sensational TV movie, downright chilling in many moments
This was actually head and shoulders about many of those made-for-tv movies. The fact that it is as hard hitting now as it was then says so much for how well it was made.
For free. No cable needed.
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@@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles There were a lot of bad ones, but the ones that hit like _Brian's Song_ and _Duel_ *really* hit.
The last minute of this film always stayed with me. Powers Boothe was amazing.
These old commercials are such a treat!🤩✨✨✨
I know right! A brand new car for 5000 bucks!
@@stephentaylor8339 😂💯
Nostalgia time!!!
Really? I’m annoyed as Hell by tgem
The YT ones, not so much.
Thank you, Museum of Classic Television for uploading this *complete* with bumpers and ad breaks!. We really need to retain this time capsule.
I agree with you, now I am elderly, and I ask myself if this would happen again would I fall for it? Given the times of now, scares me!
@@queenscorpion662 Me too!
@@queenscorpion662 Jim preyed on ppl of all ages I notice. Naive teens & vulnerable elders.
The little boy that played Jim Jones as a kid is adorable!
Why it is sooo important to know the scriptures very well. Anyone who lifts themselves up above Jesus Christ, RUN!!!!
Or, just think for yourself.
THAT'S RIGHT! ABOVE JEHOVAH
@@jeffcampbell2710 not true
Religious ideology causes nothing but segregation, hate, mistrust and war. See history for proof.
JimJones was not a man of god and if you think that bless your misguided heart. You know who knew the Bible front and back the Devil and bid kicked him out of heaven.
For anyone who's not aware, Jim Jones is a reason why we have the term "drinking the Kool-Aid".
I was actually wondering whether there would be an ad for Kool-Aid brand soft drink mix during the broadcast.
Of course, to be fair to Kool-Aid, the people of Jonestown didn't actually drink that brand - it was Flavor Aid.
This is also the reason for the decline of Kool-Aid.
Apparently, it was actually Flavor-Aid, but things got last in translation.
I preferred Goofy Grape from Funny Face.
Bout to jump in my American Motors Spirit and head to the store for some Royal Oak charcoal lol.
I love old commercials
This whole recording the movie commercials local news spots is a gem of a time capsule.
Yes. It takes me back.
This cast is absolutely stacked. So many phenomenal performances - Madge Sinclair, Brad Dourif and Rosalind Cash are particularly wonderful - but Powers Boothe is truly one of a kind. He is so mesmerizing that apparently members of the cast and crew would come to him during filming about their personal problems, because they had forgotten that he was not actually Jim Jones.
Powers deserved that Emmy, for sure!
Levar Burton and Irene Cara, tho 😆
You know he crossed the picket line of the 1980 Actors Strike and went to the Emmys to win his award! His way of saying “F all of y’all!”
PB is the only one that I can watch play Jim Jones.
And the great Veronica Cartwright. She was an ideal choice to portray Jim Jone's wife.
Jim Jones was my Dad's substitute teacher.
My Mom also grew-up in Ukiah, and two lady co-workers went to Guyana, and lost their lives.
I remember this tragedy and reading it in the papers. I was in junior high and my sisters and I delivered the Boston Globe. What is never mentioned is the people who were hunted down in the United States after this tragedy and killed those who went into hiding. I never understood why those who were connected in the Jim Jones went after those who had broken away before they all went to Ghana. Why did they kill those who chose not to go to Ghana? I remember reading about those incidents in the Boston Globe. I never did understand that.
Wow! 😳😳😳
What were their names?
This video made me donate to your museum. Awesome performances from Powers Boothe, LeVar Burton & others. Thanks for the uploading.
I Remember Watching this back in the Spring of 1980. 42 Years Ago
In the mid to late 80's, my father went to his gf's house. Upon walking in, I glanced at the TV and saw a brief moment of people drinking something and then a wide shot of people fallen over. Too young to realize what I had just witnessed, this moment stuck with me for the longest.
Fast forward a few years and I found myself with a morbid fascination for the macabre. Researching Manson, Bundy, Koresh and the like. But for whatever reason, unbeknownst to me at the time, I began wanting to learn about Jim Jones, The People's Temple and Jonestown (Guyana).
Little did I know my mind was just connecting the dots to that horrific scene I recalled earlier in my youth. Well today I decided to google "Jim Jones Jonestown Movie 70's", and the link to this video was my first hit. I had no idea it was a series, one; and two, several popular individuals of the time were in this.
So I say all that to say thank you. This has been a missing piece of my life for quite some time. And I'm glad to say you've helped me recover said piece. 💯
Is this a movie or a tv series?
@@normalpsychology That's what the '70's TV shows were like; take a long movie, pad it up with commercials, cut in half and call it a miniseries.
Wow. Just...wow! I've heard A LOT of Jim Jones' speeches, and Powers Boothe does such a brilliantly skillful job of replicating Jones' cadence & tone that it actually gave me literal goosebumps!! What an amazing actor!!
That was a very well made tv production you don't see nowadays anymore.
Though the storyline was in some ways a bit different than the real tragedy it showed Jones' downfall to a paranoid, narcissistic addict incredibly well.
Powers Boothe was a phenomenal actor and the rest of the cast was great too.
Today it's exactly 44 years that this happened. I hope it won't be forgotten ever.
RIP to all the deceived people that just wanted a better world. RIP to the innocent children.
I never forgot this amazing movie. Powers Boothe was absolutely incredible as the infamous Jim Jones. Best made-for-TV flick with the exception of Helter Skelter 1976. Thank you so very much for this upload! I do wish that someone would manage to upload Helter Skelter without it being removed almost immediately. That would be great. P.S. don't anyone reply to my comment with an unsafe link. Your comment will be reported quicker than one can say "They drank the Koolaid ". No joke.
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Don't forget _Brian's Song_ or _Duel._ There were quite a few very good TV movies in the 1970s.
@@Clover_868 who cares
@thegreatselkie6009 who cares about your comment
@sarahsilverlight61611 people care about your comment as much as they care about the comment "drink the kool-aid ". No Joke.
When you see the spinning "SPECIAL" graphics and think it's gonna be a Snoopy special
Coming up next: the new Peanuts special, "Don't Drink That, Charlie Brown!"
ikr? They showed that intro with every animated Christmas special, too. It could have been Charlie Brown, or The Grinch😃
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Pavlovian programming for everybody born in America before 1988. (or so) lol
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The re-creation of the Jonestown suicides is still terrifying after all these years.
People need to learn from this.
I so agree. No one has the right to tell u how to dress eat live etc
Yes not so easily brainwashed but this is happening in Temple, churches, sanctuary everywhere still people are being brainwashed and taking advantage of for whatever reason, like money for instance.
The audio recording is horrifying. Almost no one was resisting. They were cheering etc. Scary
@@dawnagordon2333 God wants his children to dress modestly. The scriptures are in the Bible.
@Marilyn Willett It's honestly terrifying to me that people can watch something like this and somehow come to the conclusion that this is a good place to push their nonsense religious beliefs, especially in response to a comment that specifically says "people need to learn from this."
Wow! This is TRULY an all-star cast!!!!
The music and energy from 2:25:00 (Jones Speech + Down By The Riverside) are phenomenal.
The appeal of this kind of ecstatic experience goes a long way towards explaining how people got drawn into the People's Temple orbit.
He convinced a lot of disenfranchised people that he loved them unconditionally. And, at least at the beginning, I think he did.
Power corrupts.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Thx, I was wondering what song that is!
Nice! Glad you upload from the different stations. Have to watch this. Been years .
FuzzyMemories: It's not just for Breakfast anymore! (oops I mean not just for Chicago videos anymore)
@@FuzzyMemoriesTV I don't know why, but this comment made me laugh. Seriously though, I love your channel so much.
We watched this in my 12th grade psychology class in 1992! Back when schools taught history.?.
excellent film and the fact the commercials are added makes it worth watching everynight, thanks for posting
Thank you for uploading this!
Wow. Powers Boothe IS Jim Jones.
The acting superb. The resemblance uncanny.
He did a great job BEING Jim Jones. But he was 1000X better looking than the real Jim-who was actually pretty creepy!
@@sclark2198 the real Jim Jones I don't understand why people swooned over him that way.😅🤣
@@bodaciousbethany0 look at who they swoon over today. 🤮🤮🤮
Let's all bless Irene Cara who was in this movie because she passed away today!
REST IN JENNAH IRENE CAROL THE CHOCOLATE CO COA QWUEAN.
RIP Powers Boothe, Madge Sinclair, Ron Ned Beatty, O'Neil Rosalind Collins..and the ones I've Missed..💔🙏🏿
Dee, Benji Wilhoite who played 10-year-old Jim Jones also died by suicide at age 41 in 2011.
On November 18, it will be the 43rd anniversary of the Jonestown tragedy.
@@danielhainline8882 , that's terrible! Did they say why?
@@danielhainline8882 AND RON O'NEAL
Levar Burton
Phenomenal portrayal of Jim Jones by Powers Boothe.
Incredible portrayal by Powers Boothe. You can see the progression of pathology as his addiction to power and drugs grows. How sad 1000 people had to pay with their lives at the end....sadly we never seem to learn.
Technically is was 909 people who died
Learn what?
@@dannieisKING history repeats itself. Over and over. Cults still control and kill.
@@dannieisKING did you watch the movie?
Heavens Gate here in the US, Solar Temple in Quebec, Movement for the Resoration in Uganda, Odaeyang in South Korea....nope we don't learn
Thank you so kindly! I was hoping to be able to watch this movie once again for a long time.
Watching the 1980 commercials, kitchens were more attractive back then, open, airy and homey looking. Today's style of kitchens is cold and austere, like hospital or prison kitchens.
You soooo right mine is still warm 'n homey
you noticed that too huh? i hate the new condos they look like an institution
@@puffyjo I agree!
I still prefer lacy, ruffled curtains, especially in kitchen and dining rooms. I grew up with my great grandmother who had lots of lace tablecloths, curtains, doilies, etc. Between that and being partly Irish, it’s in my blood.
@@thegreatselkie6009 I'm Irish, and in the 70s-80s, my Irish mum had a big kitchen window with a view of the colorful flower box right outside the window!
Great film...much better than the theatrical version. I did not know CBS cut it down to 3 hours...they did broadcast the full version twice. Powers really deserved the Emmy. The actual Death Tape and recovered NBC news footage is truly frightening.
They never had a Theatrical version. This Movie was shown on CBS and later in syndication.
@@televisionarchivestudios1130 Not a theatrical release of this particular film, but one called Crime Of The Century, aka Cult Of The Damned.
@@jackdemus7890 Oh That one wasn't even accurate.
@@televisionarchivestudios1130 Exactly. But the CBS film did take some dramatic license near the end of the film, especially during the airstrip shootings.
@@jackdemus7890 Both films showed much of the terror, but neither was 100% accurate.
Powers Boothe was one of my favorite actors. So cool and laid back and like Robert Mitchum (another favorite) with those sleepy eyes. He was especially great in this and Southern Comfort.
Agree on both calls. Very attractive and charismatic actors. Thank god they decided to act instead of becoming cult leaders!
Powers Boothe was also in Blue Sky with Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones. He played a colonel who has an affair with Lange's character and then sets up Jones' character, accusing him of revealing nuclear military secrets to cover up the affair. Set in the early 60s. Great film and great performances by Boothe, Lange and Jones.
@@tammylewis2408 I will look it up!!
When I was a kid, you could NOT tell me Powers Booth wasn't Jim Jones. 🤣
i remember seeing all this unfold as a kid. i remember the TV footage, the aerial shots on the news of all the bodies, and then seeing them close-up in tabloid magazines. i was just coming out of grade school, about to enter junior high, but even at that age, i thought "what kind of people do this, and what kind of person leads them to it?"
i've seen other comments say that this movie is true to the real terror of this tragedy, and it's as close as i've ever gotten to understanding how this happened.
i'm so sad and sickened by it all. i don't think i need to know any more than i do.
there's a handful of people who escaped this. i wish them the peace and fulfillment that they couldn't find in their younger years, when they sought it in Jamestown.
may Heaven help them, and may Jim Jones rot in hell.
Did you know James Earl Jones and the now-departed Powers Boothe would star in another movie together ten years after the release of this made-for-TV movie? It was called By Dawn's Early Light. A nuclear war horror from 1990 made-for-cable TV released on HBO.
great film.
Will look that up, thanks for namedropping!
James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair would also star together again in Eddie Murphy’s “Coming to America”, and again after that as voice actors in “The Lion King”.
Powers Boothe was a great actor. I liked him in everything he did. He is missed. RIP.
He was also great in a movie about a group of friends getting lost in a swamp, I don't recall the name of the movie
Southern Comfort - a forgotten gem.
@@jfkcamelot did you ever see him in the movie "Frailty" with the late Bill Paxton? He was awesome in that one.
Unless I am mistaken, he had a strong marriage and family....says a lot considering lots of Hollywood marriages dissolve.
@@danielhainline8882 I’m highly discerning in what I watch and I LOVED ‘Frailty’.
I thought he and Bill Paxton were stellar!
Brava!
Love & Light from Miami Shores🦚
Stay safe mate✌🏼🌎
The congressman was A Good Guy..
That "Special" intro brings back fond memories for this child of the 70s!
Same here!
Same thing here! 🙂❤🙂
Ya, words don't spin in circles anymore. Such a shame! And they used real instruments to make the music. Amazing!
Fun fact: it’s actually from the Hawaii 5-0 soundtrack by Morton Stevens
The song is “Call To Danger”
After listening to the actual audio from that day the final scene dialogue is amazingly accurate.
Just brilliant acting in this film, it's incredible. The last 10 to 12 minutes is so realistic.
synched to the actual recovered jim jones death tape...you couldn't get this kind of production from a network today.
This is a really well put together movie. Awesome acting 👏🏾
Yes acting 🙏🏽 straight to Hell so 😢 sad
I remember watching this on TV as a kid. Powers Boothe did an excellent job. Loved him on Deadwood.
I loved him Atilla too.
"Dristan relieves [all the symptoms]!" -- "It says so on the box...It must be true." *
* What was such a serious statement, in 1980, is particularly laughable now.
I look at those old weight loss commercials and wonder how many lawsuits and deaths were caused by all those chemicals back then.
Grecian hair formula has lead in it. That's why it was discontinued...
I used to work with a guy whose parents left the cult just before everyone else moved to Guyana.
Recently ran across a guy on twitter whose parents also left about that time. He absolutely despises Jones. Can’t blame him.
That had to be a fascinating conversation.
That guy was down straight nuts, sexual deviant predator.
I went into this knowing nothing about the story. This is a great film, and it's shaken me to the core. This is true horror.
As a child I remember hearing about this and thought " boy those people were stupid". As an adult I realize they were brainwashed into believing this man. Like many other evil people he was very charismatic and even though he was married had multiple affairs. The quote about power is very appropriate. Could this happen today? Yes I believe it could.
My g grandma if she was a live would have been one of his flo
It is happening.
@@glitterspray Oh yeah, it's happening big time for sure. But that's a whole 'nother story.
People blindly idolize leaders all the time especially politicians and celebrities. There were people that called Obama the messiah and passed out when they saw him and would have done anything he told them.
Good Lord this movie is fantastic. I’ve never seen it. The acting and the portrayals, from white and black actors, is riveting, and so realistic of that timeframe. Ugly language must remain. It makes us, in 2022, cringe. It helps us all learn.
It does make me cringe! Always has. And it was necessary for this story.
James Earl Jones voice is simply amazing!!
He wasn't even in this.
@@normalpsychology He played the rev great divine.
@@brittnym2611 Ohh oops. Thanks
@@normalpsychology You're good
You have so many good ones :) thank you so much for uploading these movies!! enjoying with popcorn and wine.
I was 10yrs old when this happened and I remember my teachers discussing it.
One of the things I appreciated about this film is it tried to give a fair, even-handed portrayal of Jim Jones. He became a monster, and there's no forgiving that, but at one time he legitimately did a lot to help people, and to me that made the mass suicide at Jonestown all the more tragic. Not every person who followed Jones was a deluded zombie -- at one time, he truly earned the faith of his followers through good works. In time, he betrayed his followers and led them to a pointless death. He negated every decent thing he'd ever done, and wrote his final chapter with poison and rotting flesh. It was a tragedy on so many levels.
It's amazing that this hasn't been given remaster treatment from original film reels to get it into full widescreen. Even the DVD releases out there are sourced from the TV master, which are 4:3 ratio SD quality stuff.
It would be great, but Jim Jones' politics are a little too close to the modern Left for them to want to give this any public attention.
Powers Boothe's looks and charisma imho outshines the real Jones...a criminally underrated actor.
RIP to ned Beatty and powers boothe
14:44 Palmerstown, Hagen and The Contender...
I had absolutely forgotten about everyone of those programs.
I can vaguely remember Mark Singer as The Contender.
Sad thing is that at the beginning the church was really helping people. Horrible how it all got twisted.
I agree. If a caucasian man could defend an African American child against a racist in the 1950s and continue that throughout his life and remain humble and compassionate, he would have been an exemplary human being. Tragically, he went the other way.
Jim Jones was a FAKE!!! NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
Indeed. The first 30 minutes of this (minus his awful parents,) is really genuinely heartwarming and with the mixture of the church music put in it it's actually quite emotional. Then he cheats on his wife and it's all downhill from there.. classic morality tale mixed in with crazyness.
This movie is chock full of familiar faces like Powers Boothe, LeVar Burton, James Earl Jones, Meg Foster, Randy Quaid, Brad Dourif, Madge Sinclair, Ned Beatty, and Irene Cara.
Also Diana Scarwid, from "Mommy Dearest."
And it's so crazy seeing Randy Quaid so young!
Irene Cara the singer?
@@iwantthe80sback59 I just googled it, and it does indeed look like Irene Cara the singer was in this film! I wonder if she also sang, because IIRC the movie had some great gospel music...hmmm!
@@maneckineckbeard1749 Thank you! She just passed this past November. And yes, beautiful gospel music 🎶 n this film.
So scary, how many people went along with him.
I visited this church once. It just felt weird. The Pastor was kind of strange, and the people there too. I couldn't wait till the service was over, and I went straight for my car. The door opened at the church, and the Pastor came out. He just stared at me; then went back inside.
Every time I watch one of these Jim Jones movies or documentaries, I keep hoping for a different ending. However, we all know how this ends. I keep thinking maybe if Senator Ryan took more security with him.....they would've been killed as well. So, if the Senator hadn't made the trip to Guyana, what would've happened? What a TERRIBLE tragedy. Makes no sense. Selfishness, ego and greed on behalf of Jim Jones.
If Ryan hadn’t made the trip (which was the right thing to do) and if no one had “defected” with him, I think Jones’s paranoia wouldn’t have taken over that day.
But eventually something would have happened, with much the same results. He’d already prepared for this scenario. It was only a matter of time.
They might have lived if people left them alone
@@jedsteelwell2354 But he practiced the mass suicide called white nights. So eventually he planned to do this. People who wanted to leave couldn't.
Thank you for this.
This breaks my heart knowing what's going to happen I really wish all 900 of these people did not die
If you were around when this happened, it was mind blowing and to this day maybe the scariest thing I've witnessed in my lifetime anyway.
I was 16 and I STILL can't get over it. It's just so sad. I mean how? Why? The children. 😔😥
@@kymfjohnson1 Religious insanity wrapped in dollar bills. It'll never go away.
I was 6 at this time so I didn’t understand much. The most horrific event I’ve seen in my life is 9/11. Both tragedies are extremely disturbing and very difficult to cope with ever.
This telefilm stands as a formidable masterpiece. William Graham, with remarkable acumen, meticulously crafted this enthralling televised work within a remarkably brief span. Each actor astutely embodied their roles, as though the very characters were tailor-made for their artistic prowess. From the magnificently portrayed and captivatingly menacing presence of Powers Boothe to the poignant and valiant performance rendered by LeVar Burton, every moment unfolded with an impeccable blend of nuance and authenticity. The meticulous attention to detail in sets, lighting, background music, and even costumes served as eloquent storytellers, harmonizing flawlessly with the actors' artistry.
the commercials bring back memories. This is awesome. Where can I watch all the old stuff? I'm hooked.
Search for vintage commercials here on RUclips.
I don’t remember these commercials being so cheesy when I saw them back then! 😂
News just said that Irene Cara passed away today reason's unknown as of now. Rest easy she so stunning....she' in this movie as well
Power booth is a incredible actor good acting through out the entire movie the very best actress's also we're picked !!
I remember when this happened. I was a teenager, and they had the picture of all the people who had taken their life in Jones Town laid out in the centerfold of the New York Daily news. It was devastating to me. I remember trying to understand how something like that could happen. I was very young but trying very hard to understand. Then I remember seeing the movie later on and having a better understanding. This is a good movie and a very said situation.
I was only 13 when I helped my older sister deliver the Boston Globe. It was all over the papers. Those who went into hiding who didn't go to Ghana was hunted down and was killed after this tragedy. I never understood that. Boston Globe even covered those incidents.
I saw it on the cover of Time magazine. there are some things that a kid should never see and there are some things that can never be unseen.
I remember also they had their arms around each other I know I never saw anything like that on the television it was horrible
Just found this and looking forward to watching. I saw it when it came out and it was an excellent film. Great acting and storyline. Jonestown was fresh in our minds when this came out and really affected us deeply as Christians. Powers Boothe's acting was superb.
I remember when the world news came on with Jonestown being the lead. After watching the movie two years later, I was afraid to attend anyone's church.
Rip To All The Actor's Who We're In This Movie,Who Are No Longer With Us,May They All Rip,We Still Miss You All
I've often wondered how they came to choose Ned Beatty to portray senator Leo Ryan. They chose actors similar in looks for the roles of marcelline and Jim Jones. The obvious choice for Ryan was Leslie Nielsen. This was before (1980) Nielsen had gotten into slapstick comedy. He had done dramatic roles before.
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I think Helter Skelter is unavailable due to spoilsport copyright types
Oh wow, I was watching this last nite and passed out. So, happy day after anniversary everybodeeeeee!
One of best roles Powers Boothe ever played. RiP.
I've watched every version of this movie and every documentary on this...I remember this so vividly..I was all of 12 living in the city... This really should be the learning tool on master manipulators & religious cults..as sick as he was this is so interesting to still watch over and over.. To understand how the mind of a sick person works is fascinating
I remember this miniseries! Harrowing!
Do you remember the day it happened? They broke into the regular broadcast to show all those dead people. My crazy mother had been keeping up with them and had me terrified she was going to put us on one of those buses when they came through our tiny rural community. I was 14, and she had already moved us to a snake handling church. This was her plan for us.
This film is great. Usually TV films are bad ,but this one has great standards.
I hear the DiCaprio is going to be in a Jonestown movie starring as Jim Jones. Powers Boothe is going to be a tough act to beat. He really set the bar by emboding Jim Jones at his worst in the last days of Jonestown.
the music of the children's choir playing at 3:19:07 is a recording of the actual Peoples Temple choir. It's the first track of their album "He's able"
Why are the current commercials always infuriating, but the old one causes a slight catharsis?
They might not have edited this movie. They might have just thrown in a bunch more commercials when it first aired. Thank you for posting this film! 😊
Those who Do not remember the past..
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It makes me sick how brainwashed the members were.
It's also easy when you live on a restricted diet; they didn't have much protein in Jonestown, and without it your brain slowly turn to mush. He might have told them that he was a space alien and they would have believed him.
Dont forget the sleep deprivation technique he applied. Only sleeping 2 hours a night for months tends to cause people not to think for themselves anymore
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It makes me sick how evil Jim was
A lot of them were special needs.
I never liked the taste of Aqua Fresh, back in my youth. ❤️ ( the eighties)
I was eight in 1980, now I'm 49 in 2021. I remember watching this movie on television with my dad, many - many years ago.
My dad passed from Alzheimers seven years ago. Memories..Thank You🤓
I'm so sorry about your dad.
I didn't like AquaFresh either, too gritty. CloseUp tasted good. Lost my pa to Alzheimer's too, my sympathies...
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Almost every place I was invited to stay overnight in the late '70's and early '80s had that stuff in the toothbrush holder in the bathroom to face first thing in the morning...
Once I became "sophisticated" enough to have accoutrements, such as a small toiletries bag, I was never again without my Crest.
Thanks for the movie. I was a senior in high school when this happened, but I remember. Kind of cool and awful to have a reminder.. Powers Boothe was always creepy to me after this.
You probably wanted to be one of Jim Jones' many lovers on that creepy ranch he owned.
This movie and "The Deliberate Stranger(the Ted Bundy movie) were both terrifying and for the longest time, I could only see Powers Boothe and Mark Harmon as the characters they played in these films.
#markharmon did a wonderful job playing 🎴#tedbundy ..
Rip To A Great Actor Powers Boothe,We Still Miss You Always
All the ads😅 I was about ready to go time travelling to get some Tums from the US🤣
They’re awesome! Wish I could send you some! 😂
@@glitterspray lol😂
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One of the best TV movies!!! Powers Boothe rightfully deserved the Emmy!! This movie gave the best account of Jim Jones.
2:27:18 Peter Walker is Mr. Owens in the Tegrin Medicated Shampoo commercial.
Amazing production, thank you for publishing this❤
Halfway through this one.. I'm damn amazed at how much they got away with for being on TV back then. it's honestly crazy.. what he does to Douriff in part 1 is just out there. It starts off as a sad character drama then it goes wild much like Jim did. Boothe deserved that Emmy; shame he never had a bigger run. Thanks so much for uploading this! Dig the commercials too. Edit:
Damn the ending of this is freaking terrifying.. they went all out with the death orgy in this. What a ballsy and legendary movie this is. It should be more discussed.. The Day After was huge for how it addressed nukes but this one is equally huge for how violent, crazy, and dark this is. CBS had a lot of courage to air this. Hope Leo's movie is as well made and done as this one is.
Those #vintagecommercials ...were cool.
I expect it will be. Leo’s done these kind of characters before. And he insists on quality.
They actually ALMOST showed Jim and David’s kiss.
What about cartoons they show today? Some things never change. It's been like this for years.
I felt there was a bit of "Mood Whiplash" at the very end there. You see Jim Jones's dead eyed stare, which is incredibly unsettling, and then the credits role, and they're set to lively, upbeat gospel music.
This is one of the very best Jim Jones docudramas, amazingly accurate, if you are seeking the true story of this crazy life and death, this is it.. amazingly I never knew it was a TV movie.