Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81.
Kaczynski died at the federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina, Kristie Breshears, a spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Prisons, told The Associated Press. He was found unresponsive in his cell early Saturday morning and was pronounced dead around 8 a.m., she said. A cause of death was not immediately known.
Kaczynski has been portrayed in and inspired multiple works. These include the 1996 television film Unabomber: The True Story, the 2011 play P.O. Box Unabomber, and the 2021 film, Ted K. He also authored several books.
He had been held in the notorious federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, since May 1998 before being transferred to the prison medical facility.
Kaczynski was sentenced to four life sentences plus 30 years for committing 16 bombings from 1978 and 1995, permanently maiming several of his victims.
Kaczynski died at the federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina, Kristie Breshears, a spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Prisons, told The Associated Press. He was found unresponsive in his cell early Saturday morning and was pronounced dead around 8 a.m., she said. A cause of death was not immediately known.
Kaczynski has been portrayed in and inspired multiple works. These include the 1996 television film Unabomber: The True Story, the 2011 play P.O. Box Unabomber, and the 2021 film, Ted K. He also authored several books.
He had been held in the notorious federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, since May 1998 before being transferred to the prison medical facility.
Kaczynski was sentenced to four life sentences plus 30 years for committing 16 bombings from 1978 and 1995, permanently maiming several of his victims.
- 6/10/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Think of it as the boutique label’s boutique label.
Super Ltd., the distributor of the Oscar-nominated “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” is an offshoot of “Parasite” producer Neon, and was launched to handle more experimental work. It’s not that Neon, which has made a name for itself with indie hits like “I, Tonya” and “Border,” is in the business of backing franchise fare, but Darcy Heusel and Dan O’Meara, Super Ltd.’s founders, say the label’s small size has helped them provide a personalized touch for movies that might struggle to find an audience. In the case of “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” a searing drama about a U.N. translator who works to save a family during the Bosnian war, that meant conceiving a distribution plan and launching an awards season strategy within six weeks of the film being acquired.
“We’re lean and mean,” says O’Meara. “Because...
Super Ltd., the distributor of the Oscar-nominated “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” is an offshoot of “Parasite” producer Neon, and was launched to handle more experimental work. It’s not that Neon, which has made a name for itself with indie hits like “I, Tonya” and “Border,” is in the business of backing franchise fare, but Darcy Heusel and Dan O’Meara, Super Ltd.’s founders, say the label’s small size has helped them provide a personalized touch for movies that might struggle to find an audience. In the case of “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” a searing drama about a U.N. translator who works to save a family during the Bosnian war, that meant conceiving a distribution plan and launching an awards season strategy within six weeks of the film being acquired.
“We’re lean and mean,” says O’Meara. “Because...
- 4/21/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Ted K, the true crime drama that premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, has been snapped up for North American distribution by Neon’s boutique label Super Ltd.
The pics stars Sharlto Copley in the title role – Ted Kaczynski, the ‘Unabomber’ – and the movie is based on Kaczynski’s own diaries and writings, offering a window into one of America’s most eccentric killers.
Tony Stone wrote and directed the pic. It was produced by Heathen Films in association with Verisimilitude, Hideout Pictures, In Your Face Entertainment and Cameron Brodie.
Cinetic Media negotiated the North America deal. Hanway Films is handling international rights.
“We are very excited to be working with Neon and Super Ltd to release this wild and nuanced story of the Unabomber,” commented Stone. “Ted Kaczynski is one of the more enigmatic violent figures in the history of American terror, living a primitive and isolated...
The pics stars Sharlto Copley in the title role – Ted Kaczynski, the ‘Unabomber’ – and the movie is based on Kaczynski’s own diaries and writings, offering a window into one of America’s most eccentric killers.
Tony Stone wrote and directed the pic. It was produced by Heathen Films in association with Verisimilitude, Hideout Pictures, In Your Face Entertainment and Cameron Brodie.
Cinetic Media negotiated the North America deal. Hanway Films is handling international rights.
“We are very excited to be working with Neon and Super Ltd to release this wild and nuanced story of the Unabomber,” commented Stone. “Ted Kaczynski is one of the more enigmatic violent figures in the history of American terror, living a primitive and isolated...
- 3/16/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Ted K’: HanWay & Cinetic Board Berlin Film Festival Drama About Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, First Look
HanWay Films and Cinetic have boarded Berlin Film Festival entry Ted K for international and North American sales, respectively. The companies have also released a first look image.
Writer-director Tony Stone’s true crime drama, starring Sharlto Copley (District 9) as the ‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski, will play in the Panorama section of this year’s largely digital Berlinale.
The film tracks a period in the life of Kaczynski, more widely known as the Unabomber, and draws from his personal diaries and accounts from those who knew him during his life in hiding in a simple wooden cabin in the mountains of Montana.
According to the producers, a number of the film’s supporting cast are non-professional locals, some of whom knew Kaczynski, and the production worked closely with his former neighbors and employers to corroborate research and paint an authentic picture of the man.
Stone built a recreation of Kaczynski...
Writer-director Tony Stone’s true crime drama, starring Sharlto Copley (District 9) as the ‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski, will play in the Panorama section of this year’s largely digital Berlinale.
The film tracks a period in the life of Kaczynski, more widely known as the Unabomber, and draws from his personal diaries and accounts from those who knew him during his life in hiding in a simple wooden cabin in the mountains of Montana.
According to the producers, a number of the film’s supporting cast are non-professional locals, some of whom knew Kaczynski, and the production worked closely with his former neighbors and employers to corroborate research and paint an authentic picture of the man.
Stone built a recreation of Kaczynski...
- 2/23/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the titles that will screen in its Panorama, Encounters, and Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebars.
The art-house heavy selection for the 2021 Panorama includes several directorial debuts, including British drama Censor by Prano Bailey-Bond, Danis Goulet’s Canadian/New Zealand co-production Night Raiders, and The World After Us, the first feature from French filmmaker Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas, which will have its world premiere in Berlin. Other 2021 Panorama highlights include German drama Human Factors by Ronny Trocker, featuring local stars Mark Waschke and Sabine Timoteo; Ted K, director Tony Stone’s experimental portrait of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski; and Dirty Feathers, a documentary from director Carlos Alfonso Corral ...
The art-house heavy selection for the 2021 Panorama includes several directorial debuts, including British drama Censor by Prano Bailey-Bond, Danis Goulet’s Canadian/New Zealand co-production Night Raiders, and The World After Us, the first feature from French filmmaker Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas, which will have its world premiere in Berlin. Other 2021 Panorama highlights include German drama Human Factors by Ronny Trocker, featuring local stars Mark Waschke and Sabine Timoteo; Ted K, director Tony Stone’s experimental portrait of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski; and Dirty Feathers, a documentary from director Carlos Alfonso Corral ...
- 2/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the titles that will screen in its Panorama, Encounters, and Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebars.
The art-house heavy selection for the 2021 Panorama includes several directorial debuts, including British drama Censor by Prano Bailey-Bond, Danis Goulet’s Canadian/New Zealand co-production Night Raiders, and The World After Us, the first feature from French filmmaker Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas, which will have its world premiere in Berlin. Other 2021 Panorama highlights include German drama Human Factors by Ronny Trocker, featuring local stars Mark Waschke and Sabine Timoteo; Ted K, director Tony Stone’s experimental portrait of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski; and Dirty Feathers, a documentary from director Carlos Alfonso Corral ...
The art-house heavy selection for the 2021 Panorama includes several directorial debuts, including British drama Censor by Prano Bailey-Bond, Danis Goulet’s Canadian/New Zealand co-production Night Raiders, and The World After Us, the first feature from French filmmaker Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas, which will have its world premiere in Berlin. Other 2021 Panorama highlights include German drama Human Factors by Ronny Trocker, featuring local stars Mark Waschke and Sabine Timoteo; Ted K, director Tony Stone’s experimental portrait of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski; and Dirty Feathers, a documentary from director Carlos Alfonso Corral ...
- 2/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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