The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006 film by Jonathan Liebesman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a 2006 American slasher film and a prequel to the 2003 film. The sixth installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, it was written by Sheldon Turner from a story by Turner and David J. Schow, directed by Jonathan Liebesman and co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper (co-creators of the original 1974 film). The film's story takes place four years before its predecessor. It stars Jordana Brewster, Diora Baird, Taylor Handley, Matt Bomer and R. Lee Ermey.
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Directed by | Jonathan Liebesman |
Screenplay by | Sheldon Turner |
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Cinematography | Lukas Ettlin |
Edited by | Jonathan Chibnall |
Music by | Steve Jablonsky |
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Running time | 91 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $16 million[3] |
Box office | $51.8 million[3] |
Originally, the film had the subtitle The Origin. New Line Cinema 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.[4]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning was released in North America on October 6, 2006. The film received negative reviews from critics but still grossed $51.8 million on a budget of $16 million, although this would be less than half the gross of the previous film.