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Jonestown: Paradise Lost

  • TV Movie
  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Jonestown: Paradise Lost (2007)
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Cult leader Jim Jones leads his followers to a mass-suicide.Cult leader Jim Jones leads his followers to a mass-suicide.Cult leader Jim Jones leads his followers to a mass-suicide.

  • Director
    • Tim Wolochatiuk
  • Writer
    • Jason Sherman
  • Stars
    • Ted Biggs
    • Stephan Jones
    • Vernon Gosney
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    1.3K
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    • Director
      • Tim Wolochatiuk
    • Writer
      • Jason Sherman
    • Stars
      • Ted Biggs
      • Stephan Jones
      • Vernon Gosney
    • 8User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Ted Biggs
    • Self - Narrator
    • (voice)
    Stephan Jones
    Stephan Jones
    • Self - Jim Jones' Son
    Vernon Gosney
    • Self - Peoples Temple Member, 1974-1978
    Tim Reiterman
    Tim Reiterman
    • Self - Journalist, San Francisco Examiner
    Sherwin Harris
    • Self - Daughter in Jonestown
    Rick Roberts
    Rick Roberts
    • Jim Jones
    Quentin Krog
    • Stephan Jones
    Brendan Murray
    Brendan Murray
    • Vernon Gosney
    Alon Nashman
    • Sherwin Harris
    Greg Ellwand
    • Congressman Leo Ryan
    Kevin Otto
    Kevin Otto
    • Tim Reiterman
    Roxanne Blaise
    • Monica Bagby
    • (as Roxanne McKaizer)
    Cindi Sampson
    • Christine Miller
    Victoria Bartlett
    • Marceline Jones
    • (as Victoria Bartle)
    Nicole Crozier
    Nicole Crozier
    • Liane Harris
    Dean Slater
    Dean Slater
    • Don Harris
    Adrienne Pearce
    • Sharon Amos
    Pope Jerrod
    • 'Big' Jim McElvane
    • Director
      • Tim Wolochatiuk
    • Writer
      • Jason Sherman
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    • Trivia
      Based on the same real life events as Jonestown Cult Suicide (2012), Jonestown Massacre: As We Watched (2018), Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (2018), Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006), Jonestown (2013), Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre (2018), Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980), The Jonestown Haunting (2020), Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple (2007), The Jonestown Massacre (2016) and Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost (2018).
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 35 mins) Among many apparent corpses, a supposedly dead boy wearing a yellow shirt opens his eye and looks at the camera.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Real Story: Jonestown Cult Suicides (2007)

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    A sick circus show

    A sick circus show with actors playing upon the dramatization of the memories of facts long gone.
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    • Feb 12, 2019
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    • Release date
      • January 15, 2007 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • France
      • South Africa
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Три дня в Джонстауне
    • Filming locations
      • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Production companies
      • Film Afrika Worldwide
      • Cineflix International
      • Cineflix Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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