The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, a 2006 American slasher film, functions as a prequel to the 2003 remake of the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman and co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper , the film went into release in North America on October 6, 2006. The film's story takes place four years before the timeline of the 2003 remake. It stars Jordana Brewster, Diora Baird, Taylor Handley, Matt Bomer, and R. Lee Ermey. 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 from the original rightholders. The film grossed less than half of what the original film had grossed. On August 7, 1939, a woman dies giving birth to a male child in a meat-packing plant in Travis County, Texas. The plant manager disposes of her body in a dumpster near the packing plant and leaves the scene. A young woman, Luda Mae Hewitt, discovers the baby in the dumpster while searching food for her family.
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| Release date: | October 6, 2006 |
| Directed by: | Jonathan Liebesman |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 91 Minutes |
| Producer: | Michael Bay, Mike Fleiss, Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel, Bradley Fuller |
| Music by: | Steve Jablonsky |
| Screenplay by: | Kim Henkel, David J. Schow, Sheldon Turner |
| Estimated budget: | $14,000,000 |