
February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, granddaughter of William Randolph Heart, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), who first demanded a prisoner swap for Hearst, then, as it failed, demanded $6 million worth of food for the poor of the Bay Area.... (Full plot summary below)
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February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, granddaughter of William Randolph Heart, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), who first demanded a prisoner swap for Hearst, then, as it failed, demanded $6 million worth of food for the poor of the Bay Area.
Leave your thoughts about Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst.
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA gripping documentary that uses voluminous period evidence unedited news footage, tape recordings of SLA leader Cinque's rants to brilliantly reconstruct the entire freak event. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittA must-see account that casts a harshly illuminating light on a key period of recent American history. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongFine as far as it goes -- a worthy lesson in counter-culture history and the rise of media hysteria. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonGuerrilla' is an engaging film, but it's a documentary and nothing more. |
| Chicago TribuneAllison BenediktA compelling piece of press criticism as it probes the media as terror's conduit of choice, spreading message and validating violence in the 1970s and today. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDonald J. LevitA sobering account of a chaotic two-year period. |
| Film ThreatTim MerrillThe story goes on and on, endlessly fascinating to the last - the sensational trial, the convictions, the revelations, the recriminations. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanDrawing on interviews with SLA co-founder Russ Little and amazing TV news footage, Robert Stone illuminates this fantastic narrative as vividly as it has ever been. |
| Baltimore SunMichael SragowGuerrilla provides one huge compensation: the getting of historical wisdom. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldThere are no fresh revelations and the film can't touch Paul Schrader's 1988 drama, "Patty Hearst," as an inside account. |