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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
File:Texas chainsaw the beginning.jpg
Directed byJonathan Liebesman
Written byStory:
David J. Schow
Screenplay:
Sheldon Turner
Produced byMichael Bay
Mike Fleiss
StarringAndrew Bryniarski
Jordana Brewster
Matthew Bomer
Taylor Handley
Diora Baird
R. Lee Ermey
Music bySteve Jablonsky
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release dates
October 6, 2006
Running time
84 min.
LanguageEnglish
Budget$16,000,000

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a 2006 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

Plot

Template:Spoiler 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, for food, one by one, by the soon to be infamous murderer known as Leatherface. Template:Endspoiler

Cast

Actors/Actresses Role
Andrew Bryniarski Leatherface/Thomas Hewitt
Jordana Brewster Chrissie
Diora Baird Bailey
Matthew Bomer Eric
R. Lee Ermey Sheriff Hoyt
Lee Tergesen Holden
Cyia Batten Alex
L.A. Calkins Sloane
Tim De Zarn Ed
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 Jediah Hewitt, two family members from the original film, are not present in the prequel.

Trivia

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Andrew Bryniarski as Leatherface.
  • The theatrical trailer was 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.
  • The film shows how Leatherface came to use the chainsaw as his weapon of choice.
  • 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.
  • Went on to make a total U.S./Canada gross of $39,517,763. To date, it has made nearly $50 million worldwide. It has yet to be released in Germany.
  • Won a Fangoria Award.

DVD release

  • The film will be released in both R-rated and unrated versions on January 16th, 2007.
  • The unrated version of the film is the version that director Jonathan Liebesman had to edit 17 scenes out of to get an R rating.
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