Manhunt (2017 TV series)
An anthology series dramatizing FBI manhunts.
Manhunt is an American drama anthology television series created by Andrew Sodroski, Jim Clemente, and Tony Gittelson, initially commissioned as a television miniseries. The first season, Manhunt: Unabomber, stars Sam Worthington and Paul Bettany and depicts a fictionalized account of the FBI's hunt for the Unabomber. It premiered on Discovery Channel on August 1, 2017.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Drama; True crime
- Creator
- Andrew Sodroski
- Jim Clemente
- Tony Gittelson
- Composer
- Gregory Tripi (season 1)
- Harry Gregson-Williams (season 2)
- Stephanie Economou (season 2)
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 18
- Executive producers
- Dana Brunetti
- John Goldwyn
- Troy Searer
- Andrew Sodroski
- Kevin Spacey (season 1)
- Greg Yaitanes
Facts from the source article.
Did You Know?
- The working title for the series was Manifesto.
- 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 and premiered it on December 12, 2017, in various territories.
Historical accuracy
Former FBI agent Greg Stejskal, involved in the UNABOM investigation, criticized the writers for making a minor member of the investigative team into the star player who won the game, referring to the portrayal of Jim Fitzgerald. He stated that Fitzgerald never met Kaczynski, was not in Lincoln, Montana, during the time of Kaczynski's arrest, had no part in the search of Kaczynski's cabin, and never interviewed him. Fitzgerald told Bustle Magazine in August 2017 that the show is in the high 80 percentile of accuracy, though the Fitz character is a composite, and he had not interviewed Kaczynski.
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