Jonestown: Paradise Lost
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2007 · Movie · 1h 41m
Synopsis
Jonestown: Paradise Lost is a documentary on the final days of Jonestown, the Peoples Temple, and Jim Jones. From eyewitness and survivor accounts, it recreates the last week before the mass murder-suicide on November 18, 1978.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Jason ShermanWriter
- Tim WolochatiukDirector
Cast
- Ted BiggsNarrator (voice)
- Rick RobertsJim Jones
- Quentin KrogStephan Jones
- Brendan MurrayVernon Gosney
- Alon NashmanSherwin Harris
- Greg EllwandCongressman Leo Ryan
- Kevin OttoTim Reiterman
- Adrienne PearceSharon Amos
- Victoria BartlettMarceline Jones
- Patrick LysterCharles Garry
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Themes
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