The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
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Directed by	Jonathan Liebesman
Produced by	Michael Bay Mike Fleiss
Written by	Story: David J. Schow Screenplay: Sheldon Turner
Starring	Jordana Brewster Taylor Handley Diora Baird Matthew Bomer R. Lee Ermey Andrew Bryniarski
Music by	Steve Jablonsky
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	October 6, 2006
Running time	91 min R-Rated 96 min unrated
Language	English
Budget	$16,000,000
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a 2006 film and a prequel to New Line Cinema's 2003 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman and produced by Michael Bay, the film was released on October 6, 2006 in North America and is set 4 years before the 2003 remake. The film previously had the subtitle The Origin. New Line Cinema had to pay $3 million more than expected in order to keep the franchise in the studio fold after Dimension Films made a pricey deal with original rights holders.

Tagline: Witness the Birth of Fear

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Trivia 4 DVD release 5 External links

Plot

The plot focuses around the origins of Leatherface and his cannibalistic family. It tells how Thomas Hewitt (Leatherface) came to be a chainsaw wielding murderer. It also focuses around four people Chrissie (Jordana Brewster), Dean (Taylor Handley), Bailey (Diora Baird) and Eric (Matthew Bomer) going on a road trip before the two men go to Vietnam to fight in the Vietnam War.

Along the way they get in a wreck and Chrissie is thrown from the car, where she then hides. The other three are met by Sheriff Hoyt (R. Lee Ermey) and are taken to the Hewitt residence. Soon they realize they are there to be murdered, one by one, by the soon to be infamous murderer known as Leatherface. Unlike the first movie, in which cannibalism was implied but never implicitly shown, the family's cannibalism is pushed to the forefront.

Cast

Actors/Actresses	Role
Jordana Brewster	Chrissie
Taylor Handley	Dean
Diora Baird	Bailey
Matthew Bomer	Eric
R. Lee Ermey	Sheriff Hoyt
Andrew Bryniarski	Leatherface / Thomas Hewitt
Lee Tergesen	Holden
Cyia Batten	Aex
L.A. Calkins	Sloane
Tim De Zarn	Eddy
Terrence Evans	Old Monty
Kathy Lamkin	Tea Lady
Marietta Marich	Luda Mae Hewitt
Marcus H. Nelson	Lackey
Emily Kaye	Biker Babe
Lew Temple	Sheriff Winston

• The characters of Henrietta and Jedidiah Hewitt, two family members from the original film, are not present in the prequel.

Trivia

• The theatrical trailer was attached to the remake of The Omen.
• On Wednesday, September 6th, the release was pushed back to its original date, October 6th.
• According to a producer, the film was originally rated NC-17, and 17 scenes had to be edited in order to secure an R-rating.
• Made $19 million on its opening weekend, already covering the budget cost of $16 million.
• Despite an overall bad response from fans and critics, it went on to make a total U.S./Canada gross of $39,517,763. To date, it has made over $50 million worldwide. It has still yet to be released in numerous large markets worlwide, including Germany and Mexico.
• Currently it has a rating of 15% on Rotten Tomatoes.
• German theatrical version was cut (8 minutes) for a "Not under 18" FSK rating.
• In the original film, Luda May was the name of Leatherface's mother. The prequel changed it to Luda Mae for unknown reasons.
• In all, eleven people die in this movie.
• Leatherface's face is actually made of a combination of leather and pigskin.

DVD release

• The film was released in both R-rated and unrated versions on January 16th, 2007.
• The unrated version of the film leaves in all seventeen scenes that were removed from the theatrical release in order to secure an R-rating. Also, scenes were altered, giving a more graphic look.
• Several curse words were also added in to up the mature style.

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