The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
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Directed by	Jonathan Liebesman
Written by	Story: David J. Schow Screenplay: Sheldon Turner
Produced by	Michael Bay Mike Fleiss
Starring	Jordana Brewster Matthew Bomer Taylor Handley Diora Baird Lee Tergesen
Music by	Steve Jablonsky
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release dates	October 6, 2006
Running time	91 min.
Language	English

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a prequel to New Line Cinema's 2003 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The movie was released on October 6, 2006 in North America. The film is directed by Jonathan Liebesman and produced by Michael Bay. The movie is set 4 years before the 2003 remake.

Plot

The plot focuses around the origins of Leatherface and his cannibalistic family. It tells how Thomas Hewitt came to be a chainsaw weilding murderer. It alsofocuses around four people (Chrissie(Jordana Brewster), Dean(Taylor Handley), Bailey(Diora Baird) and Eric(Matthew Boomer) 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. The other three meet Sherrif Hoyt(R. Lee Ermey) and are taken to the Hewwit residence. There they are murdered one by one by the soon be infamous murder known as Leatherface.

Deaths

Template:Spoilers Boss: Beaten to death by Thomas by a sledgehammer.

Winston: shot in the head by a shotgun in back by Hoyt.

Alex: Shot in the chest by a shotgun by Hoyt.

Holden: Split in half by a chainsaw by Thomas.

Eric: Arm skin and face pealed off and sliced up by a chainsaw by Thomas.

Bailey: Throat sliced by scissors by Thomas.

Dean: Chainsaw through the back then lifted by it and thrown by Thomas.

Chrissie: Cut through the back by a chainsaw behind her by Thomas.

Person #1: Hit by Chrissie's out of control car.

Person #2: Hit by Chrissie's out of control car. Template:Endspoilers

Cast

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

Trivia

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R. Lee Ermey as Sheriff Hoyt.

• The film previously had the subtitle The Origin.
• New Line Cinema had to pay $3 million more than it expected to in order to keep the franchise in the studio fold after Dimension Films made a pricey deal with original rights holders.
• The film will feature Leatherface's first ever chainsaw murder.
• The theatrical trailer is attached to the remake of The Omen.
• The film will be part of "A Match Made In Hell" where a sneak peak will be shown along with a demo releases of Microsoft's Gears of War video game.
• As of Wednesday, September 6th, the release has been 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 removed in order to secure an R-rating.
• This movie also homages some scenes from the 1974 original movie not shown in the 2003 remake, including the infamous dinner scene.
• All of the kids are killed, including Chrissie (Jordana Brewster).

External links

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• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning at IMDb
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• Texas Chainsaw: The Beginning Reviews at Metacritic.com
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