Leader (The)
- Director: Michael J. Gallagher
- Writer: Michael J. Gallagher
- Producer: Rishi Bajaj, Camille Benton, Luke Bouchier, James Cullen Bressack, Lee Broda, Zachary Burgess, James Casey, Alexandra Cocean, Kim DeLonghi, James Di Giacomo, Vera Farmiga, Kyle Fox, Jana Gallagher, Michael J. Gallagher, Tyler Gould, Ben Gozlan, Eric Gozlan, Karen KK Gregor, Andy Grombacher, Chase Hinton, Derek Hoffman, Stacy Kemp Ferrari, Dominick LaRuffa Jr., Valerie Laury, David Mansfield, Adam Mirels, Robbie Mirels, Ojan Missaghi, Micah Molinari, Joel David Moore, Matt Murphie, Tim Blake Nelson, Justin Nesbitt, Jim Parsons, Dan Reardon, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Simon Rex, Evan Silverberg, Joe Sisto, Justin Steele, Daniel Taborga, Armin Tehrany, Danielle Vasinova, David Wachs, Michael Wormser
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In 1972, Marshall Applewhite overdoses on a bottle of pills and ends up in hospital in the care of nurse Bonnie Lu Nettles, a spiritual seeker feeling empty in her personal life. Dubbing themselves “Do” and “Ti” as their sense of cosmic connection escalates into a Messianic bond, they manifest a doctrine that fuses biblical prophecy with new-age UFO utopianism and strict asexuality, drawing other broken souls into their orbit. Their goal: to leave their weak flesh behind and ascend to the stars. The reality of their Heaven’s Gate cult was grimmer: after Nettles died of cancer in 1985, Applewhite infamously staged a 1997 mass suicide together with 38 of his followers.
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Cast & Characters
Tim Blake Nelson ... Marshall Herff Applewhite
Vera Farmiga ... Bonnie Lu Nettles
Jim Parsons ... Warren
Grace Caroline Currey ... Michelle
Simon Rex ... David
Kaitlyn Kemp ... Terrie
J.B. Yowell
Paten Hughes ... Karen
Don McManus
Kelly Lynn Reiter ... Lee
Danielle Vasinova ... Louise Applewhite
William Mapother ... Reverend Applewhite
Matthew Glave
Jana Gallagher ... Susan Chickles
Geoffrey Arend ... Kevin
Molly Robbins
Jill Winternitz ... Holly
Ryan M. Darling ... Dr. Radford
Jerome Agean ... Karen's Husband
Joel Alvarado ... Cult Member
Keshia Clemons ... Cult Member
Wilson Conkwright ... Brad
Kim DeLonghi ... Ann
Savannah Downs ... Cult Member
Grant Gwinn ... Cult Member