The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
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| Directed by | Jonathan Liebesman |
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| Screenplay by | Sheldon Turner |
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre by Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel |
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| Narrated by | John Larroquette |
| Music by | Steve Jablonsky |
| Cinematography | Lukas Ettlin |
| Edited by | Jonathan Chibnall |
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| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16 million |
| Box office | $51.8 million |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a 2006 American slasher film and a prequel to 2003's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The sixth adaptation in the Texas Chainsaw franchise was directed by Jonathan Liebesman and co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper (co-creators of the original 1974 film). The film went into release in North America on October 6, 2006. The film's story takes place four years before the timeline of the 2003 film. It stars Jordana Brewster, Diora Baird, Taylor Handley, Matt Bomer and R. Lee Ermey.
Originally, the film had the subtitle The Origin. New Line had to pay $3.1 million more than expected in order to keep the rights to the franchise after Dimension Films made a large offer to buy it from the original right-holders. The film grossed less than half of what its predecessor had and had poor critical reception.
In 1939, a woman dies while giving birth in a slaughterhouse, and the manager attempts to dispose of the baby by leaving him in a dumpster. A young woman, Luda Mae Hewitt, finds the child, takes him back to the Hewitt residence, names him Thomas, and decides to raise him as her own. Thirty years later, Thomas, also known as Tommy, is working in the slaughterhouse under the same manager. When the plant is shut down by the health department, he refuses to leave until the manager forces him to. Later, Tommy returns, murders the manager, and then finds a chainsaw. Luda Mae's son, Charlie Hewitt, kills the sheriff to prevent him from arresting Tommy. He then assumes his identity and takes his body back home to use for stew meat.
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