Manhunt: Unabomber is an American drama miniseries created by Andrew Sodroski, Jim Clemente and Tony Gittelson. The series stars Sam Worthington and Paul Bettany, and depicts a fictionalized account of the true story of the FBI's hunt for the man known as the Unabomber. It premiered on August 1, 2017, on Discovery Channel.
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Cast
Main
- Sam Worthington as Jim Fitzgerald
- Paul Bettany as Ted Kaczynski
- Jeremy Bobb as Stan Cole
- Keisha Castle-Hughes as Tabby Milgrim
- Lynn Collins as Natalie Rogers
- Brían F. O'Byrne as Frank McAlpine
- Elizabeth Reaser as Ellie Fitzgerald
- Ben Weber as Andy Genelli
- Chris Noth as Don Ackerman
Recurring
- Jane Lynch as Janet Reno
- Katja Herbers as Linda Kaczynski
- Michael Nouri as Bob Guccione
- Jill Remez as Susan Mosse
- Wallace Langham as Louis Freeh
- Brian d'Arcy James as Henry Murray
- Mark Duplass as David Kaczynski
- Diesel Madkins as Ernie Espisito
- Will Murden as Sean Fitzgerald
- Carter and Colby Zier as Ryan Fitzgerald
- Jana Allen as Heidi Shumway
- Trieste Kelly Dunn as Theresa Oakes
- Griff Furst as Burkhardt
- Rebecca Henderson as Judy Clarke
- Bonnie Johnson as Wanda Kaczynski
- Steve Coulter as Anthony Bisceglie
- Mary Rachel Dudley as Lois Epstein
- Tyler Huth as Timmy Oakes
- Doug Kruse as David Gelernter
- Mike Pniewski as Charles Epstein
- Gregory Alan Williams as Garland Burrell
- McKenna Grace Martin as Joanna Epstein
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Episodes
Production
The working title for the series was Manifesto, and the series order was announced in March 2016 at a presentation by Discovery Communications president Rich Ross. On May 15, 2016, Entertainment Weekly released several promotional photos, showing a first look at Paul Bettany's portrayal of Ted Kaczynski in the limited series.
Release
Lionsgate Home Entertainment released the entire miniseries on Blu-ray and DVD on December 26, 2017.
Netflix secured the rights to the series in November 2017. It premiered on the site on December 12, 2017 in various territories.
Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 92% approval rating, with an average rating of 7.86/10 based on 24 reviews.
Historical accuracy
Greg Stejskal, a former FBI agent who was involved in the Unabom investigation, writing for TheWrap criticized the writers of the show for making "a minor member of a team who was only on the team for a matter of months into the star player who won the game", referring to the show's portrayal of Jim Fitzgerald. He said that Fitzgerald had never met Kaczynski, was not in Lincoln during the time of Kaczynski's arrest and consequently had no part in the search of Kaczynski's cabin or his interview.
In an interview with Bustle in August 2017, Fitzgerald said the show is in the "high 80 percentile [of accuracy]," though "the Fitz character is a composite character". He stated he had not interviewed Kaczynski but had been scheduled to do so in 2007.
References
External links
- Official website
- Manhunt: Unabomber on IMDb
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