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Ted K (2021)

Ted K poster
Directed by
Tony Stone
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 02m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 145 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mathematics professor quits his academic career and lives as a survivalist in remote Montana. He becomes increasingly angry about technology and environmental destruction, and starts mailing bombs to people. The FBI launches a massive manhunt to find him.

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What happens

Ted K is a 2021 American independent biographical crime drama film directed, co-produced, and co-edited by Tony Stone, and co-written by Stone, Gaddy Davis, and John Rosenthal. Starring Sharlto Copley as Ted Kaczynski, the film follows the titular mathematics professor who, after quitting his job to live as a survivalist in Lincoln, Montana, becomes a domestic terrorist and launches a nationwide mail bombing campaign in protest of modern technology and the destruction of nature. Following the publication of his manifesto by The Washington Post, Kaczynski is dubbed the Unabomber by the media, and his actions prompt the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct their largest and most expensive investigation in history. Ted K premiered in the Panorama section at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival on March 1, 2021, and was theatrically released in the United States February 18, 2022. The film received critical acclaim, with particular praise for Stone's direction and Copley's performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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