Ted K

Panorama 2021

“Yesterday was quite good, the only disruptive sounds were nine evil jets.” Ted K lives a life of almost complete seclusion in a simple wooden cabin without electricity or running water in the mountains of Montana. But then this former university professor, who despises modern life and society’s faith in technology, becomes radicalised. What begins with local acts of sabotage, ends with deadly bomb attacks. Ted K is the Unabomber.
Terrorist Ted Kaczynski was arrested in 1996 and remains in prison to this day. Director Tony Stone takes a radical approach to addressing Kaczynski’s way of thinking and portrays him here on the basis of his diary entries and his written pamphlets. Ted K is no conventional biopic – it does not attempt to conduct a psychological analysis or describe trauma. Instead, text fragments, intense images and electronic as well as classical film music are combined to create a hypnotic composition about violence, isolation and the nature of the essence of evil.

by Tony Stone
with Sharlto Copley, Drew Powell, Amber Rose Mason, Travis Bruyer, Megan Folsom, Andrew Senn USA 2021 English 120’ Colour

With

Sharlto Copley (Ted)
Drew Powell (Tom)
Amber Rose Mason (Becky)
Travis Bruyer (Ranger Gary)
Megan Folsom (Mrs. Hill)
Andrew Senn (Mikey)

Crew

Director	Tony Stone
Screenplay	Gaddy Davis, John Rosenthal, Tony Stone
Cinematography	Nathan Corbin
Editing	Tony Stone, Brad Turner, Troy Herion
Music	Blanck Mass
Sound Design	Ryan Price
Sound	Andrew Pals
Production Design	Audrey Turner, Kate Lindsay
Costumes	Kate Lindsay, Rachaell Dama
Make-Up	Melissa Oteri, Erica Pearce
Assistant Directors	Brooke Swaney, Robin T. D’Oench
Casting	Jennifer Venditti
Production Managers	Jeri Rafter, John Hay Jr.
Producers	Matt Flanders, Tony Stone, Sharlto Copley
Executive Producers	Cameron Brodie, Tyler Brodie, Melissa Auf der Maur, Shannon Houchins, Potsy Ponciroli, Trevor O’Neil
Co-Producers	Jake Perlin, Niles Roth, Colin Scott

World sales

HanWay Films

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Produced by

Verisimilitude

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Heathen Films

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In Your Face Entertainment

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Hideout Pictures

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Berlinale Meets | Interview

Tony Stone

The filmmaker was born in New York City, USA. His debut film, Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America, was released in cinemas in 2009. His next film, Out of Our Minds, premiered at Sundance and screened at the Worldcon science fiction convention. His first documentary, Peter and the Farm, also secured a cinema release and received rave reviews in “The Guardian” and “The New York Times”.

Filmography

2009 Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America 2011 Out of Our Minds; short film 2016 Peter and the Farm; documentary 2021 Ted K

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021