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Guerrilla, the taking of Patty Hearst, Magnolia Pictures ; 2929 Entertainment ; a Robert Stone film ; produced and directed by Robert Stone ; co-producor, Don Kleszy ; Developed in Association with Court TV ; Robert Stone Productions, LLC

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videorecording

MPAA rating: Not rated

Guerrilla

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Magnolia Pictures ; 2929 Entertainment ; a Robert Stone film ; produced and directed by Robert Stone ; co-producor, Don Kleszy ; Developed in Association with Court TV ; Robert Stone Productions, LLC

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the taking of Patty Hearst

In today's new and scarier age of terrorism, the actions of a small collection of mixed-race, largely middle-class radical leftists fighting against the Vietnam War, racism, and other social ills in the 1970's seem emblematic of the cultural chaos of the era, nothing more. The event of 1974 occurred when a group calling themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped19-year-old newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst in Berkeley, California. The crime received nearly round-the-clock coverage, and made the SLA into counterculture superstars. There are gaps in the story but the film contains rare and long unseen newsreel footage, interviews with two SLA members, and offers a fascinating portrait of not only a kind of psychopathic idealism but also a whole era of extraordinary social turmoil

Whole new world -- State of siege -- Killing in the night -- Kidnapping -- Ransom demand -- Prisoner of war -- Stockholm syndrome -- Bonnie and Clyde -- Out of the ashes -- Nothing to be gained -- Perfect life -- Credits

live action

Taking of Patty Hearst