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Ted K is a 2021 American independent film biographical Crime 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.
Kaczynski witnesses the destruction of the wilderness surrounding his cabin and concludes that living in nature is impossible. He goes to the library and acquires the address of Percy Wood, the president of United Airlines. He damages a neighbor's snowmobile, cuts down a power line, and destroys nearby construction equipment. He grows frustrated with the number of jets flying over his home, calling it his breaking point. To fight back against the destruction of nature, he creates a plan for revenge.
Kaczynski mails bombs to important people that he believes will harm society. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) becomes involved when a bomb injures and nearly kills Wood inside his house. Kaczynski changes his appearance by shaving his beard and slamming his nose against a cinder block. Computer store owner Hugh Scrutton is the first to die from one of his bombs.
Eighteen months later, Kaczynski is in desperate need of money. He argues with his brother David Kaczynski over the phone. He writes a 35,000-word manifesto and uses the word "we" when writing to local newspapers about the bombings. The country begins to refer to him as the "Unabomber". He sends a letter to The New York Times and The Washington Post, promising to stop his bombing spree if they publish his manifesto. The Washington Post complies on September 19, 1995.
David recognizes the prose style of the manifesto as Ted's and reports his suspicions. The FBI arrest Kaczynski in 1996. He is given life in a supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, for killing three people and injuring twenty-three others. An epilogue recognizes the manhunt for Ted Kaczynski as the largest in FBI history.
Filming took place over four seasons in and around Lincoln, Montana.
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