Charles Whitman
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- | '''Charles Joseph Whitman''' (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was a [[student]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] who killed 14 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting [[rampage]] on and around the campus of the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]] in [[1966]]. | + | '''Charles Joseph Whitman''' (June 24, 1941 – [[August 1]], 1966) was a [[student]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] who killed 14 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting [[rampage]] on and around the campus of the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]] in [[1966]]. |
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+ | Whitman is portrayed by [[Kurt Russell]] in the 1975 made-for-TV movie ''[[The Deadly Tower]]''. | ||
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+ | The [[Peter Bogdanovich]] film ''[[Targets]]'' ([[1968 in film|1968]]) was loosely based on the massacre. | ||
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+ | Whitman is discussed at length in the [[Stanley Kubrick]] film ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' ([[1987 in film|1987]]). | ||
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+ | The character Det. Jack Scagnetti in ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' is the son of someone murdered by Whitman. | ||
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+ | The Whitman murders are referenced in the Season 5 ''[[Mad Men]]'' episode, "[[Signal 30 (Mad Men)|Signal 30]]", that originally aired in 2012. | ||
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+ | Kinky Friedman's song, "The Ballad of Charles Whitman", from the 1973 album ''Sold American'', offers a satirical look at the man and the incident. | ||
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+ | The song "[[Sniper (song)|Sniper]]" by [[Harry Chapin]] refers to the shootings. | ||
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+ | [[Insane Clown Posse]]'s song "[[The Tempest (album)|The Tower]]" is based on this rampage. | ||
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+ | The sniper scene of John Singleton's [[Higher Learning]] is based on Whitman's 1966 shooting. | ||
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+ | The old anarchist in [[Richard Linklater]]'s film ''[[Slacker (film)|Slacker]]'' ([[1990 in film|1990]]) talks about Whitman's shooting, saying how he was almost there that day. | ||
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+ | The book ''Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Active Shooter on Campus'' by Monte Akers, Nathan Akers, and Roger Friedman, Ph.D. explores the history and personal experience of the tragedy. | ||
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+ | [[Tower (2016 film)|Tower]] a 2016 documentary film about the shootings. Directed by Keith Maitland, it is the first factual documentary about the shootings. | ||
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Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was a student at the University of Texas at Austin who killed 14 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting rampage on and around the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in 1966.
Popular culture
Whitman is portrayed by Kurt Russell in the 1975 made-for-TV movie The Deadly Tower.
The Peter Bogdanovich film Targets (1968) was loosely based on the massacre.
Whitman is discussed at length in the Stanley Kubrick film Full Metal Jacket (1987).
The character Det. Jack Scagnetti in Natural Born Killers is the son of someone murdered by Whitman.
The Whitman murders are referenced in the Season 5 Mad Men episode, "Signal 30", that originally aired in 2012.
Kinky Friedman's song, "The Ballad of Charles Whitman", from the 1973 album Sold American, offers a satirical look at the man and the incident.
The song "Sniper" by Harry Chapin refers to the shootings.
Insane Clown Posse's song "The Tower" is based on this rampage.
The sniper scene of John Singleton's Higher Learning is based on Whitman's 1966 shooting.
The old anarchist in Richard Linklater's film Slacker (1990) talks about Whitman's shooting, saying how he was almost there that day.
The book Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Active Shooter on Campus by Monte Akers, Nathan Akers, and Roger Friedman, Ph.D. explores the history and personal experience of the tragedy.
Tower a 2016 documentary film about the shootings. Directed by Keith Maitland, it is the first factual documentary about the shootings.